Bershawn Jackson

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Bershawn Jackson

| nickname = Batman[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/bershawn-jackson-1.html Bershawn Jackson] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925071617/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/bershawn-jackson-1.html |date=September 25, 2015 }}. sports-reference.com

| image = Bershawn Jackson Doha 2015.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = Jackson in 2015

| sport = Running

| event =

| club = Nike, Beaverton

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|05|08}}

| birth_place = Miami, Florida, United States

| residence = Champaign, Illinois

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| death_place =

| height = {{convert|5|ft|8|in|m|2|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|158|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

| pb =

400 m: 45.06

400 m hurdles: 47.30

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}

}}

Bershawn D. Jackson (born May 8, 1983) is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 m hurdles, but also is a 400 m runner.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Bershawn "Batman" Jackson won a bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles.{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode=3659/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=400H/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#detM_400H_hash_f |title=2008 Summer Olympics – 400 Metres Hurdles – Final |publisher=IAAF |access-date=July 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080825052642/http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode=3659/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=400H/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#detM_400H_hash_f |archive-date=August 25, 2008 |df=mdy-all}} He also has three medals (two gold, one bronze) at the World Championships and one gold medal at the World Indoor Championships.

Career

Jackson first came to prominence while running for Miami Central High School, where he set the still standing FHSAA (Florida High School) record in the 300 meter hurdles at 36.01 in 2002. He then continued to run at the college level at Saint Augustine's University and set a Division II National Championship Record of 48.50 in the 400 m hurdles in 2004.[http://www.fhsaa.org/sites/default/files/orig_uploads/records/rec_trb.pdf FHSAA Boys Track & Field Championships]. fhsaa.org