Brandon Simpson

{{Short description|American sprinter}}

{{Use Jamaican English|date=March 2015}}

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{{MedalSport | Athletics}}

{{MedalCountry | {{JAM}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver | 2001 Edmonton | 4x400 m relay }}

{{MedalSilver | 2003 Paris | 4x400 m relay }}

{{MedalBronze | 2005 Helsinki | 4x400 m relay }}

{{MedalCompetition|CAC Championships}}

{{MedalSilver |2001 Guatemala City | 400 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2000 Santiago|4×400 m relay}}

{{MedalSilver|2000 Santiago|400 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|CAC Junior Championships (U20)}}

{{MedalGold |2000 San Juan | 400 m}}

{{MedalGold |2000 San Juan | 4x400 m relay}}

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Brandon Simpson (born 6 September 1981 in Florida, U.S.) is a sprinter who represents Bahrain, having previously represented Jamaica. He has won a bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at three world championships; 2001, 2003 and 2005. He finished 6th in the individual 400 metres contest in 2005, and 5th at the 2004 Olympics.

Achievements

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colspan="6"|Representing {{JAM}}
rowspan=2|2000

|rowspan=2|World Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Santiago, Chile

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|400m

|45.73

bgcolor=gold|1st

|{{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay

|3:06.06

rowspan=2|2001

|Central American and Caribbean Championships

|Guatemala City, Guatemala

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|400 m

|45.46

World Championships

|Edmonton, Canada

|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd

|4 X 400 mThe Jamaica 4x400 team won originally the bronze medal, but the USA 4x400 team, which originally finished first in 4x400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.

|2:58.39

rowspan=2|2003

|World Championships

|Paris, France

|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd

|4 X 400 m

|2:59.60

World Athletics Final

|Monte Carlo, Monaco

|align="center" | 7th

|400 m

|46.02

2004

|Olympic Games

|Athens, Greece

|align="center" | 5th

|400 m

|44.76

rowspan=3|2005

|rowspan=2|World Championships

|rowspan=2|Helsinki, Finland

|align="center" | 6th

|400 m

|45.01

bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd

|4 X 400 m

|2:58.07

World Athletics Final

|Monte Carlo, Monaco

|align="center" | 4th

|400 m

|44.86

=Personal bests=

References

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