Jermaine Gonzales

{{short description|Jamaican sprinter}}

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox athlete

| name = Jermaine Gonzales

| image =Jermaine Gonzales.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption =Jermaine Gonzales at the 2012 London Summer Olympics

| nationality = {{JAM}}

| sport = Running

| event = 400 metres

| club =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1984|11|26}}

| birth_place = Kitson Town, Saint Catherine Parish

| residence =

| height={{height|m=1.91}}

| weight={{convert|87|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

| pb =

400m: 44.40 s (Monaco 2010)

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry |{{JAM}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2011 Daegu|4×400 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2002 Kingston|400 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Youth Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2001 Debrecen|400 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2006 Melbourne|400 m}}

{{MedalBronze|2006 Melbourne|4×400 m relay}}

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

{{MedalGold |2002 Bridgetown | 400 m}}

{{MedalGold |2002 Bridgetown | 4×400 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games (Junior)}}

{{MedalGold |2002 Nassau | 400 m}}

{{MedalGold |2002 Nassau | 4×400 m relay}}

}}

Jermaine Gonzales (born 26 November 1984) is a retired Jamaican 400 metres runner. He was being coached by Glen Mills and Bertland Cameron.

He had a successful start to international athletics in the young age categories, taking the 400 m bronze at the 2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics and stepping up a level for another bronze at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics. He missed large parts of the 2003 and 2004 seasons due to injury. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics with the Jamaican 4x400 metre relay team, which was disqualified. He won his first senior medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games with a new personal best time of 45.16 seconds.

He improved his personal best to 44.79 seconds with a win at a meeting in June in Sotteville-lès-Rouen – the first time he had run under 45 seconds since 2006.Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2010-06-13). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=57033.html Sub-45 for Gonzales, Stewart injured in Sotteville]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-14. The following month he broke Roxbert Martin's Jamaican record to win the Herculis Diamond League meeting with a time of 44.40 seconds—setting a world-leading mark.[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/Gonzales-delivers Gonzales delivers – Smashes J’can 400m record in Monaco] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214313/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/Gonzales-delivers |date=3 March 2016 }}. Jamaica Observer (2010-07-23).