Mario Watts

{{short description|Jamaican sprinter}}

{{infobox sportsperson

|birth_date={{bda|1975-05-21}}

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{{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}}

{{Medal|Country|{{flagu|Jamaica}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|IAAF World Championships in Athletics}}

{{Medal|Silver|Edmonton 2001|4x400 m}}

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|2000 Jamaican Champs

|{{bull}} 400m hurdles, 4th

|2001 Jamaican Champs

|{{bull}} 400m hurdles, 4th

|2001 Jamaican Champs

|{{bull}} 400m hurdles, 3rd {{BronzeMedal}}

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Mario Watts (born May 21, 1975) is a retired professional sprinter and hurdler from Jamaica. He won a silver medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics by virtue of running for his team in the preliminary rounds. At those same championships he also competed in the 400 meter hurdles where he advanced to the semifinals but did not advance to the finals.

As a junior he won silver at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics in the 4x400m, running in the final.{{cite web|url=http://www.talawah.com/WJCMEDAL.HTM|title=Jamaican World Junior Medalists}} He also won the 2001 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics in the 400m hurdles, running 49.31 in the final.

As a youth he ran for Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.{{cite web|url=https://athletics.andover.edu/Teams/BIT/Pages/Track-Records.aspx|title=Track Records|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520233327/https://athletics.andover.edu/Teams/BIT/Pages/Track-Records.aspx|archive-date=2018-05-20|url-status=live}} In 2003, he was named among the top ten athletes in Pennsylvania history.{{cite web|url=http://phillipian.net/2003/04/26/sports-editors-name-top-ten-athletes-in-pa-history/|title=Sports Editors Name Top Ten Athletes in PA History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520233126/http://phillipian.net/2003/04/26/sports-editors-name-top-ten-athletes-in-pa-history/|archive-date=2018-05-20|url-status=live}}