O'Jay Ferguson

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| nationality = {{BAH}}

| sport = Running

| event = Sprints

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|10|17}}

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| pb = 400 m: 46.14 (El Paso 2012)

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

{{MedalCountry |the {{BAH}} }}

{{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 2018 Gold Coast|4 × 400 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|CAC Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Morelia | 4×400 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|NACAC Championships}}

{{MedalSilver | 2018 Toronto | 4x400m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games (Junior)}}

{{MedalGold|2011 Montego Bay|400 m}}

{{MedalGold|2012 Hamilton|400 m}}

{{MedalGold|2012 Hamilton|4×400 m relay}}

{{MedalSilver|2010 George Town|4×400 m relay}}

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O'Jay Ferguson (born 17 October 1993) is a Jamaican born Bahamian sprinter . He attended Western Texas College in Snyder, Texas.{{cite web |url=http://www.wtc.edu/mtrack/roster.html |title=Western Texas College - Men's Track & Field |website=www.wtc.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908152717/http://www.wtc.edu/mtrack/roster.html |archive-date=2009-09-08}}

On 24 March 2012, Ferguson ran a personal best 46.14 sec 400 metres at the UTEP Springtime Invitational in El Paso, Texas, which would have improved the Bahamian national junior record set by Troy McIntosh in 1992, if it wasn't for Ferguson's unclear citizenship status.{{cite news |url=http://www.thenassauguardian.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28042&Itemid=50 |title=Ferguson denied junior national record |newspaper=Nassau Guardian |date=April 3, 2012 |first=Sheldon |last=Longley }} {{As of|2012|05}}, Ferguson's time ranks fourth in the world among juniors, behind only Aldrich Bailey, Steven Solomon, and Luguelín Santos.

Ferguson attended C. R. Walker High School in New Providence, The Bahamas.{{cite web | url=http://www.thenassauguardian.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27547&Itemid=50 | title=Home }}

Ferguson represented the Bahamas in 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2013 and 2017 World Championships.{{World Athletics||name=O'Jay Ferguson}}

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