Odean Skeen

{{short description|Jamaican sprinter}}

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Odean Skeen

| image =

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| nationality = {{JAM}}

| sport = Running

| event = Sprints

| club =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|08|28}}

| birth_place = Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica

| height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|67|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| pb = 100 m: 9.98 (Auburn 2017)
200 m: 20.84 (George Town 2010)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry |{{JAM}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2010 Moncton|4×100 m relay}}

{{MedalSilver |2012 Barcelona|4×100 m relay}}

{{MedalBronze |2012 Barcelona|100 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|Youth Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Singapore|100 m}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Singapore|Medley relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|CAC Youth Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Santo Domingo|100 m }}

{{MedalGold|2010 Santo Domingo|200 m }}

{{MedalGold|2010 Santo Domingo|4×100 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games (Youth)}}

{{MedalGold |2009 Vieux Fort | 4×100 m relay}}

{{MedalGold |2010 George Town | 100 m}}

{{MedalGold |2010 George Town | 200 m}}

{{MedalGold |2010 George Town | 4×100 m relay}}

}}

Odean Skeen (born 28 August 1994) is a Jamaican sprinter.

Career

At the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, Skeen won the 100 metres in his then-personal best of 10.42 seconds, ahead of Masaki Nashimoto and David Bolarinwa.{{Cite news |url=http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100822/sports/sports1.html |title=Golden run by Jamaica's Skeen |date=22 August 2010 |newspaper=Jamaica Gleaner |first=Raymond |last=Graham }}{{Cite news |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Sport/Story/STIStory_569437.html |title=Young Flyer |newspaper= The Straits Times |date=22 August 2010 |first=Jonathan |last=Wong }} On 21 April 2017, while competing for Auburn University at the War Eagle Invitational in Auburn, Alabama, Skeen set a new personal best of 9.98, becoming the 15th Jamaican to break the 10-second barrier.

Achievements

{{AchievementTable|Event=yes|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}}
colspan="6"|Representing {{JAM}}
2009

|CARIFTA Games (U-17)

|Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 100 m relay

|40.76 CR

rowspan = "7"|2010

|rowspan = "3"|CARIFTA Games (U-17)

|rowspan = "3"|George Town, Cayman Islands

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|100 m

|10.53   (0.6 m/s)

bgcolor=gold|1st

|200 m

|20.84 CR   (1.2 m/s)

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 100 m relay

|41.62

rowspan = "3"|Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)

|rowspan = "3"|Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|100 m

|10.84   (-2.3 m/s)

bgcolor=gold|1st

|200 m

|21.64   (-2.1 m/s)

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4×100 m relay

|40.88

World Junior Championships

|Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4 × 100 m relay

|39.55

References

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