Tyquendo Tracey

{{short description|Jamaican sprinter}}

{{Use Jamaican English|date=September 2018}}

{{Infobox athlete

| name = Tyquendo Tracey

| image = 2019-09-01 ISTAF 2019 100 m men (Martin Rulsch) 10 (cropped) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Tracey at the 2019 ISTAF in Berlin

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|06|10}}{{cite web | url=https://www.eurosport.com/athletics/tyquendo-tracey_prs424187/person.shtml | title=Tyquendo Tracey - Player Profile - Athletics }}

| birth_place = Trelawny, Jamaica{{Cite web|url=https://annakayearobinson.wordpress.com/2014/08/17/tyquendo-tracey/|title = Tyquendo Tracey|date = 17 August 2014}}

| residence = Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.

| height = {{convert|1.81|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|81|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

| sport = Track and field

| event = 100 m, 200 m

| coach = Rana Reider

| pb = {{Plainlist|

• 60 m: 6.74 (Spanish Town 2018)
• 100 m: 9.958 (London 2018)
• 200 m: 20.34 (Kingston 2021)

}}

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry |{{JAM}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Athletics World Cup{{refn|group=note|name=WorldCup}}}}

{{MedalGold | 2018 London | 100 m }}

{{MedalSilver | 2018 London | 4×100 m relay }}

{{MedalCompetition|NACAC Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 2018 Toronto | 100 m }}

{{MedalCompetition|NACAC U-23 Championships}}

{{MedalSilver | 2014 Kamloops | 100 m }}

{{MedalSilver | 2014 Kamloops | 4×100 m relay }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}

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

{{MedalCompetition|CACAC Junior Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 2012 San Salvador | 4×100 m relay }}

{{MedalSilver | 2012 San Salvador | 100 m }}

{{MedalCountry|the 20px Americas}}

{{Medal|Competition|Continental Cup{{refn|group=note|name=ContinentalCup}}}}

{{MedalGold | 2018 Ostrava | 4×100 m relay }}

}}

Tyquendo Tracey (born June 10, 1993 in Trelawny, Jamaica) is a Jamaican professional athlete competing in the sprints. He is the 2018 Jamaican champion in the 100 m and the 2018 NACAC champion, setting the championship record of 10.03 s in the process. Just three weeks earlier, he became the 135th man and 20th Jamaican to break the 10-second barrier by running 9.96 s in a qualifying heat at the London Anniversary Games on July 21, 2018. Later that same day, he did it a second time, running 9.98 s in the finals.{{cite web | url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Tyquendo_Tracey_joins_Jamaica%26%238217;s_100m_sub-10_club?profile=1228 | title=Section }} Tracey later anchored the Americas team to victory in the 2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results#Men's 4 × 100 metres relay.

Tracey went to Garvey Maceo High School before enrolling at the Jamaican University of Technology in 2012. He joined the MVP Track Club where former 100 m world record holder Asafa Powell trains, coached by Stephen Francis. However, despite a successful 2018 season he was asked to leave before the year ended.{{cite web |url=https://www.sportsmax.tv/index.php/athletics/item/21729-nacac-100m-champion-tyquendo-tracey-parts-ways-with-mvp-track-club |title=NACAC 100m champion Tyquendo Tracey parts ways with MVP Track Club |author=Leighton levy |website=sportsmax.tv |publisher=SportsMax |date=October 25, 2018 |accessdate=May 21, 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.rjrnewsonline.com/sports/franno-explains-traceys-exit-from-mvp |title="Franno" explains Tracey's exit from MVP |website=rjrnewsonline.com |publisher=RJR News |date=February 8, 2019 |accessdate=May 21, 2019}} He now trains in the U.S. under the tutelage of coach Rana Reider.{{cite web |url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20190305/i-want-be-world-class-tracey-ambitious-sprinter-outlines-goals |title='I Want To Be World-Class' - Tracey - Ambitious Sprinter Outlines Goals |author=Hubert Lawrence |website=jamaica-gleaner.com |publisher=The Gleaner |date=March 5, 2019 |accessdate=May 21, 2019}}