Ramon Miller
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Full name | Ramon Salomon Miller | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1987-02-17) 17 February 1987 (age 37) Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Dickinson State University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 4 × 400m Relay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ramon Salomon Miller (born 17 February 1987, Nassau) is a Bahamian sprinter.[2]
He was inducted into the Dickinson State University Hall of Fame class of 2020. [3]
Career
He was part of the Bahamas' silver medal-winning team in the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, after running in the heats.
Miller is a former athlete at Dickinson State University where he won nine NAIA track and field national championships in his four-year career. Miller was named the most outstanding performer of his final NAIA national meet after winning the open 400-meter dash and helping the 4 x 200 and 4 x 400 relay teams win titles.
Miller won a bronze medal at the XIX Commonwealth Games, in Delhi, India. A year later he won a bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. He also won gold at the 2012 London Olympics with the Bahamas 4 × 400 m team beating medal favorites USA with a national record. Miller ran the anchor leg in the finals to bring a gold medal to the Bahamas.[4] [5]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2003 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 6th (h) | 800 m | 2:09.82 |
2005 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago | 1st | 800 m | 1:54.53 |
8th | 1500 m | 4:13.41 | |||
2006 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 4th | 400 m | 46.55 |
3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:09.09 | |||
World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 13th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:10.71 | |
2008 | NACAC U-23 Championships | Toluca, México | 9th (h) | 400m | 48.78 A |
2015 | NACAC Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:00.53 |
World Championships | Beijing, China | — | 4 × 400 m | DSQ |
References
- ^ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ramon Miller". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ^ "Dickinson State Hall Of Fame: Ramon Miller To Be Inducted". The Tribune 242. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ "'Golden Knights' Honoured In Grand Bahama During Pre-Celebration Event". The Tribune 242. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ "'Golden Knights' Honoured". The Tribune 242. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
External links
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- Ramon Miller at World Athletics
- Athlete bio at 2012 Olympics website
- Ramon Miller at Olympics.com
- Ramon Miller at Olympedia
- Ramon Miller at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Ramon Miller at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Ramon Miller at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
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- 1908:
William Hamilton, Nathaniel Cartmell, John Taylor, Mel Sheppard (USA)
- 1912:
Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charles Reidpath (USA)
- 1920:
Cecil Griffiths, Robert Lindsay, John Ainsworth-Davis, Guy Butler (GBR)
- 1924:
Commodore Cochran, Alan Helffrich, Oliver Macdonald, William Stevenson (USA)
- 1928:
George Baird, Emerson Spencer, Fred Alderman, Ray Barbuti (USA)
- 1932:
Ivan Fuqua, Ed Ablowich, Karl Warner, Bill Carr (USA)
- 1936:
Freddie Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, Bill Roberts, Godfrey Brown (GBR)
- 1948:
Arthur Harnden, Cliff Bourland, Roy Cochran, Mal Whitfield (USA)
- 1952:
Arthur Wint, Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden (JAM)
- 1956:
Charles Jenkins Sr., Lou Jones, Jesse Mashburn, Tom Courtney (USA)
- 1960:
Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis, Otis Davis (USA)
- 1964:
Ollan Cassell, Mike Larrabee, Ulis Williams, Henry Carr (USA)
- 1968:
Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans (USA)
- 1972:
Charles Asati, Munyoro Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang (KEN)
- 1976:
Herman Frazier, Benny Brown, Fred Newhouse, Maxie Parks (USA)
- 1980:
Remigijus Valiulis, Mikhail Linge, Nikolay Chernetskiy, Viktor Markin (URS)
- 1984:
Sunder Nix, Ray Armstead, Alonzo Babers, Antonio McKay (USA)
- 1988:
Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, Butch Reynolds, Antonio McKay, Andrew Valmon (USA)
- 1992:
Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, Steve Lewis, Darnell Hall, Charles Jenkins Jr. (USA)
- 1996:
LaMont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Derek Mills, Anthuan Maybank, Jason Rouser (USA)
- 2000:
Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong, Nduka Awazie, Fidelis Gadzama (NGR)
- 2004:
Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson, Andrew Rock, Kelly Willie (USA)
- 2008:
LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner, Kerron Clement, Reggie Witherspoon (USA)
- 2012:
Chris Brown, Demetrius Pinder, Michael Mathieu, Ramon Miller (BAH)
- 2016:
Arman Hall, Tony McQuay, Gil Roberts, LaShawn Merritt, Kyle Clemons, David Verburg (USA)
- 2020:
Michael Cherry, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon, Rai Benjamin, Trevor Stewart, Randolph Ross, Vernon Norwood (USA)