Brijesh Lawrence

BJ Lawrence
	Lawrence at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Brijesh Sharmari Lawrence
Nationality	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Born	27 December 1989 (age 34); Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres
College team	Doane College
Achievements and titles
Personal best	100 m: 10.12 s (Crete 2012)
Medal record
Representing Saint Kitts and Nevis
World Championships
Pan American Games
CAC Championships
	Updated on 23 December 2014.

Brijesh Sharmari "BJ" Lawrence OLY (born 27 December 1989) is a Saint Kitts and Nevis sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2011 World Championships.^[1]

He studied at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska.^[2]^[3]

Personal bests[edit]

Event	Result	Venue	Date
Outdoor
100 m	10.12 s (wind: +1.2 m/s)	Crete, Nebraska	21 Apr 2012
200 m	20.34 s (wind: +1.1 m/s)	Walnut, California	19 Apr 2014
Indoor
60 m	6.62 s A	Albuquerque, New Mexico	8 Feb 2014
200 m	20.99 s	Lincoln, Nebraska	19 Feb 2011

International competitions[edit]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Saint Kitts and Nevis
2010	NACAC Under-23 Championships	Miramar, Florida, United States	8th	100m	10.45 (wind: +1.7 m/s)
	NACAC Under-23 Championships	Miramar, Florida, United States	10th (h)	200m	21.10 w (wind: +2.8 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	17th (h)	100m	10.51 (wind: +1.1 m/s)
			19th (h)	200m	21.53 (wind: -1.0 m/s)
			7th	4 × 100 m relay	39.43
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	6th (qf)	100m	10.62 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
2011	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	13th (h)	100m	10.61 (wind: -1.5 m/s)
			4th	200m	21.03 (wind: +1.1 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	39.07
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	43rd	200m	21.16 (wind: -1.1 m/s)
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	38.49
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	14th (sf)	200m	20.82 A (wind: +0.5 m/s)
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	38.81 A
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	18th (sf)	60m	6.80
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	6th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.41
2013	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, México	16th (h)	100m	10.43 A (wind: +1.7 m/s)
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	20th (sf)	60m	6.68
	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	12th (B)	4 × 100 m relay	39.07
	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd	4 × 200 m relay	1:20.51
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	8th (sf)	100m	10.49 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
			5th (h)	200m	21.21 (wind: -0.5 m/s)
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
	Pan American Sports Festival	Ciudad de México, México	6th	200m	20.46 A (wind: +0.6 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	4th	4 × 100 m relay	39.35 A
2015	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	7th	200m	21.03 (wind: +1.8 m/s)
	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	6th	4 × 100 m relay	39.20
	World Championships	Beijing, China	39th (h)	100 m	10.40
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	62nd (h)	100 m	10.55
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	15th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	39.81
2017	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	8th (B)	4 × 100 m relay	41.07
2017	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	10th (h)	4 × 200 m relay	1:24.89

References[edit]

^ "Usain Bolt leads Jamaica to record win". ESPN.com. 4 September 2011.
^ "BJ Lawrence". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
^ National Champ Now a Tiger, Doane College Tigers, 2 September 2012, retrieved 23 December 2014

External links[edit]

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[1] "Usain Bolt leads Jamaica to record win". ESPN.com. 4 September 2011.

[2] "BJ Lawrence". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

[dcu_01-3] National Champ Now a Tiger, Doane College Tigers, 2 September 2012, retrieved 23 December 2014

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