Kemar Hyman

Kemar Hyman

Personal information
Nationality	Cayman Islands
Born	(1989-10-11) 11 October 1989 George Town, Cayman Islands
Residence	Tallahassee, Florida
Height
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres
College team	Florida State Seminoles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 9.95 (Madrid 2012) 200 m: 20.82 (Cullowhee 2010) 60m: 6.56 (Alabama 2012)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing the Cayman Islands CARIFTA Games 2007 Providenciales 200 m CAC Junior Championships 2006 Port of Spain 4×100 m relay
Updated on 12 December 2014.

Kemar Hyman (born 11 October 1989) is a Caymanian sprinter of Jamaican descent. He graduated from Florida State University with an Economic Degree. Whilst competing for Florida State University he became the 2012 ACC indoor and outdoor champion and placed third at the 2012 indoor NCAA championships. Hyman is the national record holder in the 100 and 200 metres. Kemar holds the 60m record with Olympian Kareem Street-Thompson in 6.56

Hyman first represented the Cayman Islands at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics 100 metres he also became an Olympian at the 2012 London Games.

He is a native of George Town, Cayman Islands.

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 m: 9.95 s (wind: +1.8 m/s) – Madrid, 7 Jul 2012
• 200 m: 20.82 s (wind: +1.3 m/s) – Cullowhee, North Carolina, 27 March 2010

Indoor

• 60 m: 6.56 s – Birmingham, Alabama, 21 January 2012
• 200 m: 21.42 s – Blacksburg, Virginia, 22 January 2011

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the Cayman Islands
2005	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago	7th	100m	11.17 (+1.5 m/s)
			4th	200m	22.51 (-1.0 m/s)
	Pan American Junior Championships	Windsor, Ontario, Canada	6th	4 × 100 m	41.49
	World Youth Championships	Marrakesh, Morocco	2nd (h)1	100m	10.80 (+0.6 m/s)
			7th (sf)	200m	22.00 (+1.2 m/s)
2006	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Les Abymes, Guadeloupe	6th	100m	10.79 (0.0 m/s)
			3rd (h)2	200m	22.33 (+1.0 m/s)
			5th	4 × 100 m	41.58
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	4th (h)	100m	10.80 (+1.3 m/s)
			4th	200m	21.37 (+1.4 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m	40.79
	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	18th (sf)	100m	10.81 (-0.4 m/s)
			19th (sf)	200m	21.54 (-1.0 m/s)
			18th (h)	4 × 100 m	40.92
2007	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands	6th	100m	10.61 (+1.2 m/s)
			2nd	200m	21.10 (+0.7 m/s)
			6th	4 × 100 m	41.90
	Pan American Junior Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	7th (sf)	100m	10.73 (+0.4 m/s)
			5th	200m	21.51 (+0.9 m/s)
	NACAC Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	12th (h)	100m	10.71 (-1.9 m/s)
			4th	4 × 100 m	40.01
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	8th	100m	10.79 (-0.8 m/s)
			4th (h)	200m	21.81 (+0.4 m/s)
2009	Central American and Caribbean Championships	La Habana, Cuba	10th (h)	100m	10.42 (+0.0 m/s)
			12th (h)	200m	21.23 (+0.5 m/s)
			5th	4 × 100 m	39.54
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	59th (h)	100m	10.59 (-0.2 m/s)
2011	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	2nd (h)3	100m	10.40 (-0.9 m/s)
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	4th (h)2	100m	10.16 (+1.5 m/s)
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	–	100m	DQ
2014	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	18th (h)	4 × 100 m	39.76
			10th (h)	4 × 200 m	1:24.91
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	6th (sf)	100m	10.31 (0.0 m/s)
			5th (h)	4 × 100 m	40.50
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	6th (h)	100m	10.78 A (+0.4 m/s)
2015	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	5th	100m	10.21 (-0.1 m/s)
	World Championships	Beijing, China	38th (h)	100 m	10.32
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	11th (sf)	60 m	6.61

¹: Disqualified in the semifinal.
²: Did not show in the semifinal.
³: Disqualified in the final.

External links

• Kemar Hyman profile at IAAF
• Florida State Seminoles bio
• Sports reference biography
• Tilastopaja biography