Markino Buckley

Markino Buckley (born 16 April 1986) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. He is part of the MVP Track & Field Club, which also has sprinters Asafa Powell and Nesta Carter as members.

Markino Buckley
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  Jamaica
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
2004 Coatzacoalcos 400 m hurdles
2004 Coatzacoalcos 4x400 m relay
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
2005 Bacolet, Tobago 110 m hurdles
2004 Hamilton 400 m hurdles
2004 Hamilton 4x400 m relay
CARIFTA Games
Youth (U17)
2002 Nassau 400 m hurdles
2002 Nassau High jump

Career

He started his career in international athletics with an appearance at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics. He set a personal best of 52.03 seconds in the 400 m hurdles heats, but was eliminated in the semi-finals. He took third place at the 2007 Jamaican National Championships, running a season's best of 49.24 s behind Danny McFarlane and Isa Phillips.[1] This earned him the third spot on the Jamaican team at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, but he did not managed to finish in his first race in Osaka, bringing an abrupt end to his senior global debut.

He made his Olympic debut the following year at the 2008 Summer Olympics and he set a personal best of 48.50 seconds to qualify in the semi-finals. He was a little slower in the final race, however, and finished in seventh place. He ran at the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final afterwards and took fourth place. He lost out on a place at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics to Josef Robertson, and Buckley missed the competition as an unused reserve athlete.[2]

Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Jamaica
2001 CARIFTA Games (U-17) Bridgetown, Barbados 9th High jump 1.75m
2002 CARIFTA Games (U-17) Nassau, Bahamas 2nd 400 m hurdles 55.33
3rd High jump 1.95m
2004 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Hamilton, Bermuda 6th 110 m hurdles 19.37
(0.1 m/s)
1st 400 m hurdles 52.46
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:12.00
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) Coatzacoalcos, México 2nd 400 m hurdles 53.30
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:12.92
World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 15th (sf) 400m hurdles 52.89
2005 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago 1st 110 m hurdles 14.34
(-0.7 m/s)
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References
  1. Tucker, Elton (2007-06-24). Jamaica's Asafa, Veronica impress Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine. Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved on 2010-08-30.
  2. Jamaics's Team - 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Archived 2009-08-18 at the Wayback Machine. JAAA (2009-07-13). Retrieved on 2010-08-30.
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