The IAAF World Championship of Track & Field is under way in Moscow. There is a large group of athletes who were raised, schooled, or train in Florida there representing various countries. Here is a list.
Florida Medal Count: 1 (as of Day 2)
MEN 100 METERS -- Justin Gatln Takes Silver Behind Bolt (Interview: How Gatlin Thought He Could Beat Bolt, Are Jamaicans Beatable in 4x100m)
Florida Natives
Jenny Barringer-Simpson (Oviedo) 1500m
Justin Gatlin (Woodham) 100m, 200m, 4x100m - WON SILVER IN 100M (Interview)
Octavious Freeman (Lake Wales) 100m, 200m, 4x100m
Bershawn Jackson (Miami Central) 400H
Dentarious Locke (Chamberlain, FSU) 4x100m
Eddie Lovett (Palm Beach Lakes, UF/US Virgin Islands) 110H
Brianna Rollins (Miami Northwestern) 100H
Arman Hall (St. Thomas Aquinas, UF) 400m
Jeff Demps (South Lake, UF) 4x100m
Barbara Pierre (Oak Ridge) 4x100m
Attended Florida College
Aurieyall Scott (UCF) 4x100m
Murielle Ahoure (UM/Ivory Coast) 400m
James Harris (FSU) 4x400m
Jonathan Borlee (FSU/Belgium) 400m
Kevin Borlee (FSU/Belgium) 400m
Tony McQuay (UF) 400m
Will Claye (UF) Decathlon
Christian Taylor (UF) TJ
Cory McGee (UF) 1500m
Anne Zagre (FSU/Belgium) 100H
Shara Proctor (UF/Great Britain) LJ
Hannah England (FSU/Great Britain) 1500m
Susan Kuijken (FSU/Netherlands) 1500m, 5000m
Kemar Hyman (FSU/Cayman Islands) 100m
Pelle Rietveld (FSU/Netherlands) Decathlon
Kimberly Williams (FSU) TJ
Novlene Williams-Mills (UF/Jamaica) 400m
Ugonna Ndu (UF/Nigeria) 400H
T'Erea Brown (UM) 400H
Kerron Clement (UF) 400H
Marquis Dendy (UF) LJ
Kemal Mesic (Bosnia-Herzogovina/UF) Shot
Train in Florida
David Oliver 110H
Lashawn Merritt 400m
Curandy Martina (Netherlands) 100m
Alexandria Anderson 100m, 4x100m
Curtis Mitchell 200m
Charonda Williams 200m
Tahesia Harrigan-Scott (British VI) 100m
Nickel Ashmeade (Jamaica) 100m
Michael Mathieu (Bahamas) 4x400m, 4x100m, 200m
Kellie Wells 100H
Ryan Brathwaite (Barbados) 110H
Kelly-Ann Baptiste (Trinidad) 200m, 100m, 4x100m
Keston Bledman (Trinidad) 100m, 4x100m
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