Rasheeme Griffith

Rasheeme Griffith
Personal information
NationalityBarbados
Born (2000-05-03) 3 May 2000
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests400m: 47.09 (2024)
400m hurdles: 48.79 (2024) NR
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Barbados
NACAC U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 San José400 m hurdles
Carifta Games
Junior (U20)
Gold medal – first place2019 George Town400m hurdles

Rasheeme Griffith (born 3 May 2000) is a Barbadian sprinter and hurdler. He is the Barbadian national record holder over 400 metres hurdles.[1]

Biography

He was a gold medalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2019 CARIFTA Games.[2] He was a gold medalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2021 NACAC U18 U20 and U23 Championships in Athletics in Costa Rica.[3] He competed for Barbados at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[4]

He ran as part of the Barbadian 4 × 400 m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[5] Whilst competing for the University of Tennessee, established a new 400m hurdles Barbadian national record of 48.79 in the heats of the SEC Championships on 9 May 2024.[6] Also a two-time national champion, he was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025.[7][8] He won the 400 metres hurdles at the Ed Murphey Track Classic, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meet, on 12 July in Memphis, Tennessee.[9]

In July 2026, he competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Rasheeme Griffith". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "ATHLETICS-CARIFTA-UPDATE – Griffith 400m hurdles champion". Barbados Today. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "BARBADOS STARTS NACAC WITH 4 GOLDS, 1 SILVER, 1 BRONZE". Barbados Advocate. 10 July 2021. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Barbados' team named for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". Olympic.org. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "4X400 METRES RELAY". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  6. ↑ Jacks, Bradley (21 June 2024). "Commonwealth champion Sada Williams to headline Barbados National Championships". SportsMax. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "4 athletes heading to China for World Indoor Championships". cbc.bb. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "AA Barbados names 4-person team to World Indoor Championships in Nanjing". SportsMax. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  9. ↑ "Adrian Kerr Seals Tokyo 2025 Berth as Caribbean Athletes Deliver at Ed Murphey Track Classic". Track Alerts. 13 July 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "XXIII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. 31 July 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
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