9 October 1968 (1968-10-09) (age 55)[1] Saint Ann, Jamaica
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Jamaica
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta
400 m hurdles
2000 Sydney
400 m hurdles
2000 Sydney
4x400 m relay
World Championships
2001 Edmonton
4x400 m relay
1997 Athens
400 m hurdles
1995 Gothenburg
400 m hurdles
1997 Athens
4x400 m relay
1999 Seville
400 m hurdles
World Indoor Championships
1993 Toronto
4x400 m relay
Commonwealth Games
1994 Victoria
400 m hurdles
Central American and Caribbean Games
1998 Maracaibo
400 m hurdles
Deon Marie Hemmings CD (born 9 October 1968 in Saint Ann, Jamaica) is a former female 400 metres hurdler.
Hemmings was the first ever Jamaican woman to win an Olympic Gold when she won the 400m Hurdles at the 1996 Olympics breaking the Olympic record which stood to 2004. Hemmings also won two silver medals at the 2000 Olympics in the 400m Hurdles and 4 × 400 m Relay (together with Sandie Richards, Catherine Scott-Pomales and Lorraine Graham).[2]
Hemmings also won a Silver medal in the 1994 Commonwealth Games, Bronze Medal in the 1995 World Athletics Championships, Silver in the 1997 World Athletics Championships and Bronze in the 1999 World Athletics Championships all in the 400m Hurdles.
Hemmings retired in 2003 and married Michael McCatty in 2004.
^Deon Hemmings at World Athletics
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Deon Hemmings". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Full name: Deon Marie Hemmings
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