EntityQ1699· pop 36· linked from 385 articles

Nesta Carter

Jamaican sprinter

Person

Born: 1985-10-11

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1954-11-18

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,514x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,795x
The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,177x
Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,365x
Inferring tumour purity and stromal and immune cell admixture from expression data
· 2013 · cited 7,755x

via Crossref · CC0

Key facts

Born: ( 1985-10-11 ) October 11, 1985 (age 40) , Banana Ground, Manchester , Jamaica
Height: 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight: 78 kg (172 lb)
Sport: Running
Event s: 100 metres , 200 metres
Club: MVP Track & Field Club
Personal best s: 100 m : 9.78 s (Rieti 2010), 200 m : 20.25 s (Kingston 2011)

via Wikipedia infobox

Key dates

Born: 11 October 1985

via Wikidata · CC0

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Family name: Carter
Gender: male
Citizenship: Jamaica
Occupation: athletics competitor
Languages spoken: English language
Participant in: 2008 Summer Olympics
Sport: athletics
Country for sport: Jamaica
Mass: +78

Article

Nesta Carter OD (born October 11, 1985) is a Jamaican retired sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres event. Carter was successful as part of the Jamaican 4 × 100 metres relay team, taking gold and setting successive world records at the 2011 World Championships and 2012 London Olympics. He also won a 4 × 100 m silver medal at the 2007 World Championship and a gold at the 2015 World Championships. On August 11, 2013, Carter secured an individual 100 m World Championship bronze medal in Moscow, behind Justin Gatlin and teammate Usain Bolt. He followed this with another gold in the 4 × 100 metres relay.

In August 2010 he became only the fifth sprinter to run the 100 metres in less than 9.8 seconds. His 100 m personal best of 9.78 currently ranks him as the twelfth fastest man of all time, behind fellow Jamaicans Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake, Asafa Powell, Kishane Thompson, and Oblique Seville, Americans Tyson Gay, Justin Gatlin, Christian Coleman, Trayvon Bromell and Fred Kerley, and Kenyan Ferdinand Omanyala.