Rasheed Dwyer (born 29 January 1989) is a Jamaican athlete specializing in the sprinting events. His two biggest successes to date are winning the gold in 200 metres at the 2011 Summer Universiade and also winning the gold (200 metres) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He studied at the G.C. Foster College in Spanish Town. Dwyer also represented Jamaica in the 200 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics, placing seventh in the final.

Achievements Representing 2008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland3rd (h)Competed only in the heat.4 × 100 m relay39.622009Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsHavana, Cuba2nd4 × 100 m relay39.312010NACAC U23 ChampionshipsMiramar, United States3rd200 m20.64 (+2.8 m/s) w2nd4 × 100 m relay39.36Central American and Caribbean GamesMayagüez, Puerto Rico2nd200 m20.49 (PB)2nd4 × 100 m relay38.78Commonwealth GamesDelhi, India9th (sf)200 m21.132nd4 × 100 m relay38.792011UniversiadeDaegu, South Korea1st200 m20.20 (PB)2013UniversiadeKazan, Russia2nd200 m20.232014IAAF World RelaysNassau, Bahamas1st (h)4 × 200 m relay1:20.15Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom1st200 m20.142015IAAF World RelaysNassau, Bahamas1st4 × 200 m relay1:20.97Pan American GamesToronto, Canada2nd200 m19.90Set Pan Am Games Record 19.80 (+2.0) in semisNACAC ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica1st200 m20.12 +1.8World ChampionshipsBeijing, China1st4 × 100 m relay37.362017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom20th (sf)200 m20.692018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia14th (sf)200 m20.82Central American and Caribbean GamesBarranquilla, Colombia4th200 m20.413rd4 × 100 m relay38.792019World RelaysYokohama, Japan6th4 × 100 m relay38.88Pan American GamesLima, Peru5th100 m10.325th4 × 100 m relay39.01World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar16th (sf)200 m20.5411th (h)4 × 100 m relay38.152021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan7th200 m20.212022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States23rd (sf)200 m20.872023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary17th (sf)200 m20.49

Personal bests 100 Metres – 10.10 (Kingston 2016) 200 Metres – 19.80 (Toronto 2015)

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