Kemar Hyman (born 11 October 1989) is a Caymanian sprinter. He graduated from Florida State University with an Economic Degree. Whilst competing for Florida State University he became the 2012 ACC indoor and outdoor champion and placed third at the 2012 indoor NCAA championships. Hyman is the national record holder in the 100 and 200 metres. Kemar holds the 60m record with Olympian Kareem Streete-Thompson in 6.56 seconds.
Hyman first represented the Cayman Islands at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in the 100 metres he also became an Olympian at the 2012 London Olympics and was the flag bearer for Cayman Islands in the opening ceremony.
He is a native of George Town, Cayman Islands.
Personal bests
Outdoor 100 m: 9.95 s (wind: +1.8 m/s) – Madrid, Spain, 7 July 2012 200 m: 20.73 s (wind: +0.8 m/s) – Athens, United States, 9 April 2016
Indoor 60 m: 6.56 s – Birmingham, United States, 21 January 2012 200 m: 21.42 s – Blacksburg, United States, 22 January 2011
International competitions Representing the 2005CARIFTA Games (U17)Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago7th100m11.17 (+1.5 m/s)4th200m22.51 (-1.0 m/s)Pan American Junior ChampionshipsWindsor, Canada6th4 × 100 m41.49World Youth ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco2nd (h)1100m10.80 (+0.6 m/s)7th (sf)200m22.00 (+1.2 m/s)2006CARIFTA Games (U20)Les Abymes, Guadeloupe6th100m10.79 (0.0 m/s)3rd (h)2200m22.33 (+1.0 m/s)5th4 × 100 m41.58Central American and CaribbeanJunior Championships (U20)Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago4th (h)100m10.80 (+1.3 m/s)4th200m21.37 (+1.4 m/s)3rd4 × 100 m40.79World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China18th (sf)100m10.81 (-0.4 m/s)19th (sf)200m21.54 (-1.0 m/s)18th (h)4 × 100 m40.922007CARIFTA Games (U20)Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands6th100m10.61 (+1.2 m/s)2nd200m21.10 (+0.7 m/s)6th4 × 100 m41.90Pan American Junior ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil7th (sf)100m10.73 (+0.4 m/s)5th200m21.51 (+0.9 m/s)NACAC ChampionshipsSan Salvador, El Salvador12th (h)100m10.71 (-1.9 m/s)4th4 × 100 m40.012008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland8th100m10.79 (-0.8 m/s)4th (h)200m21.81 (+0.4 m/s)2009Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsHavana, Cuba10th (h)100m10.42 (+0.0 m/s)12th (h)200m21.23 (+0.5 m/s)5th4 × 100 m39.54World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany59th (h)100m10.59 (-0.2 m/s)2011Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMayagüez, Puerto Rico2nd (h)3100m10.40 (-0.9 m/s)2012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom4th (h)2100m10.16 (+1.5 m/s)2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia –100mDQ2014World RelaysNassau, Bahamas18th (h)4 × 100 m39.7610th (h)4 × 200 m1:24.91Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom6th (sf)100m10.31 (0.0 m/s)5th (h)4 × 100 m40.50Central American and Caribbean GamesXalapa, Mexico6th (h)100m10.78 A (+0.4 m/s)2015NACAC ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica5th100m10.21 (-0.1 m/s)World ChampionshipsBeijing, China38th (h)100 m 10.322016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States11th (sf)60 m6.61Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil45th (h)100 m10.342018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom –60 mDQCommonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia5th100 m10.212019Pan American GamesLima, Peru13th (h)100 m10.44World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar37th (h)100 m10.372020Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan49th (h)100 m10.412022NACAC ChampionshipsFreeport, Bahamas13th (h)100 m10.62 1: Disqualified in the semifinal. 2: Did not show in the semifinal. 3: Disqualified in the final.
References
External links Florida State Seminoles bio
Tilastopaja biography