Michael Mathieu

Michael Mathieu

Mathieu (in blue and yellow) in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Michael Walter Mathieu
Nationality	Bahamian
Born	(1984-06-17) 17 June 1984 (age 40) Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event	Sprint
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London 4×400 m relay 2008 Beijing 4×400 m relay 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×400 m relay World Championships 2007 Osaka 4×400 m relay World Indoor Championships 2016 Portland 4 × 400 m relay World Relay Championships 2017 Nassau 4×400 m relay 2014 Nassau 4×400 m relay 2015 Nassau 4×400 m relay Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro 4×400 m relay Central American and Caribbean Games 2010 Mayaguez 4x400 m relay CAC Championships 2011 Mayagüez 200 m 2011 Mayagüez 4×400 m relay 2008 Cali 400 m 2008 Cali 4×400 m relay Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow 4×400 m relay 2018 Gold Coast 4 × 400 m relay NACAC Championships 2018 Toronto 4x400m relay Pan American Junior Championships 2003 Bridgetown 400 m CAC Junior Championships (U20) 2002 Bridgetown 4×400 m relay 2002 Bridgetown 4×100 m relay

Michael Walter Mathieu (born 24 June 1984) is a retired Bahamian sprinter hailing from Freeport, Grand Bahama who specialized in the 200 metres and 400 metres. He was part of the Bahamian silver medal-winning team in the men's 4×400 metres relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, running second leg and recording a 44.0 split, and the gold medal-winning team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was also a part of second place relay team at the 2007 World Championships. He won the bronze medal in the 4x400 metres relay in the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Individually, he has won medals at the Central American and Caribbean Championships, taking the 400 m silver medal in 2008 and the 200 m gold in 2011. His personal bests are 20.16 seconds for the 200 m and 45.06 for the 400 m (the former being the Bahamian record mark).