Germaine Mason

Germaine Mason
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2008 BeijingHigh jump
Representing  Jamaica
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place2000 ChileHigh jump
Bronze medal – third place2002 KingstonHigh jump
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place2004 BudapestHigh jump
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2003 Santo DomingoHigh jump
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
Gold medal – first place2002 BridgetownHigh jump
Gold medal – first place2000 San JuanHigh jump
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
Gold medal – first place2000 St. George'sHigh jump
Silver medal – second place2002 NassauHigh jump
CARIFTA Games
Youth (U17)
Gold medal – first place1999 Fort-de-FranceHigh jump

Germaine Mason (20 January 1983 – 20 April 2017) was a Jamaican-born track and field athlete who competed in high jump. In 2006, he started representing Great Britain. As a British athlete, he won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Career

Mason was really good at high jump. He won silver and bronze medals at the World Junior Championships in 2000 and 2002. His first big win as a senior athlete was at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, where he won a gold medal by jumping 2.34 meters high.

In 2004 and 2005, he jumped a bit lower, but he still won a bronze medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Mason could compete for Great Britain because his father was born in London. His mother convinced him to switch and compete for Britain in 2006.[1]

At the Beijing Olympics on 19 August 2008, Mason won a silver medal for Great Britain. He jumped 2.34 meters high, which was the same as his personal best. Only one person, Russia's Andrey Silnov, jumped higher at 2.36 meters.[2]

Death

Mason died in a motorbike accident on 20 April 2017 when he was 34 years old. He was riding his motorbike after a party and crashed.[3] His funeral was at the Hagley Park Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kingston, Jamaica. His friend, famous runner Usain Bolt, was there and even helped dig Mason's grave.[4] [5]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Jamaica
1999 CARIFTA Games (U17) Fort-de-France, Martinique 1st high jump 2.03 m
2000 CARIFTA Games (U20) St. George's, Grenada, Grenada 1st high jump 2.12 m
CAC Junior Championships (U20) San Juan, Puerto Rico 1st high jump 2.15 m
World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 2nd high jump 2.24 m
2002 CARIFTA Games (U20) Nassau, Bahamas 2nd high jump 2.16 m
CAC Junior Championships (U20) Bridgetown, Barbados 1st high jump 2.23 m
World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 3rd high jump 2.21 m
Commonwealth Games Manchester, Great Britain 5th high jump 2.20 m
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, Great Britain – high jump NM
Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1st high jump 2.34 m
World Championships Paris, France 5th high jump 2.29
2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd high jump 2.25 m
Representing  Great Britain
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 17th (q) high jump 2.19 m
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 27th (q) high jump 2.19 m
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 2nd high jump 2.34 m

References

  1. ↑ Germain Mason Archived 28 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-02-01.
  2. ↑ Staff; agencies (19 August 2008). "Olympics: Britain's Mason takes high jump silver". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Keogh, Frank (20 April 2017). "Germaine Mason: Former GB high jumper, 34, dies in Jamaica motorbike crash". bbc.com. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  4. ↑ Raynor, Kayon. "Friend's death hangs heavy over Bolt's final Jamaica run". Reuters. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Usain Bolt Broke Down in Tears at the Funeral of High Jumper Germaine Mason". BET. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

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