Brijesh Lawrence

BJ Lawrence

Lawrence at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Brijesh Sharmari Lawrence
Nationality	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Born	(1989-12-27) 27 December 1989 (age 35) Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres
College team	Doane College
Achievements and titles
Personal best	100 m: 10.12 s (Crete 2012)
Medal record Representing  Saint Kitts and Nevis World Championships 2011 Daegu 4×100 m relay Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara 4×100 m relay CAC Championships 2011 Mayagüez 4×100 m relay
Updated on 23 December 2014

Brijesh Sharmari "BJ" Lawrence (born 27 December 1989) is a Saint Kitts and Nevis sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2011 World Championships.^[1]

He studied at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska.^[2][3]

Event	Result	Venue	Date
Outdoor
100 m	10.12 s (wind: +1.2 m/s)	Crete, Nebraska	21 Apr 2012
200 m	20.34 s (wind: +1.1 m/s)	Walnut, California	19 Apr 2014
Indoor
60 m	6.62 s A	Albuquerque, New Mexico	8 Feb 2014
200 m	20.99 s	Lincoln, Nebraska	19 Feb 2011

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Saint Kitts and Nevis
2010	NACAC Under-23 Championships	Miramar, Florida, United States	8th	100m	10.45 (wind: +1.7 m/s)
			10th (h)	200m	21.10 w (wind: +2.8 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	17th (h)	100m	10.51 (wind: +1.1 m/s)
			19th (h)	200m	21.53 (wind: -1.0 m/s)
			7th	4 × 100 m relay	39.43
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	6th (qf)	100m	10.62 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
2011	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	13th (h)	100m	10.61 (wind: -1.5 m/s)
			4th	200m	21.03 (wind: +1.1 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	39.07
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	43rd	200m	21.16 (wind: -1.1 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	38.49
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	14th (sf)	200m	20.82 A (wind: +0.5 m/s)
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	38.81 A
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	18th (sf)	60m	6.80
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	6th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.41
2013	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, México	16th (h)	100m	10.43 A (wind: +1.7 m/s)
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	20th (sf)	60m	6.68
	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	12th (B)	4 × 100 m relay	39.07
			2nd	4 × 200 m relay	1:20.51
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	8th (sf)	100m	10.49 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
			5th (h)	200m	21.21 (wind: -0.5 m/s)
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
	Pan American Sports Festival	Ciudad de México, México	6th	200m	20.46 A (wind: +0.6 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	4th	4 × 100 m relay	39.35 A
2015	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	7th	200m	21.03 (wind: +1.8 m/s)
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	39.20
	World Championships	Beijing, China	39th (h)	100 m	10.40
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	62nd (h)	100 m	10.55
			15th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	39.81
2017	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	8th (B)	4 × 100 m relay	41.07
			10th (h)	4 × 200 m relay	1:24.89

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