Deon Hemmings

FullnameDeon Marie Hemmings

Born9 October 1968 (1968-10-09) (age 57)^[1]

Saint Ann, Jamaica

Deon Hemmings

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Personal information
Full name	Deon Marie Hemmings
Born	9 October 1968 (1968-10-09) (age 57)[1] Saint Ann, Jamaica
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Jamaica Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 400 m hurdles 2000 Sydney 400 m hurdles 2000 Sydney 4 × 400 m relay World Championships 2001 Edmonton 4 × 400 m relay 1997 Athens 400 m hurdles 1995 Gothenburg 400 m hurdles 1997 Athens 4 × 400 m relay 1999 Seville 400 m hurdles World Indoor Championships 1993 Toronto 4 × 400 m relay Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria 400 m hurdles Central American and Caribbean Games 1998 Maracaibo 400 m hurdles

Deon Marie Hemmings (born 9 October 1968 in Saint Ann, Jamaica) is a former female 400 metres hurdler.

Hemmings was the first ever Jamaican woman to win an Olympic Gold when she won the 400 m Hurdles at the 1996 Olympics, breaking the Olympic record, which stood to 2004. Hemmings also won two silver medals at the 2000 Olympics in the 400 m Hurdles and 4 × 400 m Relay (together with Sandie Richards, Catherine Scott-Pomales and Lorraine Graham).^[2]

Hemmings also won a Silver medal in the 1994 Commonwealth Games, a Bronze Medal in the 1995 World Athletics Championships, a Silver in the 1997 World Athletics Championships, and a Bronze in the 1999 World Athletics Championships, all in the 400 m Hurdles.

Hemmings retired in 2003 and married Michael McCatty in 2004.