Jovon Toppin
Trinidadian sprinter (born 1989)
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Jovon Toppin (born January 2, 1989, in Port of Spain) is a Trinidadian sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres.[1]
Nationality
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and TobagoBorn2 January 1989
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
SportAthletics
Event
4 × 400 metres relay| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Born | 2 January 1989 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | 4 × 400 metres relay |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 200 m: 20.85 s (2009) 400 m: 46.94 s (2007) |
Toppin competed for the Florida Gators track and field team in the NCAA.[2]
Toppin competed for the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with his teammates Ato Modibo, Cowin Mills, and Stann Waithe. He ran on the second leg of the second heat, with an individual-split time of 45.92 seconds. Toppin and his team finished the relay in fifth place, for a seasonal best time of 3:04.12, failing to advance into the final.[3]
