Nathan Cumberbatch
Trinidad and Tobago athlete
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Nathan Cumberbatch (born 11 January 2005) is a middle-distance runner who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago. He won the gold medal over 800 metres at the 2023 CARIFTA Games. In 2025, he set a national record in the 1500 metres.[1]
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| Born | 11 January 2005 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Middle-distance running | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 800m: 1:45.64 (2026) 1500m: 3:44.55 (2025) NR | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Educated at Shorewood High School in Shorewood, Wisconsin, in 2022 he was a silver medalist over 800 metres representing Trinidad and Tobago at the 2022 CARIFTA Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[2][3]
In 2023, Cumberbatch was the Nike Indoor National 800 m champion. He ran new personal best of 1:50.33 at the Florida Relays in April 2023, and ran a new personal best time of 1:48.20 to win the Brooks PR Invitational boys 800 metres in Renton in June 2023. The time was a Wisconsin high school all-time state record.[4][5][6] That year, he won the gold medal in the 800 metres at the 2023 CARIFTA Games in Nassau, The Bahamas.[7]
In April 2025, in his sophomore year at the University of Southern California, Cumberbatch won the 800 m at the Battle on the Bayou meet in Louisiana, running a personal best time of 1:47.70.[8] In May 2025, running for the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, a 3:43.55 time for the 1500 metres run from Cumberbatch was faster than the Trinidad and Tobago national record set by Sheldon Monderoy in 1998.[9]
On 14 February 2026, Cumberbatch ran a personal best for the 800 m of 1:45.64 competing outdoors at the Perth Track Classic in Australia.[10][11] He qualified for the 800 m at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, in March 2026.[12]