Keston Bledman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Trinidadian sprint athlete
Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1988
Place of Birth: San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
Profession: sprinter
Nationality: Trinidad and Tobago
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
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About Keston Bledman
- Keston Bledman, HBM (born 8 March 1988) is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago.On 7 July 2007, at the 2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in São Paulo, Brazil, he upset the Jamaican Yohan Blake in the 100 meters, finishing in 10.32 seconds (-1.1 m/s wind). Bledman represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
- He competed at the 4 × 100 m relay together with Marc Burns, Aaron Armstrong and Richard Thompson.
- He was the lead off man.
- In their qualification heat they placed first in front of Japan, the Netherlands and Brazil.
- Their time of 38.26 was the fastest of all sixteen teams participating in the first round and they qualified for the final.
- Armstrong was replaced by Emmanuel Callender for the final race and they sprinted to a time of 38.06 seconds, the second time after the Jamaican team, winning the silver medal.He ran in the first round, but not the final of the men's 4 × 100 m at the 2009 World Championships where Trinidad and Tobago won silver.On 4 June 2011, Bledman ran 9.93 over 100 m in Clermont, Florida, to become the 78th athlete to cross the 10-second barrier.
- He won his first national title in June 2012 by beating Richard Thompson over 100 m and ran a personal best time of 9.86 seconds, which is currently tied for the 16th fastest ever.
- At the 2011 World Championships, he qualified for the 100 m final as one of the fastest losers in the semi-final.He was also a member of the relay team that won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
- He was part of the Trinidad and Tobago team 4 × 100 m team that won the bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
- He ran in the 100 m and the 4 × 100 m at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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