JAMES Kirani

Olympic Games

Year	Location	400m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2nd (43.76)
2012	London, GBR	1st (43.94)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	400m
2019	Doha, QAT	5th (44.54)
2015	Beijing, CHN	3rd (43.78)
2013	Moscow, RUS	7th (44.99)
2011	Daegu, KOR	1st (44.60)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	400m
2021	1 x 1st, 1 x 4th
2018	1 x 3rd

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2021	400m	Stockholm, SWE	44.63
3	2018	400m	London, GBR	44.50
4	2021	400m	Doha, QAT	44.61

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2021	400m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Ostrava, CZE	44.74

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

The Jaguar (kiranijames.com, 29 Apr 2016)

Athlete

Business - University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

English

Harvey Glance [personal], USA

His older brother Gary has represented Grenada in basketball. (IAAF, 10 Feb 2014)

He took up athletics at age 12. (athleticsweekly.com, 19 Aug 2011)

"My whole family played basketball, a sport that my father and brother play very seriously. I grew up playing basketball and a bit of football, but then I figured out that track and field was the best choice for me." (IAAF, 18 Aug 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (worldathletics.org, 11 Dec 2019)

"My philosophy is just to compete to the best of my abilities and run fast." (theguardian.com, 23 Aug 2014)

He was named the 2015 Sportsman of the Year by the Grenada Olympic Committee. (nowgrenada.com, 24 Feb 2016)

He was named the 2014 Sportsman of the Year by the Caribbean Sports Journalists' Association [CASJA]. (aipsmedia.com, 18 Nov 2014)

He was named Athlete of the Year in Grenada in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. (oneyoungworld.com, 23 Oct 2014)

He was flag bearer for Grenada at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. (GNS, 24 Jul 2014)

He was named the 2012 Sportsman of the Year by Caribbean Journal. He shared the award with Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. (caribjournal.com, 26 Dec 2012)

He was flag bearer for Grenada at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (gettyimages.co.uk, 27 Jul 2012)

He was named the 2009 Sportsman of the Year in Grenada. (rolltide.com, 03 Feb 2010)