Andrea Bliss

Andrea Bliss
Personal information
Full name Andrea Antoinette Bliss
Born (1980-10-05) 5 October 1980
Kingston, Jamaica
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country  Jamaica
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Hurdling
Updated on 26 January 2015.

Andrea Bliss (born 5 October 1980) is a Jamaican athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles.[1][2] She represented her country at the 2013 World Championships reaching the semifinals. In addition, she finished fourth at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[3]

Personal bests

She has personal bests of 12.82 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (Kingston 2013) and 8.08 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Düsseldorf 2006).

EventResultVenueDate
Outdoor
200 m26.04 s (wind: +0.8 m/s)Jamaica Kingston17 Mar 2012
400 m55.45 sJamaica Kingston15 Apr 2000
100 m hurdles12.82 s (wind: +0.7 m/s)Jamaica Kingston23 Jun 2013
Indoor
60 m7.69 sCanada Saskatoon, Saskatchewan4 Feb 2011
200 m25.06 sUnited States Gainesville, Florida2 Mar 2006
400 m54.92 sUnited States University Park, Pennsylvania27 Jan 2001
60 m hurdles8.08 sGermany Düsseldorf17 Feb 2006

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Jamaica
1996 CARIFTA Games (U17) Kingston, Jamaica 4th 400 m 57.09
1st 300 m H 43.6
4th Long jump 5.30 m
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships
(U17)		 San Salvador, El Salvador 2nd 300 m H 43.28
1st 4x400 m 3:45.51
1st Long jump 5.49 m
1998 CARIFTA Games (U20) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 2nd 400 m H 59.90
1999 CARIFTA Games (U20) Fort-de-France, Martinique 4th 100 m H 13.94 (w)
4th 400 m H 59.74
Pan American Junior Championships Tampa, United States 3rd 400 m H 57.94
2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships Nassau, Bahamas 2nd 100 m H 12.86
2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 4th 100 m H 13.42
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 3rd 100 m H 13.20
2nd 4x100 m 44.27
Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 4th 100 m H 13.28[4]
– 4x100 m DQ
2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 7th 100 m H 13.50
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 13th (sf) 100 m H 12.92
2014 Pan American Sports Festival Ciudad de México, México 3rd 100m hurdles 13.18 A (wind: +0.9 m/s)

References

  1. ↑ Andrea Bliss at IAAF
  2. ↑ BIO - ANDREA BLISS, Florida Gators, retrieved 26 January 2015
  3. ↑ Participants / BLISS Andrea Antoinette, Commonwealth Games Federation, retrieved 25 January 2015
  4. ↑ "Close miss by Bliss". The Gleaner. Jamaica. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2018.


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