Kerron Clement was born on the 31st of October 1985 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and moved to Texas in 1998, becoming a citizen of the USA in 2005. His interest in athletics started when he was very young " My older brother Charles and I liked to chase each other on the road or at night. I guess from there I kind of built my endurance back then"
    He went to La Porte High School before being a student at the University of Florida. He did not train till he entered High school. " I really started training and getting serious about athletics at high school. When I was a Freshman there was an older kid who beat me. I did not like that at all so, I trained harder so he would not beat me again. I became competitive. That gave me the determination to get better and try and continue to get better.  At High School I was doing high hurdles in around 13.48.
Clement was USATF Youth Champion at 110/400 hurdles.
He went on later to win the IAAF World Junior Championships at Grosseto in 2004 in 48.51
    What made him turn to the 400 hurdles ' I was kinda tall (1.88) and more endurance based as I ran cross-country at High School so there was more purpose to graduate to the 400 hurdles.'

    Kerron Clement has posted personal best time for 100/200 of 10.23/20.49. It was interesting to hear what he said regarding his World Junior victory in 2004 " I had a chance of going to the Olympic Trials but I said no because I was not ready to compete on that level. I said if I went to the Olympics I  would want to win a medal and just did not want to go to the Olympic Games just to say I had been to the Olympic Games. I don't  want to say that. I wanted to go to the Olympics to get a medal.
    In 2006 he won the World Cup 400 hurdles in Athens in 48.12 but he proved his point about the Olympics when they were in Beijing in 2008 (First 4 in the Final were 1 Angelo Taylor (47.25), 2 Kerron Clement (47.98), 3 Bershawn Jackson (48.60 4 Danny McFarlane (48.30). " 2nd place is better than nothing. A lot of people went to the Olympics and did not get a medal. I was very fortunate although, the United States did not have a really good year at the Olympics. I was happy with that medal and there was more motivation for me to come back. Although I wanted the gold, of course, there are the World Championships in Berlin and there is the London Olympics of 2012. I'll be hungry. I love a challenge.'
    Regarding the 400 hurdles he did not enjoy doing as much at college as he does now " In college you run more races and you really don't focus on one particular race but now I focus on one race and I enjoy it. I have a new coach Bobbie Kersee. He is a great help.'
    Kerron Clement is a well rounded individual and besides athletics he likes modelling, which he does in Los Angeles. His Mother Brenda is a great supporter of his and will be attending the World Championships in Berlin and he has many friends on the circuit too.'
    His feeling about being competitive is strong " It is all about winning competition at major Championships. When I went to College I liked defending my NCAA titles. Back to back."

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