USA Championships
Four-time USA Outdoor champion - 2003 (49.01); 2008 (48.17); 2009 (48.03); 2010 (47.32) Two-time USA Indoor 400m champion - 2005 (46.05); 2010 (45.41) 2011 USA Outdoor runner-up (47.93) 2013 USA Outdoor bronze medalist (48.09) 2002 USA Junior champion (50.33) International Championships 2005 World Outdoor Championships gold medalist (47.30) 2011 World Outdoor 4x400m gold medalist (2:59.31) 2008 Olympic Games bronze medalist (48.06) 2009 World Outdoor Championships bronze medalist (48.23) 2010 World Indoor Championships 4x400m relay gold medalist (3:03.40) 2002 World Junior 400m hurdles bronze medalist (50.00) and 4x400m gold medalist Awards and honors 2010 IAAF Diamond League champion 2010 Visa Outdoor champion |
Nicknamed "Batman," Bershawn Jackson fell victim in 2012 to a loaded American 400m hurdles field that included four of the top eight men in the world in missing the London Olympic Games. The 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, Jackson has been among the top three in the world on the IAAF performance list six of the last eight seasons. In 2010 Jackson turned in one of his better seasons as a professional, winning the inaugural IAAF Diamond League championship, the Visa Outdoor championship and recorded the fastest time in the world. After missing the Olympic Games in 2004, Jackson went on to Beijing where he won the bronze medal, completing an American sweep of the event with teammates Angelo Taylor and Kerron Clement. He has been ranked among the top 10 in the world in the men’s 400m hurdles by Track & Field News each year since 2003. Jackson's victory at the 2005 World Outdoor Championships was the first for an American in the 400m hurdles at a World Outdoor Championships since Derrick Adkins mined gold at Gothenburg in 1995 (47.98). With fellow American James Carter finishing second, it marked the first time Americans had finished 1-2 in the men’s 400m hurdles since Rome in 1987 when National Track & Field Hall of Famer Edwin Moses won the gold and Danny Harris brought home the silver medal. His 12 worldwide wins in 2005 made him an easy choice for the coveted 400m hurdles world #1 ranking that year from Track & Field News. The 2002 USA Junior champion and World Junior bronze medalist, Jackson planned to be part of the University of South Carolina track powerhouse, but he instead competed on the circuit. In 2004 he joined the St. Augustine’s College track and field roster. While it took him a while to receive his diploma, on May 8, 2010, Jackson became the first in his family to receive a college degree. He has two daughters, Shawnti and Shari; and a son, Bershawn Jr "BJ".
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