Sanjay Ayre

Sanjay Ayre
Sanjay Ayre, competes in the 4x400m finals at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
Personal information
Born (1980-06-19) 19 June 1980
Height1.91 m (6.3 ft)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
SportRunning
Event
400 meters
Medal record
Representing  Jamaica
Men's athletics
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney 4x400 m relay
World Championships
2001 Edmonton 4x400 m relay
2003 Paris 4x400 m relay
2005 Helsinki 4x400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
2004 Budapest 4x400 m relay
Pan American Games
2003 Santo Domingo 4x400 m relay
Central American & Caribbean Games
2006 Cartagena 4x400 m relay
World Junior Championships
1998 Annecy 4x400 m relay
Pan American Junior Championships
1999 Tampa 400 metres
1999 Tampa 4x400 m relay
1997 Havana 400 metres
1997 Havana 4x400 m relay
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
1998 George Town 4x400 m relay
CARIFTA Games (U20)
1997 Barbados 4X400 m relay
1999 Martinique 400 metres
National Scholastic Games
1999 Boston 400 metres
National Scholastic Games
1999 Raleigh 400 metres
Jamaican National Championships
2007 Kingston 400 metres

Sanjay Claude Ayre (born 19 June 1980 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the 400 meters. Ayre won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games. Ayre is a 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championship Gold medalist and a three-time World Outdoor Championship medalist.

During an international athletic career that spanned 15 years, Ayre has won eleven gold, three silver, and four bronze medals at both the junior and senior levels. Ayre graduated from Auburn University after receiving a full athletic scholarship. Ayre would compete internationally throughout his high school and collegiate career, successfully balancing competing priorities. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminology from Auburn University, and in 2003 signed a lucrative shoe contract with sports apparel company Puma.