Rasheed Broadbell

Rasheed Broadbell (born 13 August 2000) is a Jamaican hurdler who specializes in the 110 metres hurdles, which he won at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He also won the bronze medal in the same event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life Rasheed hails from the eastern parish of St. Thomas, Jamaica. He attended St. Jago High School in St. Catherine.

Career In 2021, Broadbell had a breakthrough year, running a personal best of 13.10 seconds in Kingston, however he was unable to qualify for the delayed 2020 Olympics due to injury.

At the 2022 Jamaican Championships, Broadbell finished second in 13.20 seconds to qualify for the 2022 World Championships, where he made the semi-finals. He went on to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, winning gold in a new personal best and games record of 13.08 seconds.

Broadbell won the 2023 Jamaican Championships in a new personal best of 12.94 seconds. He was disqualified in the heats at the 2023 World Championships after falling after hurdle nine.

In 2024, Broadbell ran a new personal best over 60 m hurdles of 7.56 seconds in Fayetteville. He won his second consecutive Jamaican title over 110 m hurdles to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics, where he won the bronze medal.

Track records

As of 14 September 2024, Broadbell holds the following track records for 110 metres hurdles.

LocationTimeWindspeedm/sDate Freeport 13.10 +0.2 13/05/2023 Rabat 13.08 –1.3 28/05/2023