Michelle Ballentine

Jamaican middle-distance runner

For the British politician with a similar name, see Michelle Ballantyne.

Michelle Ballentine (born 31 August 1975, in Saint Catherine Parish ^[1]) is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialised in the 800 metres.^[2] She represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics reaching the semifinals.

She has personal bests of 1:59.92 outdoors and 2:03.77 indoors, both set in 2004.^{[citation needed ]}

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Jamaica
1994	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	800 m	2:08.5
	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	28th (h)	800m	2:10.65
	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	9th (h)	4 ×ばつ 400 m relay	×ばつ 400 metres relay">3:39.58
1997	Central American and Caribbean Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico	2nd	4 ×ばつ 400 m relay	3:32.28
2001	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	2nd	800 m	2:02.11
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	8th	800 m	2:03.75
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	20th (h)	800 m	2:05.94
	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	5th	4 ×ばつ 400 m	×ばつ 400 metres relay">3:33.77
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	20th (sf)	800 m	2:00.94
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	23rd (sf)	800 m	2:03.98

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