Justyn Warner

Justyn Warner

Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1987-06-28) June 28, 1987 Toronto, Canada
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres
College team	TCU Horned Frogs
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	60m: 6.59s (Toronto 2012) 100m: 10.09s (London 2012) 200m: 20.95s (Toronto 2011)
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing Canada World Championships 2013 Moscow 4×100 m relay 2015 Beijing 4×100 m relay World Junior Championships 2006 Beijing 100 m Pan American Junior Championships 2005 Windsor 100 m 2005 Windsor 4×100 m relay

Justyn Warner, (born June 28, 1987 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian track athlete specializing in the 100 metres. He is the former Canadian Junior record holder at that distance with a time of 10.26. He anchored the Canadian 4x100m relay team to a third place finish at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but they were later disqualified for a teammate stepping out his lane. In 2013 he anchored Canada to a bronze in the same event at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.

He is coached by Kevin Tyler.

Career

Warner is a graduate of Middlefield Collegiate Institute in Markham, Ontario. He was a double-sport athlete playing football and running track, where he was an outstanding sprint athlete. In 2005, his senior year he won four provincial O.F.S.A.A titles on the track: 100m, 200m, 4x100m, and 4x400m.

On July 30, 2005, he finished second in the 100 m at the 2005 Pan Am Junior Games, held in Windsor, Ontario, in a time of 10.26, a new Canadian Junior record.

A year later on August 16, 2006, he claimed the silver medal in the 100 m at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics, held in Beijing, China, in a time of 10.39.

Warner received a full scholarship to Texas Christian University where he competed in the NCAA as a Horned Frog under Darryl Anderson. He was a three time All-American. He graduated TCU in 2009 with a Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology.

In 2012, Warner qualified in the 100m for the 2012 Summer Olympics by winning his first Canadian championship in 10.15s. That also qualified him to be a member of the 4x100m relay team. At the Olympic Games, Warner finished 13th overall running a personal best of 10.09s twice in both the heat and the semi-final. Next up was the 4x100m relay with Gavin Smellie, Oluseyi Smith, Jared Connaughton & Warner anchoring. In the final, the Canadian relay team arrived in third place and initially believed they had won bronze but they were disqualified when officials judged that Connaughton had stepped on the lane line just before passing the baton. The relay team from Trinidad and Tobago were awarded the bronze.

In August 2013 Warner anchored his Canadian teammates Gavin Smellie, Aaron Brown and Dontae Richards-Kwok to a bronze in the same men's sprint relay event at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, after Great Britain was disqualified for a baton exchange infraction.

Personal life

Warner trains in Norman, Oklahoma. His hometown is Markham, Ontario, Canada.

Warner has a younger brother Ian who graduated from Iowa State University. His younger brother finished right behind him at the 2012 Canadian Olympic Trials with a time of 10.20.

Warner is married to hurdler Nikkita Holder.

Statistics

Personal bests

Event	Best	Location	Date
60 metres	6.59s	Toronto, ON Canada	29 January 2012
100 metres	10.09s	London, England	4 August 2012
200 metres	20.95s	Toronto, ON Canada	13 June 2011

External links

• Official Website
• Justyn Warner at World Athletics
• Profile at Athletics Canada