Athletics Hero: Marvin Anderson

Full name: Marvin Anderson
Nationality: Jamaica
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Height: 175 cm
Weight: 69 kg
Date of birth: May 12, 1982
Place of birth: Trelawny, Jamaica
Event(s): 100m, 200m, 4x100m


Marvin Anderson is a Jamaican sprint athlete. He finished sixth in the 200m final at the 2007 World Championships with a time of 20.28 in Osaka where he also won a silver medal in the 4 x 100m relay team for Jamaica in 37.89.

Anderson represented Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 200 metres and placed third in his first round heat after Marlon Devonish and Kim Collins in a time of 20.85 seconds. He was then eliminated at second round.

He tested positive for the stimulant 4-Methyl-2-hexanamine in June 2009. A disciplinary panel organised by the Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) cleared him of a doping infraction on the grounds that the drug was not on the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned list.