• Source: Handal Roban
    • Handal Roban (born 5 September 2002) is a middle distance runner from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 800 metres.


      Early life


      He attended Jamaica College, and Penn State University in the United States. He was a gold and bronze medallist at the Junior Carifta Games in 2018. Roban was a bronze medallist at the 2019 North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) Under-18 Championships in Mexico.


      Career


      He won a silver medal at the 2022 NACAC Championships in Freeport, Bahamas over 800 metres. He competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England in the 800 metres.
      In June 2023, he lowered the national record for the 800 metres to 1:45.95 whilst running at the NCAA final in Austin, Texas in 2023. He won the gold medal over 800 metres at the 2023 NACAC U23 Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica. He won the gold medal in the 800 metres at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador in July 2023. He competed in the 800 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
      He competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024.


      See also


      List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians


      References

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