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{{Short description|Jamaican sprinter (born 1970)}}
{{For|other people with this name|Michael Green (disambiguation)}}
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'''Michael Green''' (born 7 November 1970) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the [[100 metres]]. Michael Green was born in [[Trelawny, Jamaica|Trelawny]]. He attended [[William Knibb]] Memorial High and graduated in May 1989 where he dominated the 100m. Green's nickname at William Knibb was 'Roach'. After graduating from William Knibb as the fastest male in 1989, Green was awarded a scholarship to attend [[Clemson University]]. Michael Green and 100m World Record setting [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]] [[Usain Bolt]] are former students at [[William Knibb Memorial High School]].

His personal best time is 10.02 seconds, achieved in April 1997 in [[Knoxville, TN]]. With 6.49 over the [[60 metres]] during the 1997 indoor season he was the world top performer that year, together with [[Ato Boldon]] and [[Randall Evans (sprinter)|Randall Evans]]. Green still holds the fastest first 40m split ever recorded during a 100m race—albeit by just 0.01s—ahead of Usain Bolt's 9.58s world record performance at Berlin in 2009. Thus William Knibb High includes the two fastest 40m performers ever among its alumni.

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
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!colspan="6"|Representing {{JAM}}
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|1991
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|Tokyo, Japan
|6th
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 4 x 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1994
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] 
|rowspan=2|[[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], Canada
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|100 m
|
|-
|4th
|4 × 100 m relay
|
|-
|1996
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|Atlanta, United States
|7th
|100 m
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|-
|1997
|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] 
|Paris, France
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|60 m
|
|}

==References==
* {{World Athletics}}

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