Javier Culson

Javier Culson is a Puerto Rican hurdler who competes in the 400 metres hurdles. He was born on 25 July 1984 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and stands 200 centimetres tall. He represented Puerto Rico at three Summer Olympics. In 2008 he reached the heats of the 400 metres hurdles, in 2012 in London he won the bronze medal in the event, and in 2016 he competed once more. At the 2012 Games he was chosen as the Puerto Rican flagbearer, and Olympedia records him carrying the flag at both the opening and the closing ceremonies. His personal best in the 400 metres hurdles is 47.72 seconds, set in 2010. Away from the Olympics he won silver medals in the 400 metres hurdles at the World Championships in Berlin in 2009 and in Daegu in 2011, a silver at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, a silver at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayagüez and a bronze at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok.