Career
He is from the Hillaby district in the parish of Saint Andrew. Although he shares a birthplace, surname and speciality with Shane Brathwaite, the two are not related. He first ran on the world stage at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics, taking the silver medal in the 110 meter hurdles.
He competed as a senior athlete at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and he reached the sprint hurdles semi-finals.
He also represented Barbados at the 2007 Pan American Games where he finished in fourth place. Brathwaite set a national record at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics, winning his heat in a time of 13.49 seconds and finishing fourth in the final.
He improved this further at the 2008 Summer Olympics, running 13.38 seconds in the heats. He made it through to the Olympic semi-finals before being knocked out.