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List Of Jamaican Athletics Championships Winners
The Jamaican Athletics Championships is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association, which serves as the national championship for the sport in Jamaica. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2021-04-25. Men 100 metres *1983: Everard Samuels *1984: Ray Stewart *1985: ???? *1986: Ray Stewart *1987: Ray Stewart *1988: ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Track And Field
Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events. Track and field is categorized under the umbrella sport of athletics, which also includes road running, cross country running and racewalking. Though the sense of "athletics" as a broader sport is not used in American English, outside of the United States the term ''athletics'' can either be used to mean just its track and field component or the entirety of the sport (adding road racing and cross country) based on context. The foot racing events, which include sprint (running), sprints, middle-distance running, middle- and long-distance running, long-distance events, racewalking, and hurdling, are won by the athlete who completes it in the least time. The jumpin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oshane Bailey
Oshane Andre Bailey (born 8 September 1989) is a Jamaican sprinter, who specialises in the 100 and 200 meters. He is the 2010 Jamaica National Champion in the 100 m. At the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics, Bailey helped the Jamaican squad to a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay. At the 2010 Commonwealth games The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth that was held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 201 ... Bailey qualified for the final as a fastest loser, but had to pull out as his pulled his hamstring on the line in the semi-final. Oshane "Country" Bailey qualified for Jamaicas 2013 World Championships team and was in the 4 × 100 m relay pool. Personal best Competition record 1: Did not show in the final. 2: Disqualified in the semifinal. 3: Competed only in the heat. References External links *Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasheed Dwyer
Rasheed Dwyer (born 29 January 1989) is a Jamaican athlete specializing in the sprinting events. His two biggest successes to date are winning the gold in 200 metres at the 2011 Summer Universiade and also winning the gold (200 metres) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He studied at the G.C. Foster College in Spanish Town. Dwyer also represented Jamaica in the 200 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ..., placing seventh in the final. Achievements Personal bests *100 Metres – 10.10 (Kingston 2016) *200 Metres – 19.80 (Toronto 2015) References 1989 births Living people Jamaican male sprinters Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica Commonwealth Games athletes for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Weir
Warren Weir (born 31 October 1989) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. He was the bronze medallist in the event at the 2012 London Olympics, helping Jamaica sweep the event. In 2013, at the Moscow World Championships, Warren Weir won the silver medal equalling his personal best. He finished behind Usain Bolt, who set a world leading time. His personal best is 19.79 seconds, set at the National Stadium in his home country Jamaica. He has since equalled his personal best in Moscow, in the World Championship final. He trained with the Glen Mills-coached Racers Track Club, alongside Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake. Career At the start of his career, Weir competed in short sprints and the 110 metres hurdles. Born in Trelawny Parish, he ran the 100 m and 200 m for Calabar High School at the Jamaican High School Championships. At the 2007 Jamaican junior championships, he set a hurdles best of 13.65 seconds for second place and a 100 m dash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Mullings
Steve Mullings (born 28 November 1982) is a Jamaican former sprint athlete who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres events. In 2011 he was given a lifetime ban for doping. Career Mullings began his international athletics career with a bronze medal win in the 100 m at the Pan American Junior Championships. At the 2004 national championship he made his first impact in senior athletics, setting new bests of 10.04 and 20.22 in the sprints, and finishing as the 200 m national champion. This earned him qualification into the 2004 Summer Olympics, but he was withdrawn from the competition after his sample from the national championships tested positive for banned substances. After his B sample also tested positive for testosterone, he was banned from competition for two years and his results between mid-2004 and 2005 were removed from the record. He returned to competition in 2006 but finished the season with unimpressive bests of 10.31 and 20.54. The following year was mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windell Dobson
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Clive Wright
Clive George Wright, Jr. (born 18 November 1965) is a Jamaican former track and field sprinter who specialised in the 200 metres. He won several medals with the Jamaican relay team, taking Jamaica's first World Championships relay medal (a bronze) at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, as well as a bronze medal at the Pan American Games in 1987 and two relay bronze medals at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. He was a four-time Jamaican champion in the 200 m and held a personal best of 20.50 seconds for the distance. He represented his country in that event at the Summer Olympics in 1988 and 1992. Career Born in Dover in Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica,Clive Wright Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-10-10. he did not compete at a high level in his youth but rose to pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gus Young (sprinter)
Gus Young (born 19 September 1961) is a Jamaican sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the .... References 1961 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Jamaican male sprinters Olympic athletes for Jamaica Place of birth missing (living people) Jamaican Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Jamaican sportsmen {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leroy Reid
Leroy Reid (born 3 August 1963) is a Jamaican sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Competing for the TCU Horned Frogs track and field team, Reid won the 1986 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 4 × 100 m 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hi .... International competitions References 1963 births Living people Competitors at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Jamaican male sprinters Olympic athletes for Jamaica Place of birth missing (living people) Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Jamaican Athletics Championships winners NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners TCU Horned Fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kishane Thompson
Kishane Thompson (born 17 July 2001) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. He won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 100 metres event. Career A member of the MVP Track Club, Thompson competed at the Jamaican Championships in June 2023, and ran 9.91 seconds for the 100 metres in his qualifying heat. However, he pulled-out of the competition prior to the semi-final. This was pre-planned, his coach Stephen Francis explained that due to a number of injuries in previous years he had a schedule to avoid multiple-round running that year. Thompson made his Diamond League debut competing in the 100 metres in Monaco on 21 July 2023, running 10.04 seconds to finish fifth. In September 2023, he lowered his 100 metres personal best to 9.85 seconds to finish second at the Diamond League event in Xiamen, China. At his last Diamond league match he ran 9.87 seconds to finish fourth in Eugene,USA. On 27 June 2024, he ran 9.82 seconds for the 100 metre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohan Watson
Rohan Watson (born 29 April 2002) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. In July 2023, he became Jamaican national champion over 100 metres. Career Watson is a member of the MVP Club in Jamaica, where he is a training partner of Shericka Jackson. Watson won the Jamaican national 100m title at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica on 7 July 2023, running 9.91 seconds. The victory was considered an upset, with Oblique Seville and Ackeem Blake entering the competition as the favourites. Earlier in the week, Watson had dipped below the 10-second barrier for the first time, running 9.98s in the heats. He was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, where he reached the semi-finals of the 100m. In January 2025, he set a 60 metres personal best of 6.61 seconds at the Central Hurdles, Relays & Field Events Meet at the GC Foster College in St. Catherine. This was recorded into a -2.1m/s headwind. He set a new personal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
