Bryan Levell (born 23 December 2003) is a Jamaican sprinter. He became Jamaican champion over

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in 2024.

Early life

He attended Edwin Allen High in Frankfield, Jamaica.

Career

He was a silver medalist in the relay at the

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. He finished sixth in the 200 metres final at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in

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, Colombia. He was a silver medalist in the relay at the championships. Despite missing part of 2023 with injury, he turned professional in 2023 to be coached by Shanikie Osbourne in

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. He ran as part of the Jamaican relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in

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. Competing at the Jamaican national championships in June 2024, he won the 200 metres title, running a personal best time of 19.97 seconds. At the championships, he also lowered his personal best to 10.07 seconds for the 100 metres in the first qualifying heat. In the semi-final, he broke the

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for the first time, running 9.98 seconds. In the final, he finished in fourth place in a time of 10.04 seconds He competed in the 200m at the

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, where he reached the semi-finals. On 24 April 2025, he was named in the Jamaican team for the

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, China in May 2025. He was a silver medalist the inaugural Mixed 4 x 100 metres in China, running the final alongside Krystal Sloley, Javari Thomas, and Serena Cole. That month, he was named as a challenger for the short sprints category at the

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event in Philadelphia, finishing second in the 100 metres with a time of 10.02 seconds. He ran a wind-assisted 200 metres in 19.79 seconds (+2.5 m/s) on 7 June 2025, to win the Racers Grand Prix, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meeting, in Kingston, Jamaica. He ran a personal best 9.94 seconds for the 100 metres at the Jamaican Athletics Championships in June 2025, however in the final appeared to pull-up with a leg issue and placed eighth.

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2003 births Living people Jamaican male sprinters Olympic athletes for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Jamaican sportsmen {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub