Jaheel Hyde (born 2 February 1997) is a

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athlete. He was the 2014 world junior champion in the

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and the 2013 world youth champion in the

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. He won a gold medal in the

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at the

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, setting a new championship record for the event and coming .01 seconds shy of tying the World Youth Best held by

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. In 2014, he won the gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the World Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon, then the 100 metres hurdles at the Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, beating Belocian's World Youth Best with a time of 12.96 seconds. His parents, Lenworth Hyde and Angela Hussett, encouraged their children to participate in sport. His father was an international footballer for

for over ten years. His older brothers have also been involved in sport: Lenworth Jr. and Jamie both played football for Jamaica at age category level while Julian Hyde won international medals in

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. Hyde has also played for the Jamaican football team and scored a hat-trick against Bermuda in an under-17s international match in 2012. In January 2024, Hyde attended open tryouts for

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club

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and was selected to join the team for preseason training.

Personal bests

Competition record

¹: Exhibition event (no medals).
²: Competed only in the heat.

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