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Kingston, Jamaica [23] Javelin throw: 75.01 m Orrin Powell: 20 February 2016 GC Foster Classic Saint Catherine, Jamaica [24] 77.31 m Elvis Graham: 10 June 2023 JAAA All Comers Meet 4 Kingston, Jamaica [25] Decathlon: 8644 pts Maurice Smith: 31 August–1 September 2007 World Championships: Osaka, Japan [26]
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. [1]
Representing the Jamaica. Olympic Games. 2024 Paris. Shot put. Rajindra Campbell (born 29 February 1996) is a Jamaican track and field athlete. In 2023, he became the Jamaican national champion and Jamaican national record holder in the shot put. In 2024, he won a bronze medal in Paris at the Olympic Games .
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce CD OD OJ OLY ( née Fraser; born December 27, 1986) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter competing in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time. One of the most enduring track athletes in history, Fraser-Pryce's career spans over a decade and a half, from the ...
The ISSA Grace Kennedy Boys and Girls Championships (better known as Champs) is an annual Jamaican high school track and field meet held by Jamaica's Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association. The five day event, held during the last week before Easter in Kingston, has been considered a proving ground for many Jamaican athletes.
CAC Championships. 2013 Morelia. 4×100 m relay. Elaine Thompson-Herah (born 28 June 1992) [ 3] is a Jamaican sprinter who competes in the 60 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres. Regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time, she is a five-time Olympic champion, the fastest woman alive in the 100 m, and the third fastest ever in the 200 m.
The number of athletics events on the Jamaican Championship competition programme varies according to demand. Several events almost always feature on the programme for both men and women, including: the three sprint events (100 m, 200 m and 400 m), the two middle-distance events (800 m and 1500 m), two hurdles events (sprint hurdles and 400 m hurdles), two horizontal jumping events (long jump ...
Jaydon Hibbert (born 17 January 2005) [ 2] is a Jamaican track and field athlete. At the age of 17, he won the gold medal in the triple jump at the 2022 World Under-20 Championships, after silver in the previous 2021 edition . Hibbert holds the world U20 outdoor and indoor records in the triple jump and the Jamaican senior record at the latter.