Jamaican athlete
Jelani Walker
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Nationality | Jamaican |
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Born | (1998-06-10) 10 June 1998 (age 26) |
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Sport | Athletics |
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Event | Sprint |
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Personal best(s) | 100m: 10.00s (2022) 200m: 20.65 (2022) |
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Jelani Walker (born 10 June 1998) is a Jamaican sprinter. He has ran as part of the Jamaican 4 x 100 metres relay team at the World Athletics Championships and Olympic Games.[1]
Career
He finished fourth in the men's 100m race at the 2022 Jamaican Athletics Championships in Kingston, Jamaica in June 2022.[2] He was subsequently named in the Jamaican relay pool for the 2022 World Athletics Championships.[3] He competed as part of the Jamaican team which placed fourth in the final at the 4 x 100 metres relay in Eugene, Oregon.[4][5] Walker was able to take part after being cleared only a few days for the race after testing positive for covid-19.[6] He was able to race in the qualifying heat as well as the final.[7]
He ran 10.04 seconds to finish fifth in the 100 metres at the Jamaican Olympic trials in June 2024.[8] He ran as part of the Jamaican 4 x 100 metres relay team at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.[9][10]
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