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Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 25 January 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 200m: 20.28 (Waco, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Demar Francis (born 25 January 2001) is a Jamaican sprinter. [1]
He attended Excelsior High School and the University of South Dakota before transferring to Baylor University. [2]
He won gold in the 200 metres at the 2023 NACAC U23 Championships in Costa Rica. [3]
He became Jamaica’s national indoor record holder in the 200m with a run of 20.46 in 2023. He lowered it again to 20.42 at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in February 2024. [4] [5]
He won a silver medal in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing. [6] [7] [8] On 24 April 2025, he was named in the Jamaican team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China in May 2025. [9] He competed in the Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the event in May 2025. [10] He also competed in the Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the event. [11]