Jelani Walker

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Jelani Walker
Personal information
NationalityJamaican
Born (1998-06-10) 10 June 1998 (age 27)
Height6’ 4”
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event
 Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m: 10.00s (2022)
200m: 20.65 (2022)

Jelani Walker (born 10 June 1998) is a Jamaican sprinter. He has run 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Jelani Walker". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Blake and Jackson Claim Jamaican 100m Titles in Kingston". Watch Athletics. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Jamaica names team for World Championships in Oregon". World Athletics. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  4. ↑ Wheeler, Daniel (July 26, 2022). "Jelani Walker optimistic about men's 4x100 future". Jamaica-Star. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "World Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "OregonGoldRush - Jelani Walker back in World Champs camp". Jamaica Gleaner. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "World Champs: Badly-hampered Jamaican men's team make final of 4x100m". Jamaica.Loopnews. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Kishane Thompson storms to world-leading 9.77 while Jackson claims third consecutive Women's 100m title at JAAA National Senior Championships". sportsmax. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "#ParisOlympics: Jamaica fail to advance in men' 4x100m relay". Jamaica Gleaner. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "Watch: Jamaica's men's 4x100m relay stunningly fails to qualify". nbcconnericut. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
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