Jerry Jeremiah

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Jerry Jeremiah
Personal information
Born (1963-08-01) August 1, 1963 (age 60)
Malakula, Malampa, Vanuatu
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Sport Athletics
Event 100 metres

Jerome "Jerry" Jeremiah (born 1 August 1963, in Malakula) is a Vanuatuan sprinter.

Jeremiah competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, in his country's first-ever appearance at the Summer Olympics.

He entered the 100 metres and ran a time of 10.96 seconds and finished 8th in his heat and thus didn't qualify for the next round.

He also ran in the 200 metres and recorded a time of 22.01 seconds and finished 7th in his heat but again he failed to qualify for the next round. [1]

He also competed at the 1986 Commonwealth Games [2] and at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics and 1991 World Championships in Athletics.

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References

  1. Sports Reference Profile Archived 2015-11-21 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "1986 TEAM VANUATU TO COMMONWEALTH GAMES, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND". foxpulsesport.com. Fox Sport. Retrieved 7 March 2016.