| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 31 January 2004 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | High jump |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | High jump: 2:28m (College Station, 2026) |
Kimani Jack (born 31 January 2004) is a British high jumper. He made his senior debut representing Great Britain at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships having been the runner-up at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships. [1]
A member of Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, [2] Jack studied History at the University of Birmingham. [3] In May 2024, Jack won the high jump at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) outdoor championships. [4] [5]
In February 2025, he jumped a personal best height of 2.18 metres whilst competing in the Czech Republic. [6] He was runner-up at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham later that month, with a best jump of 2.15 metres to finish second behind Otis Poole. [7] [8]
Jack was selected for the British team to compete at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid in June 2025, jumping a personal best 2.21 metres on his senior international debut to place seventh, helping the Great Britain team to finish in fifth place overall. [9] [10] [11] He was named in the British team for the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway, placing eighth in the final. [12] [13] Jack placed third at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships with a jump of 2.14 metres on 2 August 2025 in Birmingham, clearing the same height as joint-winners Divine Duruaku and Charlie Husbands but awarded third on countback. [14]
Having completed a graduate transfer to the University of Georgia in the United States, [15] on 10 January 2026, Jack set a new personal best with a 2.25 metres clearance at the Clemson Invitational in Clemson, South Carolina. [16] The following month he improved to 2.28 metres to win the SEC Indoor Championships. [17]