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| Nationality |  Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 August 1994 Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Sprints | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100 m: 9.98 (Auburn 2017) 200 m: 20.84 (George Town 2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Odean Skeen (born 28 August 1994) is a Jamaican sprinter.
At the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, Skeen won the 100 metres in his then-personal best of 10.42 seconds, ahead of Masaki Nashimoto and David Bolarinwa. [1] [2] On 21 April 2017, while competing for Auburn University at the War Eagle Invitational in Auburn, Alabama, Skeen set a new personal best of 9.98, becoming the 15th Jamaican to break the 10-second barrier.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing Jamaica | |||||
| 2009 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.76 CR |
| 2010 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | George Town, Cayman Islands | 1st | 100 m | 10.53 (0.6 m/s) |
| 1st | 200 m | 20.84 CR (1.2 m/s) | |||
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.62 | |||
| Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17) | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 1st | 100 m | 10.84 (-2.3 m/s) | |
| 1st | 200 m | 21.64 (-2.1 m/s) | |||
| 1st | 4×100 m relay | 40.88 | |||
| World Junior Championships | Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.55 | |
Skeen is a surname which may refer to:
Sanjay Claude Ayre is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the 400 meters. Ayre won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games. Ayre is a 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championship Gold medalist and a three-time World Outdoor Championship medalist.
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Kerron Stewart is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She is the 2008 Jamaican national champion in the 100 m clocking 10.80s. She defeated World Champion Veronica Campbell-Brown in the process and now is the 2008 Summer Olympics silver medalist after she tied with Sherone Simpson in a time of 10.98s. She also earned a bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics with a time of 22.00s. She was born in Kingston and retired after the 2018 season.
Odean Pope is an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
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Odean is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
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