Raymond Richards (high jumper)

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Raymond Richards
Personal information
NationalityJamaican
Born (2001-04-18) 18 April 2001 (age 24)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event High jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)High Jump 2.30m (Spanish Town, 2025)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Nanjing High jump
NACAC U23 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 San Jose High jump

Raymond Richards (born 18 April 2001) is a Jamaican high jumper. He became Jamaican national champion in the high jump 2021.

Career

He won the Jamaican Athletics Championships in the high jump in June 2021. [1] In July 2021, he won bronze at the NACAC U23 championships in Costa Rica. [2]

A member of the MVP Track and Field Club, he set a personal best height of 2.25 metres in February 2024. [3] In May 2024, he cleared 2.24 metres to win the Jamaica Athletics Invitational meeting. [4]

In January 2025, he cleared a personal best height of 2.31 metres, the second highest ever made by a Jamaican athlete. However, the height is not recognised by World Athletics because the event he competed at was not on the official list of ratified events submitted ahead of the season by the JAAA. [5] On 16 February 2025, he cleared 2.23 metres at the Tyson Invitational in Arkansas. [6] On 1 March 2025, he cleared 2.30 metres competing in Spanish Town, Jamaica. [7]

He was named in the Jamaican team for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025, where he won the bronze medal in the high jump after clearing 2.28 metres. [8] [9] He jumped 2.26 metres to finish third on countback at Mutaz Barshim's What Gravity Challenge in Doha on 10 May 2025, with the same height as Japan's Ryoichi Akamatsu, who claimed second. [10] He cleared 2.15 meters to finish sixth on 16 May at the 2025 Doha Diamond League. [11]

References

  1. "Jamaican Championships". World Athletics. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  2. "NACAC U23 Championships". World Athletics. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  3. Reid, Paul A (2 February 2025). "Richards admits mixed feelings after big jump at Queen's/Grace Jackson Meet". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  4. "Ta Lou-Smith among athletes to shine at Jamaica Athletics Invitational". World Athletics. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  5. Levy, Leighton (26 January 2025). "Raymond Richards' 2.31m High Jump at Queen's-Grace Jackson Meet Will Not Be". SportsMax. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  6. Levy, Leighton (16 February 2025). "Ralford Mullings Finishes Third in Shot Put at Tyson Invitational, Jamaicans Impress in High Jump". SportsMax. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  7. "WIC Q Meet". World Athlstics. 1 March 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  8. Levy, Leighton (15 March 2025). "Ackera Nugent and Wayne Pinnock Lead Jamaica's Squad for World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing". SportsMax. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  9. "Woo regains world indoor high jump title in Nanjing". World Athletics. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  10. "Woo, Mahuchikh soar to victory at What Gravity Challenge". Gulf Times. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  11. "Results - Doha Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.