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| Born | 24 October 2000 Kingston, Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long Jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Arkansas Razorbacks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wayne Pinnock (born 24 October 2000) is a Jamaican long jumper. He won silver medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics and 2023 World Championships. [2]
Pinnock won the collegiate long jump double in 2022, winning the NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor titles. [3] That year, he made his senior major championship debut at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, placing ninth overall. [4]
With his first jump at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, Pinnock achieved a new personal best distance of 8.54 metres, and it was enough for him to win the silver medal at the event. [5] [6]
He won the long jump NCAA Indoor Championships in March 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts. [7] [8] With his effort of 8.40 metres, he equalled the Jamaican indoor record, matching the mark achieved previously by James Beckford and Carey McLeod. [9] He won the long jump at the SEC Championship in Gainesville, Florida on 10 May 2024. [10]
In June 2024, he placed second at the Jamaican Athletics Championships long jump with a leap of 8.27 metres. [11] Selected as part of the Jamaican team for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, he won the silver medal with a jump of 8.36 metres. [12] [13]
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