Lamara Distin
Jamaican high jumper
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Born | (2000-03-03) 3 March 2000 (age 24) Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Texas A&M Aggies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lamara Distin (born 3 March 2000)[1] is a Jamaican high jumper who won the gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[2]
Early life
Distin was born and raised in the Hanover Parish in Jamaica
Secondary/High School
Distin competed for Hydel High School at the Jamaica track and field high school championship known as "Champs" [3]
Post Secondary/University
She is an NCAA Champion for Texas A&M University and the current Jamaican record holder in high jump.[4]
In 2023, she was named as a Pre-season candidate for the Bowerman award.[5]
References
- ^ "Lamara DISTIN | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ Levy, Leighton. "Lamara Distin soars to yet another national record with world-leading 1.97m at Alumni Muster". www.sportsmax.tv. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Lamara Distin - Track and Field".
- ^ "Lamara Distin wants to go higher and higher". Jamaica Observer. 16 July 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Jamaica's Distin named on the Bowerman 2023 Preseason Watch List". 10 January 2023.
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Commonwealth Games champions in women's high jump
- 1934: Marjorie Clark (RSA)
- 1938: Dorothy Tyler-Odam (ENG)
- 1950: Dorothy Tyler-Odam (ENG)
- 1954: Thelma Hopkins (NIR)
- 1958: Michele Brown (AUS)
- 1962: Robyn Woodhouse (AUS)
- 1966: Michele Brown (AUS)
- 1970: Debbie Brill (CAN)
- 1974: Barbara Lawton (ENG)
- 1978: Katrina Gibbs (AUS)
- 1982: Debbie Brill (CAN)
- 1986: Christine Stanton (AUS)
- 1990: Tania Murray (NZL)
- 1994: Alison Inverarity (AUS)
- 1998: Hestrie Cloete (RSA)
- 2002: Hestrie Cloete (RSA)
- 2006: Anika Smit (RSA)
- 2010: Nicole Forrester (CAN)
- 2014: Eleanor Patterson (AUS)
- 2018: Levern Spencer (LCA)
- 2022: Lamara Distin (JAM)
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