Jaheel Hyde

Jaheel Hyde (born 2 February 1997) is a Jamaican track and field athlete. He was the 2014 world junior champion in the 400 metres hurdles and the 2013 world youth champion in the 110 metres hurdles.

Jaheel Hyde
Jaheel Hyde in 2016
Personal information
Nationality Jamaica
Born (1997-02-02) 2 February 1997
Spanish Town, Jamaica
EducationUniversity of the West Indies, Mona[1]
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field, football
Event(s)110 m hurdles, 400 m hurdles
ClubCameron Blazers
Coached byBert Cameron
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)110 m hurdles (91.4cm): 12.96 (WYB, Nanjing 2014)
110 m hurdles (99.0cm): 13.22
400 m hurdles: 48.52

He won a gold medal in the 110 m hurdles at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Donetsk, Ukraine, setting a new championship record for the event and coming .01 seconds shy of tying the World Youth Best held by Wilhem Belocian. In 2014, he won the gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the World Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon, then the 100 metres hurdles at the Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, beating Belocian's World Youth Best with a time of 12.96 seconds.[3][4][5]

His parents, Lenworth Hyde and Angela Hussett, encouraged their children to participate in sport. His father was an international footballer for Jamaica for over ten years. His older brothers have also been involved in sport: Lenworth Jr. and Jamie both played football for Jamaica at age category level while Julian Hyde won international medals in equestrian sports.[6] Hyde has also played for the Jamaican football team and scored a hat-trick against Bermuda in an under-17s international match in 2012.[7][8]

Personal bests

EventResultVenueDate
200 m21.70 s (wind: +0.5 m/s) Kingston8 Jun 2013
400 m46.93 s Kingston16 Mar 2013
110 m hurdles (99 cm)13.22 s (wind: +0.1 m/s) Kingston8 Mar 2015
110 m hurdles (91 cm)12.96 s (wind: +1.3 m/s) Nanjing23 Aug 2014
400 m hurdles48.52 s Kingston20 May 2017

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Jamaica
2012 CARIFTA Games (U17) Hamilton, Bermuda 1st 110m hurdles (91 cm) 13.96 (wind: +0.8 m/s)
2013 CARIFTA Games (U17) Nassau, Bahamas 3rd 200m 21.45 w (wind: +2.2 m/s)
1st1 110m hurdles (91 cm) 13.86 (wind: -2.3 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 41.38
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:16.47
World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 1st 110m hurdles (91 cm) 13.13 (wind: -1.1 m/s)
1st2 Medley relay 1:52.782
2014 CARIFTA Games (U18) Fort-de-France, Martinique 1st 110m hurdles (91 cm) 13.10 w (wind: +2.2 m/s)
1st 400m hurdles (84 cm) 51.21
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:12.63
World Junior Championships Eugene, Oregon, United States 1st 400m hurdles 49.29
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.47
Youth Olympic Games Nanjing, China 1st 110m hurdles (91 cm) 12.96 (wind: +1.3 m/s)
2015 CARIFTA Games (U20) Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1st 110m hurdles (99 cm) 13.36 w (wind: +3.3 m/s)
1st 400m hurdles 50.96
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:09.13
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 1st 400m hurdles 49.03
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 14th (sf) 400 m hurdles 49.17
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 12th (sf) 400 m hurdles 49.75
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 3rd 400 m hurdles 49.16

1: Exhibition event (no medals).
2: Competed only in the heat.

References

  1. NBC Rio 2016 bio
  2. Rio 2016 bio Archived 16 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  3. http://en.omriyadat.com/videos/jaheel-hyde-49-03s-400mh-iaaf-world-junior-championships-bydgoszcz-2016
  4. "Master move - Hyde's switch from football takes him to the top". Jamaica Observer. 13 July 2013.
  5. "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  6. Reid, Paul & Walker, Howard (2014-07-27). Jaheel Hyde and his parents revel in gold medal success Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Jamaica Observer. Retrieved on 2014-11-06.
  7. Walker, Howard (2012-07-12). Jamaica swamp Bermuda 5-0 in CFU qualifiers Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Jamaica Observer. Retrieved on 2014-11-06.
  8. I Am A Soccer Fan. Spikes Magazine (2014-11-04). Retrieved on 2014-11-06.
Records
Preceded by
Wilhem Belocian
Boys' World Youth Best Holder, 110 metres hurdles
23 August 2014 – present
Incumbent
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