Latario Collie-Minns

Latario Collie-Minns (born March 10, 1994) is a Bahamian triple jumper.[1] He won the gold medal at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Lille, France, and eventually represented his nation Bahamas at the 2016 Summer Olympics, scratching all three of his jumps in the preliminary round.[2][3] In his college career, Collie-Minns established history as the fifth Bahamian to capture the NCAA men's triple jump title for the Texas A&M Aggies.[4]

Latario Collie-Minns
Personal information
Full nameLatario Collie-Minns
Born (1994-03-10) 10 March 1994
Nassau, Bahamas
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country Bahamas
SportAthletics
Event(s)Triple jump
College teamTexas A&M University
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Triple jump: 17.18 (2015)
Updated on 29 August 2015.

Collie-Minns competed for the Bahamas in the men's triple jump at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Leading up to his maiden Games, he popped a personal best of 17.18 m to successfully eclipse the IAAF Olympic entry standard (16.85) at the 2015 Southeastern Conference Track & Field Championships in Starkville, Mississippi, United States.[5] Collie-Minns could not get down a legal mark in each of the three available attempts during the qualifying phase of the competition, failing to advance further to the final round.[6]

Collie-Minns has a twin brother named Lathone, who finished behind him for the silver medal in the triple jump at the 2011 World Youth Championships.[7]

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing the  Bahamas
2009 CARIFTA Games (U17) Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia 3rd Triple jump 14.39 m
2010 CARIFTA Games (U17) George Town, Cayman Islands 7th Long jump 6.46 m
2nd Triple jump 14.78 m
Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships (U17)		 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – Long jump NM
2nd Triple jump 15.05 m
World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 16th (q) Triple jump 15.35 m
2011 World Youth Championships Lille, France 1st Triple jump 16.06 m
Pan American Junior Championships Miramar, United States 3rd Triple jump 15.93 m
2012 CARIFTA Games (U20) Hamilton, Bermuda 1st Triple jump 16.35 m
World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 3rd Triple jump 16.37 m
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 10th Triple jump 16.08 m
World Championships Beijing, China 23rd (q) Triple jump 16.21 m
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Triple jump NM
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 11th Triple jump 15.90 m
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru – Triple jump NM
World Championships Doha, Qatar 28th (q) Triple jump 16.26 m

References
  1. "Latario Collie-Minns". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. Longley, Sheldon (19 September 2012). "Collie-Minns twins taken out of Jumper's Inc". The Nassau Guardian. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  3. "Boys' Triple Jump Final - Bahamas' twins get gold and bronze". IAAF. 9 July 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  4. Stubbs, Brent (14 June 2016). "Latario Collie: 'It Feels Good To Be NCAA Champion'". Nassau, Bahamas: The Tribune. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  5. Longley, Sheldon (18 May 2015). "Collie-Minns, Hart shine at SEC Championships". The Nassau Guardian. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  6. "Athletics: Men's Triple Jump Qualification Round". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  7. Boone, Tony (23 April 2014). "IWCC twins Latario and Lathone Collie-Minns enter Drake as triple jump favorites". The Daily Nonpareil. Retrieved 13 February 2017.


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