Aisha Praught-Leer
Aisha Praught-Leer 
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 Jamaica United States
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| birthday | 14th December 1989 (age 30) | ||||||||||||
| place of birth | Moline , United States | ||||||||||||
| size | 162 cm | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 50 kg | ||||||||||||
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| discipline | 3000 meter obstacle course | ||||||||||||
| Best performance | 9: 14.09 min 
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| society | Oregon Track Club (until 2017) | ||||||||||||
| Trainer | Joe Bosshard | ||||||||||||
| status | active | ||||||||||||
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| last change: August 10, 2019 | |||||||||||||
Aisha Praught-Leer (born December 14, 1989 in Moline , United States ) is a Jamaican middle-distance and obstacle runner .
Athletic career
Aisha Praught-Leer, who was born in the United States, competed in US championships up to and including 2014. She obtained Jamaican citizenship in 2015 after tracing her biological father two years earlier. Starting for Jamaica, she gained her first international experience at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing , where she was disqualified in the preliminary stages. The following year, she took part in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro for the first time , where she finished 14th in the final in 9: 34.20 minutes . In 2017 she made it to the final at the World Championships in London , in which she was disqualified again. In 2018 she took part in the 1500 meter run at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham , where she finished sixth in 4: 12.86 minutes. She then won the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast in 9: 21.00 min in the obstacle course. At the Pan American Games in Lima in 2019 , she won the silver medal over 1500 meters with a time of 4: 08.26 minutes.
In 2015, Praught-Leer became the Jamaican champion in the 1,500 meter run. She has been married to US middle-distance runner Will Leer since October 17, 2016 and has been running under the name Praught-Leer since then .
Personal bests
- 1500 meters: 4: 05.52 min, May 10, 2015 in Kawasaki
- 1500 meters (indoor): 4: 04.95 min, February 10, 2018 in Boston ( Jamaican record )
- Mile: 4: 26.14 min, July 12, 2019 in Monaco
- 3000 meters: 8: 53.43 min, July 11, 2017 in Lucerne
- 3000 meters (hall): 8: 41.10 min, February 3, 2018 in New York City ( Jamaican record )
- 3000 m obstacle: 9: 14.09 min, August 31, 2018 in Brussels ( Jamaican record )
- 5000 meters: 15: 07.50 min, May 16, 2019 in Los Angeles ( Jamaican record )
Web links
- Aisha Praught empty in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Aisha Praught-Leer in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Michelle Sammet: High and low - Aisha Praught Leer ( English ) IAAF. October 24, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b IAAF World Championships Doha 2019 - Biographical Entry List - Women. (PDF) In: media.aws.iaaf.org. Retrieved September 27, 2019 .
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| SURNAME | Praught-Leer, Aisha |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Praught, Aisha (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jamaican athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moline |