De'Jour Russell

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De'Jour Russell athletics
nation JamaicaJamaica Jamaica
birthday April 1, 2000 (age 20)
place of birth New Jersey , United States
size 188 cm
Weight 97 kg
Career
discipline 110 meter hurdles
Best performance 13.32 s
status active
Medal table
U18 world championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
IAAF logo Youth World Championships
gold Nairobi 2017 110 m hurdles
last change: May 31, 2018

De'Jour Russell (born April 1, 2000 in New Jersey ) is a Jamaican hurdler who specializes in the 110-meter hurdles .

Athletic career

De'Jour Russell gained his first international experience at the CARIFTA Games 2015 in Basse-Terre , where he won the gold medal with the Jamaican 4 x 100 meter relay. A year later, at the games in St. George’s, he won the silver medal in the 100-meter run and gold in the relay. Over 110 meter hurdles he qualified for the U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz , where he finished fourth in 13.39 s, as well as with the Jamaican relay. In 2017 he won the gold medal over the hurdles at the CARIFTA Games in Willemstad in 13.19 s, as well as at the Youth World Championships in Nairobi , where he won with a new championship record of 13.04 s. In 2018 he took part for the first time in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast , where he finished eighth in 13.92 s.

Personal bests

  • 100 m: 10.34 s (+0.6 m / s) on March 2, 2018 in Kingston
  • 110 m hurdles: 13.32 s (+0.7 m / s), June 24, 2017 in Kingston

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