Jacey Harper
| Jacey Harper medal table |
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 Trinidad and Tobago
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| silver | 2005 Helsinki | 4 × 100 m |
| silver | 2001 Edmonton | 4 × 100 m |
Jacey Harper (born May 20, 1980 in Chaguanas ) is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago .
He celebrated his greatest successes with the 4 x 100 meter relay in his country. At the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton , he won the silver medal together with Marc Burns , Ato Boldon and Darrel Brown . The quartet achieved a new national record with a time of 38.58 s and only had to admit defeat to the relay of South Africa . The originally victorious US relay team was subsequently disqualified for a doping offense by runner Tim Montgomery . In the 100-meter run , Harper was eliminated in the preliminary round.
After he missed the relay finals at the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Paris , he won another silver medal at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki . Kevon Pierre , Marc Burns, Jacey Harper and Darrel Brown improved the national record to 38.10 s and were only two hundredths of a second behind the French relay. In the 100-meter run, Harper reached the quarter-finals.
In addition, Harper was four times national champion of Trinidad and Tobago, twice over 100 m (2003, 2006) and in the 200-meter run (1999, 2003).
Jacey Harper is 1.80 m tall and has a competition weight of 77 kg.
Top performances
- 100 m: 10.10 s, June 25, 2005, Port of Spain
- 200 m: 20.65 s, 23 August 2005, Linz
- 60 m (indoor): 6.69 s, February 12, 2005, Clemson (South Carolina)
Web links
- Jacey Harper in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Jacey Harper in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ gbrathletics.com: Trinidadian and Tobagonian Championships
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Harper, Jacey |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chaguanas , Trinidad and Tobago |