Tajay Gayle JAM   
Date of birth: 2 August 96
Age: 24 years 150 days
Long Jump World Champion 2019
Long Jump Pan American Games Silver Medallist 2019
1 National Title
100m World Alltime no. 3986 10.42 Kingston 2 Mar 2019
Long Jump World Indoor Alltime no. 172 8.10 Birmingham 16 Feb 2019
Long Jump World Alltime no. 10 8.69 Doha 28 Sep 2019

PROGRESSION

Personal bests in BOLD.

 
60m
Outdoor Alltime  Show/hide
2016  6.97w  +2.2  2rCSpanish Town23 Jan
2017  6.80w  +0.1 4h1Kingston28 Jan
2020  6.87w    5Spanish Town8 Feb
 
100m
Outdoor Alltime  Show/hide
2016  10.50w  +1.6  2rCClarendon6 Feb
2018  10.56w    1h1Clarendon3 Feb
2019  10.42w  +0.6 3Kingston2 Mar
2020  10.74w -3.2  3r2Kingston8 Aug
 
200m
Outdoor Alltime  Show/hide
2016  21.34w  +0.5 1rEKingston16 Apr
2018  21.58w  +2.0  3Spanish Town20 Jan
2018  21.18w  +2.9 7Kingston27 Jan
 
High Jump
Outdoor Alltime  Show/hide
2016  2.00w   3Kingston27 Feb
 
Long Jump
Outdoor Alltime  Show/hide
2016  7.54w -0.2  2Kingston12 Jun
2017  8.00w  0.0  1Montego Bay11 Feb
2018  8.24w -0.3  2Toronto12 Aug
2019  8.69w  +0.5 NR1Doha28 Sep
2020  8.52w  +4.5  1Kingston11 Jul
2020  8.23w  +1.6  -Kingston11 Jul
Indoor Alltime  Show/hide
2019  8.10iw   2Birmingham16 Feb
 
Triple Jump
Outdoor Alltime  Show/hide
2016  15.78w  +3.8 2Kingston1 Apr

IN MAJOR EVENTS

 
Outdoor
Long Jump
CWG 2018: 48.12 8q7.88
PAG 2019: 28.17
WC 2019: 18.69 12q7.89

PERSONAL BESTS

note: click on event name to get head to head stats against another athlete,
click on indoor/outdoor to see PB progression.

 
60m
Outdoor6.80   +0.1 Kingston28 Jan 2017
 
100m
Outdoor10.42   +0.6 Kingston2 Mar 2019
 
200m
Outdoor21.34   +0.5 Kingston16 Apr 2016
 
High Jump
Outdoor2.00    Kingston27 Feb 2016
 
Long Jump
   competitions over 8.20m (legal): 10   
Outdoor8.69   +0.5 NRDoha28 Sep 2019
Indoor8.10    Birmingham16 Feb 2019

AVERAGES & 10 BEST RESULTS


Long Jump, 10 best results (legal):
8.69   +0.51Doha28 Sep 2019
8.32   -0.82London20 Jul 2019
8.30   +0.51Kingston3 May 2019
8.24   -0.32Toronto12 Aug 2018
8.24   +0.11Shanghai18 May 2019
8.24   +1.01Kingston22 Jun 2019
8.23   +1.6-Kingston11 Jul 2020
8.21   +0.21Nanjing20 May 2019
8.20   +0.11St. Georges13 Apr 2019
8.20   -0.63Zürich29 Aug 2019
 
Average: 8.287
 

Total results in db: 65

By event:

60m:3
100m:5
200m:5
High Jump:1
Long Jump:50
Triple Jump:1

IN 2020

position in the world list in brackets following the season's best,
junior list position in green and youth list position in orange.
help: click on competition name or Venue to see competition results.
help: click on placing to see event results in the competition.

60m
6.87iw SB (70)5Spanish TownSpanish Town8 Feb 
100m
10.74iw-3.2 SB (1019)3r2KingstonKingston8 Aug 
Long Jump
8.52iw+4.5 1KingstonKingston11 Jul 
  8.52/4.5 X/3.2 P 8.18/2.6 X/0.9 8.23/1.6 SB
8.23iw+1.6 =SB (8)-KingstonKingston11 Jul 
8.13iw-0.6 1KingstonKingston18 Jul 
  7.86/0.5 8.07/-0.8 X 8.13/-0.6 X/1.0 8.12/-1.3
8.04iw+1.4 1KingstonKingston29 Aug 
  X/0.2 X/1.5 8.04/1.4 7.94/0.7 X/1.7 X/2.8
7.99iw+0.2 3BellinzonaBellinzona15 Sep 
  7.93/-0.1 7.93/-0.4 X/0.0 7.99/0.2 X/0.1 X/0.3

TOP 100 WORLD LIST POSITIONS

SeasonInd/OutEventPosResult
2017Outdoor60m426.80
2017OutdoorLong Jump638.00
2018OutdoorLong Jump188.24
2019OutdoorLong Jump18.69
2019IndoorLong Jump78.10
2020Outdoor60m706.87
2020OutdoorLong Jump88.23

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