Brandon Pottinger (born 8 June 2004) is a Jamaican track and field athlete. He won the gold medal at the 2022 IAAF World Junior Championships in the high jump.
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| Nationality | Jamaican | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 June 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | High Jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Tennessee Volunteers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editPottinger attends Palmer Trinity Catholic High in Florida. Pottinger qualifies to compete for Jamaica through parental links - his father Marlon Pottinger was a former Kingston College athlete.[1][2]
Career
editThe Jamaican U20 high jump champion, he won the high jump at the 2022 IAAF World Junior Championships with a new personal best jump of 2.14m in Cali, Colombia. This put him ahead of the South African Brian Raats in silver and Bulgarian bronze medalist Bozhidar Saraboyukov. It was Jamaica's first ever high jump gold medal at an international championship.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Jamaican high jumper Brandon Pottinger moves to No. 1 in the USA". Jamaica.loopnews.com.
- ^ "Historic high jump gold for Pottinger". Jamaica Observer.
- ^ "Jaydon Hibbert and Brandon Pottinger win gold for Jamaica, Clarke takes bronze in 400mh". Sportsmax.TV.
- ^ "Pottinger looking forward to long international career". Jamaica Gleaner.