Jak Ali Harvey, formerly Jacques Montgomery Harvey (born 4 May 1989 in Hanover Parish, Jamaica) is a former Jamaican sprinter.[2] He now competes for Turkey.[3]
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Nationality | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hanover Parish, Jamaica[1] | 4 May 1989|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 100 m 9.92 (Erzurum 2016) 200 m 20.38 (Ankara 2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Harvey won the silver medal of the 100 m event at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He became the first ever Turkish athlete to win a medal in that event at the European Championships.[4]
Competition record
edit1Disqualified in the final
References
edit- ^ "Jacques Harvey switches allegiance to Turkey". Jamaican Observer. 25 February 2015. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ "Athletes - Harvey Jacques Biography". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ^ "Jacques Harvey switches allegiance". trackalerts.com. 24 February 2015. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ "Jak Ali Harvey'den gümüş madayla" [Silver medal from Jak Ali Harvey]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Jak Ali Harvey.
- Jak Ali Harvey at World Athletics
- Jak Ali Harvey at Diamond League
- Jak Ali Harvey at Olympics.com
- Jak Ali Harvey at Olympedia (archive)
- Jak Ali Harvey at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Jak Ali Harvey at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)