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| Nationality | Jamaican | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 June 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m: 6.57 (Kingston, 2025) 100m: 10.06 (Kingston, 2025) 200m: 20.50 (Kingston, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gary Card (born 4 June 2007) is a Jamaican sprinter.[1]
Career
[edit]He won gold over 200 metres at the 2024 CARIFTA Games, where he also won silver in the 4 × 100 m relay.
He won the 100m at the Jamaican junior championships in Kingston, running a personal best time of 10.07 seconds in July 2024.[2] This time placed him second on the Jamaican U20 all-time list.[3]
He qualified for the final at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the 100 metres, in which he placed sixth overall.[4][5] Later at the Championships he won gold in the 4 x 100 metres relay.[6][7]
In February 2025, Card won the 100 metres at the 2025 Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) Carifta Trials.[8] Card lowered his personal best for the 100 metres to 10.06 seconds and then ran 10.22 seconds to win at the 2025 Jamaica’s Boys’ and Girls’ Championships in March 2025.[9]
Personal life
[edit]He attended Wolmer's Boys School in Kingston, Jamaica.[10] He trains with Stephen Francis and the MVP Club in Jamaica.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gary Card". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Junior athletes impress at national champs". Jamaica Star. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "WU20 Lima 24 preview: sprints". World Athletics. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ Graham, Raymond (28 August 2024). "Lukewarm start for Jamaica's U20s on chilly Peru day". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ Cowan, Sherdon (August 28, 2024). "Ja's Alana Reid strikes gold as BVI's Adaejah Hodge, Bajan Kishawna Niles complete Caribbean sweep of 100m final at World U-20 Champs". Sportsmax. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Fayisa flies to 1500m gold for Ethiopia on day five in Lima". World Athletics. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (1 September 2024). "USA top medals table at World Under-20 Champs in Lima". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved Sep 1, 2024.
- ^ Fraser, Dwight (28 February 2025). "Gary Card and Sabrina Dockery shine on Day One of 2025 Carifta Trials". Iriefm.net. Retrieved 11 Nov 2025.
- ^ "Dockery, Daley and Douglas shine at Jamaica's Boys' and Girls' Championships". World Athletics. 30 Mar 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ Graham, Raymond (17 August 2024). "Reid, Card head athletes for World Under-20 Champs". Jamaica Gleaner.
- ^ "The right 'Card' to play". Jamaica Gleaner. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
