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Jura Levy
Jamaican sprint athlete

Jura Levy

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Jamaican sprint athlete
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34 years
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Biography

Jura Levy (born 4 November 1990) is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. Her personal bests for the events are 11.10 seconds and 22.76 seconds, respectively.
She attends South Plains College and won four gold medals at the 2010 NJCAA championships, taking the 100 m and 200 m titles and two relay titles. She has won a number of medals at the CARIFTA Games including a relay gold in 2006, 200 m bronze in 2008 and a sprints gold/silver double at the 2009 CARIFTA Games.
At international level, she was a finalist in both the individual sprints at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics and reached the 200 m final at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics. Her last appearance in the age group categories came at the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, where she was a double sprints bronze medallist and took a silver medal in the 4×100 m relay.
Levy began competing at the senior level in 2011. At the 2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics in July she won silver medals over 100 m in the individual and relay competitions. She was selected to represent Jamaica in the 100 m at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu and reached the semi-finals of the event. She ran in the heat stage of the women's relay and although she did not race in the final, she received a world silver medal as part of the team.

Personal bests

EventTimeVenueDate
100 m11.10 (0.3 m/s)Kingston, Jamaica24 June 2011
200 m22.76 (1.8 m/s)Hutchinson, Kansas25 May 2011
400 m53.48Lubbock, Texas2 April 2011

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Jamaica
2005CARIFTA Games (U-17)Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago5th200 m24.38   (-1.0 m/s)
2006CARIFTA Games (U-17)Les Abymes, Guadeloupe4th200 m24.39   (-0.6 m/s)
5th400 m57.31
1st4x100 m relay45.66
2007World Youth ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic7th (sf)100 m12.01   (0.8 m/s)
4th (sf)200 m24.28   (-1.5 m/s)
2ndMedley relay
(100m x 200m x 300m x 400m)
2:06.77
2008CARIFTA Games (U-20)Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis4th100 m11.52 w   (2.5 m/s)
3rd200 m23.28   (1.4 m/s)
2nd4x100 m relay44.90
World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland8th200 m23.95   (-0.9 m/s)
2nd4x100 m relay43.98
2009CARIFTA Games (U-20)Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia2nd100 m11.33 w   (2.5 m/s)
1st200 m23.20   (1.5 m/s)
1st4x100 m relay45.04

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