- Dexter Lee
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Dexter Lee Personal information Nationality 
JamaicaBorn 18 January 1991
Montego Bay, JamaicaResidence Atlanta, Georgia Sport Sport Running Event(s) 100 metres, 200 metres Achievements and titles Personal best(s) 100 m: 10.06 s (São Paulo 2011)
200 m: 20.86 s (Spanish Town 2010)Medal recordCompetitor for JamaicaMen's athletics World Championships Gold 2011 Daegu 4×100 m relay CAC Championships Bronze 2011 Mayagüez 100 m Gold 2011 Mayagüez 4×100 m relay World Junior Championships Gold 2010 Moncton 100 m Silver 2010 Moncton 4×100 m relay Gold 2008 Bydgoszcz 100 m Silver 2008 Bydgoszcz 4×100 m relay World Youth Championships Gold 2007 Ostrava 100 m Bronze 2007 Ostrava Medley relay Dexter Lee (born 18 January 1991) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He became the first athlete to win back-to-back titles at World Junior Championships in Athletics.[1]
He won the 100 metres at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics in a time of 10.51 seconds, before backing that up with the 100 metre title at the 2008 World Junior Championships in 10.40 seconds. In 2010, he won the 100 metres at the championships in Moncton with a time of 10.21 seconds. He was disqualified after a false start in the 200 m first round heats.[2] He also won a silver medal in the 4×100 m relay at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics.
In October 2009, Lee moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he joined a training group that includes two-time Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell-Brown.[3] He has plans to enroll in a junior college in Atlanta.
Lee is a former student of Herbert Morrison Comprehensive High School in Montego Bay.[4] He is one of nine children—seven boys and two girls—and his older brother Keniel was himself a finalist in the Jamaican high school championships 100 metres.[3]
Personal best
Distance Time venue 100 m 10.06 s São Paulo (22 May 2011) 200 m 20.86 s Spanish Town (13 June 2010) References
- ^ "History! Dexter Lee strikes gold again". Jamaica Gleaner News. July 22, 2010. http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100722/sports/sports1.html.
- ^ "Dexter Lee disqualified from 200 metres". Jamaica Observer. July 22, 2010. http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/lifestyle/Dexter-Lee-disqualified-from-200m.
- ^ a b Gains, Paul. "Dexter Lee – Jamaica’s Next Great Sprinter?". Moncton2010.ca. http://www.moncton2010.ca/dexter-lee-jamaica-s-next-great-sprinter.
- ^ Cummings, Mark (July 29, 2010). "MoBay Mayor lauds WJ champ Lee". Jamaica Observer. http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/MoBay-Mayor-lauds-WJ-champ-Lee_7835161.
External links
- IAAF profile for Dexter Lee
World Champions in Men's 4×100 m Relay 1983: United States • 1987: United States • 1991: United States • 1993: United States • 1995: Canada • 1997: Canada • 1999: United States • 2001: South Africa • 2003: United States • 2005: France • 2007: United States • 2009: Jamaica • 2011: Jamaica
Categories:- 1991 births
- Living people
- Male sprinters
- Jamaican sprinters
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