Jeremy Bascom
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Linden, Guyana | 21 March 1981
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Event | Sprint |
Updated on 12 December 2014 |
Jeremy Bascom (born 1981) is a Guyanese sprinter.[1][2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 100 metres, where he equaled the Guyanese national record in the distance.[3]
Born in Linden, Guyana, he has lived in the United States of America since 1997, where he attended Long Island University.[4] He also represented Guyana at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India and the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, United Kingdom.[5][6]
Personal bests
[edit]- 100 m: 10.19 s (wind: 0.0 m/s) –
Omaha, Nebraska, 6 July 2012
- 200 m: 21.74 s (wind: 1.0 m/s) –
Emmitsburg, Maryland, 7 May 2005
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing the ![]() | |||||
2007 | South American Championships | São Paulo, Brazil | 10th (h) | 100 m | 10.85 (wind: -0.8 m/s) |
11th (h) | 200 m | 21.92 (wind: 1.3 m/s) | |||
2008 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Cali, Colombia | 13th (sf) | 100 m | 10.47 (wind: 0.7 m/s) |
29th (h) | 200 m | 22.13 w (wind: 2.2 m/s) | |||
2010 | Commonwealth Games | Delhi, India | 8th (qf) | 100 m | 10.63 (wind: 0.5 m/s) |
2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 15th (sf) | 60 m | 6.77 |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 6th (qf) | 100 m | 10.31 (wind: 1.3 m/s) | |
2013 | South American Championships | Cartagena, Colombia | 5th | 100 m | 10.43 (wind: 1.3 m/s) |
2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 5th (h) | 100 m | 10.58 (wind: -0.8 m/s) |
– | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ | |||
Central American and Caribbean Games | Xalapa, México | 8th (h) | 100 m | 10.92 A (wind: 0.4 m/s) | |
5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.74 A | |||
2021 | South American Championships | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 12th (h) | 100 m | 10.77 |
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.02 |
References
[edit]- ^ London2012.com results
- ^ XIX Commonwealth Games – Participant Information – BASCOM Jeremy, retrieved 17 June 2014
- ^ "LONDON 2012 ATHLETICS,100M MEN". IOC. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ "Trio of Former Blackbirds Travel to London to Compete in 2012 Summer Olympics". LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Jeremy Bascom Athlete Biography". Commonwealth Games Federation. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 Men's 100 m Round 1 Heat 6". Commonwealth Games Federation. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
External links
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Categories:
- Guyanese male sprinters
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Olympic athletes for Guyana
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Guyana
- Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
- People from Linden, Guyana
- South American athletics biography stubs
- Guyanese sportspeople stubs
- Central America and Caribbean athletics biography stubs