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James Beckford 


James Beckford

Wednesday,  November 2, 2005

James Beckford is the only Jamaican athlete to win field with silvers in the Long Jump at the 1996 Olympics and 1995 World Championships.

He also made the finals at the World Championships in 1997 and 2001 and won a bronze medal at the Goodwill Games in 2001. At the 1995 World Championships he finished 6th in the Triple Jump, a double performance rarely matched in recent years and then topped that performance when he ran the lead-off leg on the 4 X 100 relay team when finished 4th in the final.

Extracted from Jamaican Athletes - Courage and Endurance

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