Dexter Lee

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| name = Dexter Lee

| nationality = {{JAM}}

| sport = Athletics

| event =100 metres, 200 metres

| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1991|01|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Montego Bay, Jamaica

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100 m: 10.06 (São Paulo 2011)

200 m: 20.86 (Spanish Town 2010)

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Dexter Lee (born 18 January 1991) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialised in the 100 and 200 metres. He became the first athlete to win back-to-back titles at World Junior Championships in Athletics when he won the 100 metres in 2008 and 2010.{{Cite news |url=http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100722/sports/sports1.html |title=History! Dexter Lee strikes gold again |newspaper=Jamaica Gleaner News |date=22 July 2010 }}

Career

In 2006, his first international appearance ended with the win of two gold medals (100 metres, and 4 × 100 metres relay) at the CARIFTA Games.,

{{ Citation

|title = AthleCAC - Results Service - Servicio de Resultados. XXXV Carifta Games 2006, CariftaG Les Abymes FRA, 15-17 Apr 2006

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|archivedate = 6 April 2012

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| title = Carifta Games Championships, Guadeloupe, Hosted at the Stadium, April 15-17, 2006

| url = http://www.cfpitiming.com/2006%20Outdoor%20Season/Carifta%202006/Carifta%20Games%202006.htm

| publisher = C.F.P.I. Timing & Data Inc.

| accessdate = 11 February 2012

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{{ Citation

|last = World Junior Athletics History

|title = WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH") - CARIFTA Games 2006

|url = http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/CAJG/CAJG2006.html

|accessdate = 11 February 2012

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}} followed by three gold medals (100 metres, 200 metres, and 4 × 100 metres relay) at the 2007 CARIFTA Games.

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|last = AthleCAC

|title = Results Service - Servicio de Resultados, 37th Carifta Games 2007, CariftaG Providenciales TKS, 7-9 Apr 2007

|url = http://www.athlecac.org/estadisticas/resultsMeet.asp?Meet=5057

|publisher = Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation

|accessdate = 19 January 2012

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|archivedate = 25 April 2011

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| title = Carifta Games Championships, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, BWI, Hosted at the National Stadium, April 7-9, 2007

| url = http://www.cfpitiming.com/2007%20Outdoor%20season/Carifta_Games_2007/Carifta%20Games%202007.htm

| publisher = C.F.P.I. Timing & Data, Inc.

| accessdate = 19 January 2012

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{{Citation

| last = World Junior Athletics History

| title = WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH")

| url = http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/CAJG/CAJG2007.html

| accessdate = 19 January 2012

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131031070534/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/CAJG/CAJG2007.html

| archive-date = 31 October 2013

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}} 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.{{Cite news |url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/lifestyle/Dexter-Lee-disqualified-from-200m |title=Dexter Lee disqualified from 200 metres |newspaper=Jamaica Observer |date=22 July 2010 |access-date=30 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629101557/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/lifestyle/Dexter-Lee-disqualified-from-200m |archive-date=29 June 2011 |url-status=dead }} 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 200 m champion Veronica Campbell-Brown.{{Cite web |url=http://www.moncton2010.ca/dexter-lee-jamaica-s-next-great-sprinter |title=Dexter Lee – Jamaica's Next Great Sprinter? |first=Paul |last=Gains |work=Moncton2010.ca |date= }}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He has plans to enroll in a junior college in Atlanta.

Lee is a former student of Herbert Morrison Technical High School in Montego Bay.{{Cite news |url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/MoBay-Mayor-lauds-WJ-champ-Lee_7835161 |title=MoBay Mayor lauds WJ champ Lee |first=Mark |last=Cummings |newspaper=Jamaica Observer |date=29 July 2010 |access-date=30 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100802004905/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/MoBay-Mayor-lauds-WJ-champ-Lee_7835161 |archive-date=2 August 2010 |url-status=dead }} 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.

Personal Bests

Distance	Time	venue
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100 m	10.06 s	São Paulo (22 May 2011)
200 m	20.86 s	Spanish Town (13 June 2010)

Achievements

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{JAM}}
rowspan = "4" \|2006 \|rowspan = "2" \|CARIFTA Games (U-17) \|rowspan = "2" \|Les Abymes, Guadeloupe \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|100 m \|10.72 (0.8 m/s)
bgcolor=gold\|1st \|4 × 100 m relay \|41.39
rowspan = "2" \|Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17) \|rowspan = "2" \|Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|100 m \|10.68 (1.8 m/s)
bgcolor=gold\|1st \|4 × 100 m relay \|40.83
rowspan = "5" \|2007 \|rowspan = "3" \|CARIFTA Games (U-17) \|rowspan = "3" \|Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|100 m \|10.34 CR (1.0 m/s)
bgcolor=gold\|1st \|200 m \|21.09 CR (1.2 m/s)
bgcolor=gold\|1st \|4 × 100 m relay \|41.11
rowspan = "2" \|World Youth Championships \|rowspan = "2" \|Ostrava, Czech Republic \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|100 m \|10.51 (-0.4 m/s)
bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|1000 m Medley Relay (100 m + 200 m + 300 m + 400 m) \|1:52.18
rowspan = "4" \|2008 \|rowspan = "2" \|CARIFTA Games (U-20) \|rowspan = "2" \|Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|100 m \|10.48 (0.1 m/s)
bgcolor=gold\|1st \|4 × 100 m relay \|39.80
rowspan = "2" \|World Junior Championships \|rowspan = "2" \|Bydgoszcz, Poland \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|100 m \|10.40 (-0.8 m/s)
bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|4 × 100 m relay \|39.25
rowspan=3\|2010 \|rowspan=3\|World Junior Championships \|rowspan=3\|Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|100 m \|10.21 (wind: -0.7 m/s)
— \|200 m \|DQ
bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|4 × 100 m relay \|39.55

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colspan="6"|Representing {{JAM}}

rowspan = "4" |2006

|rowspan = "2" |CARIFTA Games (U-17)

|rowspan = "2" |Les Abymes, Guadeloupe

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|100 m

|10.72 (0.8 m/s)

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 100 m relay

|41.39

rowspan = "2" |Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)