Jamil James

{{short description|Trinidad and Tobago sprinter}}

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{{MedalSport | Athletics}}

{{MedalCountry | {{TRI}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|CAC Junior Championships (U20)}}

{{MedalBronze |2004 Coatzacoalcos | 200 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|CAC Junior Championships (U17)}}

{{MedalSilver |2002 Bridgetown | 400 m}}

{{MedalSilver |2002 Bridgetown | 4x400 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)}}

{{MedalGold |2005 Bacolet, Tobago | 4x100 m relay}}

{{MedalSilver |2005 Bacolet, Tobago | 400 m}}

{{MedalSilver |2005 Bacolet, Tobago | 4x400 m relay}}

{{MedalSilver |2004 Hamilton | 400 m}}

{{MedalSilver |2004 Hamilton | 4x400 m relay}}

{{MedalSilver |2003 Port of Spain | 200 m}}

{{MedalSilver |2003 Port of Spain | 4x400 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games
Youth (U17)}}

{{MedalBronze |2002 Nassau | 200 m}}

{{MedalBronze |2002 Nassau | 400 m}}

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Jamil J James (born 16 September 1986) is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 400 metres. His father, Trevor James, is a former Olympic sprinter who represented Trinidad and Tobago in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

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Career

He attended the [http://www.sc.edu/ University of South Carolina - Columbia] from 2004 to 2008. His personal best time is 46.68 seconds (400m), achieved in June 2003 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad

Achievements

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colspan="6"|Representing {{TTO}}
2001

|CARIFTA Games (U17)

|Bridgetown, Barbados

|4th

|400 m

|49.11

rowspan=5|2002

|rowspan=2|CARIFTA Games (U17)

|rowspan=2|Nassau, Bahamas

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|200 m

|22.02   (-0.5 m/s)

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|400 m

|48.90

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

|rowspan=2|Bridgetown, Barbados

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|400 m

|47.95

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4x400 m

|3:19.13

World Junior Championships

|Kingston, Jamaica

|32nd (h)

|400 m

|48.62

rowspan=4|2003

|rowspan=2|CARIFTA Games (U20)

|rowspan=2|Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|400 m

|47.34

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4x400 m

|3:12.46

World Youth Championships

|Sherbrooke, Canada

|4th

|400 m

|47.61

Pan American Games

|Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

|4th

|4x400 m

|3:05.28

rowspan = "5" |2004

|rowspan = "2" |CARIFTA Games (U20)

|rowspan = "2" |Hamilton, Bermuda

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|400 m

|47.11

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4x400 m

|3:12.65

Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)

|Coatzacoalcos, México

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|200 m

|21.05   (1.2 m/s)

rowspan=2|World Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Grosseto, Italy

|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd

|200m

|21.00 (wind: +0.1 m/s)

11th (h)

|4×400m relay

|3:11.33

rowspan = "3" |2005

|rowspan = "3" |CARIFTA Games

|rowspan = "3" |Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|400 m

|46.81

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4x100 m

|41.05

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4x400 m

|3:10.32

rowspan = "4" |2006

|rowspan=2|NACAC U-23 Championships

|rowspan=2|Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

|13th (h)

|400m

|48.21

7th

|4x400m relay

|3:16.75

rowspan = "2" |Central American and Caribbean Games

|rowspan = "2" |Cartagena, Colombia

|6th

|4x100 m

|39.92

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4x400 m

|3:02.65