Jazz Shukla

{{Short description|Canadian athlete}}

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| name = Jazz Shukla

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| nationality = Canadian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|8|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario

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| sport = Athletics

| event = 800m, 1500m

| pb = 800m: 1:58.20 (Montreal, 2024)
1500m: 4:10.32 (Vancouver, 2023)

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{{MedalSport|Women's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry| {{CAN}}}}

{{MedalCompetition | World U20 Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 2016 Bydgoszcz|4x400 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American U20 Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2017 Trujillo|800m}}

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Jazz Shukla (born 24 August 1998) is a Canadian track and field athlete who competes over 800 metres.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/canada/jazz-shukla-14514144|website=World Athletics|title=Jazz Shukla|accessdate=23 August 2023}}

Early life

From Toronto, she attended Northern Secondary School before studying neuroscience at the University of Toronto. She competed at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, participating in the 800m and winning a bronze medal in the 4x400m relay. She won a silver medal at the 2017 Pan American Junior Games in the 800m as well as winning the Canadian 2017 junior national championships over 800 metres.{{cite web|url=https://varsityblues.ca/sports/womens-track-and-field/roster/jazz-shukla/14309|title=Jazz Shukla|accessdate=23 August 2023|website=Varsityblues.ca}}{{cite web|url=https://thevarsity.ca/2022/04/04/u-of-t-athlete-of-the-year-2022/|website=The Varsity.ca|title= The Varsity's athletes of the year: Alex Bishop and Jazz Shukla|first=Angad|last=Deol|date=April 4, 2022}}

Career

After a four-year hiatus from competing over 800 metres, Shukla ran a best time of 2:01.98 at the 2022 Speed River Inferno in Guelph, Ontario.{{cite web|url=https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/torontos-jazz-shukla-looks-to-seal-worlds-spot-at-2023-canadian-track-and-field-championships/|website=Running Magazine|accessdate=23 August 2023|title= Toronto’s Jazz Shukla looks to seal worlds spot at 2023 Canadian Track and Field Championships|first=Marley|last=Dickinson|date=26 July 2023}} At the same event in 2023, she set a new meeting record for the 800 metres, running 2:01.43.{{cite web|url=https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/runs-races/torontos-jazz-shukla-continues-to-dominate-canadian-track-and-field-league/|website=Runninf Magazine|accessdate=23 August 2023|title= Toronto's Jazz Shukla continues to dominate Canadian Track and Field League|first=Nkele|last=Martin|date=3 July 2023}} She placed third behind Madeleine Kelly and Aurora Rynda at the Canadian national championships in July 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.pembrokeobserver.com/sports/local-sports/pembrokes-maddy-kelly-claims-a-third-national-championship-in-womens-800m/wcm/4acebc15-1094-4305-8385-54bcbf5adf0b/amp/|website=Pembroke Observer|accessdate=23 August 2023|title= Pembroke's Maddy Kelly claims a third national championship in women's 800m|first=Anthony|last=Dixon|date=August 3, 2023}}

In 2023, she participated in the World Championships in Budapest, and ran a personal best time of 2:00.30 to advance to the semi-finals as the second fastest non-automatic. In the semi-finals, she ran yet another personal best time of 2:00.23 to finish in seventh.{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4564/women-s-800m-results-world-athletics-championships-2023|date=23 August 2023|accessdate=23 August 2023|title= Women's 800m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023|website=World Athletics}}

She competed for Canada at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5130/women-s-800m-results-world-athletics-indoor-championships-2024|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=1 March 2024|title= Women's 800m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024}} In June 2024, Shukla broke her personal best in the 800 metres by over a second by winning the 2024 Canadian trials.{{cite web|url=https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/runs-races/jazz-shukla-qualifies-for-paris-olympics-with-huge-personal-best-at-canadian-trials/|title=Jazz Shukla qualifies for Paris Olympics with huge personal best at Canadian Trials|last=Dickinson|first=Marley|date=30 June 2024|website=www.runningmagazine.ca|publisher=Canadian Running Magazine|access-date=30 June 2024}} She competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5830/women-s-800m-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics#google_vignette|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=8 September 2024|date=5 August 2024|title= Women's 800m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics}}

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