Jordan Scott (triple jumper)
{{Short description|Jamaican athlete (born 1997)}}
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| nationality = Jamaican
| sport = Athletics
| event = Triple jump
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| pb = Triple jump: 17.27 (Xiamen, 2025)
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Jordan Scott (born 29 June 1997) is a Jamaican triple jumper. He is a multiple-time national champion.{{cite web|title=Jordan Scott|accessdate=7 July 2024|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/jamaica/jordan-scott-14569308}}
Early life
He attended Campion College, Jamaica.{{cite web|url= https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20190927/doha-2019-jordan-scott-out-triple-jump-due-hamstring-injury|title= Jordan Scott out of triple jump due to hamstring injury|website=Jamaica Gleaner|date=27 September 2019|accessdate=8 July 2024}} He finished sixth in the final of the IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz in July 2016.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7093752?eventId=10229618|website=World Athletics|accessdate=8 July 2024|date=19 July 2016|title= Bydgoszcz IAAF World U20 Championships}} Shoetly afterwards, he started at the University of Virginia.{{cite web|url=https://news.virginia.edu/content/jamaican-triple-jumper-flying-start-uva|website=Virginia.edu|accessdate=8 July 2024|title= Jamaican Triple-Jumper Off to Flying Start at UVA|first=Jeff|last=White|date=April 7, 2017}}
Career
He won his first national title in the triple jump in 2018.{{cite web|access-date=8 July 2024|date=21 June 2018|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2018/06/21/triple-jumper-scott-cops-first-national-title-at-trials/|title= Triple jumper Scott cops first national title at 'Trials' |website=Jamaica Observer}}{{cite web|date=21 June 2018|website=World Athletics|title=Jamaican Championships|access-date=8 July 2024|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7120196?eventId=10229618}} In May 2019, he jumped a personal best distance of 17.08 metres in Charlottesville, Virginia.{{cite web|title= Big Triple Jumping by Jordan Scott|date=30 May 2019|url= https://athleticsja.org/2019/05/big-triple-jumping-by-jordan-scott/|website=Athleticsja.org|accessdate=7 July 2024}} He was the winner of the 2019 triple jump at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships. In September 2019, he represent Jamaica at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha.{{cite web|url=https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=599029|website=Runnerspace|accessdate=8 July 2024|title= VIRGINIA TRIPLE JUMPER JORDAN SCOTT READY TO PURSUE DIVISION 1 INDOOR TITLE REPEAT, BUT BIGGEST GOAL REMAINS OLYMPICS|date=4 March 2020}} He won the Jamaican Athletics Championships again in June 2021.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7168599?eventId=10229618|website=World Athletics|accessdate=8 July 2024|title= Jamaican Championships|date=24 June 2021}}
He competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. {{cite web|date=21 July 2022|url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20220721/oregongoldrush-triple-jumper-jordan-scott-work-progress#google_vignette|website=Jamaica Gleaner|title= Triple jumper Jordan Scott - A work in progress |accessdate=7 July 2024}} He finished fifth in the final of the Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's triple jump in August 2022.{{cite web|url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20220807/cw2022-scott-finishes-fifth-mens-triple-jump|website=Jamaica Gleaner|accessdate=8 July 2024|date=5 August 2022|title= Scott finishes fifth in men's triple jump}}
He won the Jamaican Athletics Championships in 2024.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7211616?eventId=10229618|website=World Athletics|accessdate=8 July 2024|title=Jamaican Championships|date=27 June 2024}} He competed in the triple jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5857/men-s-triple-jump-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 December 2024|title=Men's Triple jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=9 August 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsmax.tv/athletics/athletics-regional/item/149220-jaaa-announces-star-studded-team-for-2024-paris-olympic-games|website=Sportsmax.tv|accessdate=8 July 2024|title= JAAA announces star-studded team for 2024 Paris Olympic Games|first=Leighton|last=Levy|date=July 7, 2024}}
He was named in the Jamaican team for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025, where he placed fifth overall in the final of the triple jump, with a late-round jump of 7.10 metres. However, he was later upgraded to a fourth-place finish after Brazilian Almir dos Santos was disqualified after the event for competing in shoes which went against the regulations.{{cite web|website=SportsMax|accessdate=15 March 2025|url= https://sportsmax.tv/athletics/ackera-nugent-and-wayne-pinnock-lead-jamaicas-squad-for-world-athletics-indoor-championships-in-nanjing#:~:text=Ackera%20Nugent%20and%20Wayne%20Pinnock,Indoor%20Championships%20in%20Nanjing%20-%20Sportsmax&text=Jamaica%20has%20named%20a%20solid,2025%2C%20in%20Nanjing%2C%20China.|title= Ackera Nugent and Wayne Pinnock Lead Jamaica’s Squad for World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing|first=Leighton|last= Levy|date=15 March 2025}}{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/nanjing25/news/report/nanjing-25-men-triple-jump-report |website=World Athletics|accessdate=21 March 2025|title=Diaz Hernandez flies to first gold of WIC Nanjing 25 with triple jump triumph|date=21 March 2025}} He landed a personal best to win the triple jump at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6564/results-xiamen-diamond-league-2025|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=2 May 2025|title= Results - Xiamen Diamond League 2025|date=26 April 2025}} The following weekend, he had a second place finish at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League, with a best jump of 17.00 metres.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|accessdate=3 May 2025|title=Tinch and Duplantis fly in Shanghai/Keqiao|date=3 May 2025|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/diamond-league/news/shanghai-keqiao-diamond-league-tinch-duplantis}}
References
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{{USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in men's pole vault}}
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Category:Jamaican male triple jumpers
Category:21st-century Jamaican sportsmen
Category:NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
Category:Virginia Cavaliers men's track and field athletes
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Jamaica
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games