Juan Lewis
{{short description|Bahamian sprinter}}
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|September 18, 1989}}
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{{MedalSport | Athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{BAH}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|CAC Junior Championships (U20)}}
{{MedalBronze |2006 Port of Spain | 4 × 400 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)}}
{{MedalSilver |2006 Les Abymes | 4 × 400 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze |2007 Providenciales | 4 × 400 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games
Youth (U17)}}
{{MedalSilver |2005 Bacolet, Tobago | 400 m}}
{{MedalBronze |2005 Bacolet, Tobago | 4 × 400 m relay}}
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Juan Lewis (born September 18, 1989) is a male track and field athlete from West End, Grand Bahama in The Bahamas, who mainly competes in the 400 m and 200 He attended Bishop Michael Eldon School and Sunland Baptist Academy before competing for Southwestern Christian College and the UT Arlington Mavericks.{{cite web |title=Juan Lewis UTA Profile |url=https://utamavs.com/sports/mens-track-and-field/roster/juan-lewis/1451 |website=UTA Mavs |access-date=7 February 2022}} Lewis ran the third leg of the 4 × 400 Relay at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar.{{cite web |title=4x400 Heats Doha |url=http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4144/AT-4X4-M-h----.RS6.pdf |website=World Athletics |access-date=29 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326195528/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4144/AT-4X4-M-h----.RS6.pdf |archive-date=26 March 2010 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=ETrack News Letter |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/eTN2010_13WICm.pdf |website=trackandfieldnews.com |access-date=7 February 2022}}{{cite news |title=Bahamas wins two medals at Jr. Pan Am Games in Rio |url=http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/sports/Bahamas_wins_two_medals_at_Jr_Pan_Am_Games_in_Rio_printer.shtml |access-date=7 February 2022 |publisher=Bahamas Weekly}}{{cite web |title=results |url=https://hyperleap.com/topic/Juan_Lewis |website=hyperleap |access-date=7 February 2022}}
Lewis won a silver medal in the under 17 Boys 400 m at the 2005 CARIFTA Games in Tobago.{{cite web |title=CARIFTA GAMES (UNDER 17 BOYS) |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cfgy.htm |website=gbrathletics |access-date=7 February 2022}}
He won a silver medal at the 2006 CARIFTA Games in Guadeloupe{{cite web |title=2006 Carifta Results |url=http://www.cfpitiming.com/2006%20Outdoor%20Season/Carifta%202006/Carifta%20Full%20meet%20Results%202006.htm |website=cfpitiming.com |access-date=10 March 2022}} running the second leg of the {{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} Relay.{{cite web |title=The race was in doubt much of the way, though, as the Bahamian quartet of Demetrius Pinder, Juan Lewis, Carlyle Thompson and Jameson Strachan came second in 3:08.56 |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/news/jamaican-dominance-continues-carifta-final |website=World Athletics |access-date=10 March 2022}}
Personal bests
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! Event !! Time !! Venue !! Date | |||
200 m | 21.20 (+2.0) | Natchitoches, Louisiana | 16 APR 2011{{cite web |title=Lewis Personal Best |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/bahamas/juan-lewis-14178002 |website=World Athletics |access-date=29 March 2022}} |
400 m | 46.78 | Nassau, Bahamas | 27 JUN 2008 |
400 m (Indoor) | 47.68 | College Station, Texas | 15 JAN 2011 |
Achievements
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colspan="6"|Representing {{BAH}} |
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2005
|bgcolor=silver|2nd |400 m |49.40 |
rowspan = "6"|2006
|rowspan = "2"|CARIFTA Games (U-20) |rowspan = "2"|Les Abymes, Guadeloupe |8th |400 m |50.86 |
bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 × 400 m relay |3:08.56 |
rowspan = "2"|Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)
|rowspan = "2"|Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |3rd (h) |200 m |22.10 (0.1 m/s) |
bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|4 × 400 m relay |3:09.09 |
rowspan=2|World Junior Championships
| — |400 m |DQ |
13th (h)
|4 × 400 m relay |
rowspan=2|2008
|rowspan=2|World Junior Championships |22nd (sf) |400 m |
7th
|4 × 400 m relay |
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics|bahamas/juan-lewis-14178002}}
- [http://www.utamavs.com/sports/m-track/mtt/lewis_juan00.html University of Texas At Arlington Bio]
- [http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/Athlete.aspx?AID=1770812 Athletic Net Bio]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bE2mLRXfX8 Lewis 4x 400m Relay Carifta 2006]
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Category:Bahamian male sprinters
Category:21st-century Bahamian sportsmen
Category:People from West Grand Bahama
Category:Southwestern Christian College Rams men's track and field athletes
Category:UT Arlington Mavericks men's track and field athletes
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