Wayne Pinnock

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Wayne Pinnock

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| image = WKBO3843 longjump M Pinnock (53173531615).jpg

| caption = Wayne Pinnock in 2023

| sport = Track and Field

| event = Long Jump

| collegeteam = Arkansas Razorbacks

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|10|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kingston, Jamaica

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| height = 1.78 m{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/wayne-pinnock_1938899 |title=PINNOCK Wayne {{!}} Paris 2024 |website=olympics.com |access-date=3 August 2024 }}

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|Long jump: 8.54 (Budapest, 2023)

|Triple jump: 15.92 (Baton Rouge, 2023)}}

| medaltemplates =

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Wayne Pinnock (born 24 October 2000) is a Jamaican long jumper. He won silver medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2023 World Championships and 2025 World Indoor Championships.{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/jamaica/wayne-pinnock-14693852|title=Wayne PINNOCK | Profile | World Athletics|website=worldathletics.org}}

Career

Pinnock won the collegiate long jump double in 2022, winning the NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor titles.{{Cite web|url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20220610/pinnock-completes-ncaa-long-jump-double|title=Pinnock completes NCAA long jump double|date=10 June 2022|website=jamaica-gleaner.com}} That year, he made his senior major championship debut at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, placing ninth overall.{{Cite web|url=https://jamaica.loopnews.com/content/world-champs-wayne-pinnock-9th-long-jump-final|title=World Champs: Wayne Pinnock 9th in long jump final | Loop Jamaica|website=Loop News}}

With his first jump at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, Pinnock achieved a new personal best distance of 8.54 metres, and it was enough for him to win the silver medal at the event.{{cite web|url=https://jamaica.loopnews.com/content/budapestquestpinnock-wins-long-jump-silver-gayle-claims-bronze|website=Jamaica.Loopnews|accessdate=25 August 2023|title=Pinnock wins long jump silver, Gayle claims bronze|date=24 August 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://jamaicans.com/7-things-you-should-know-about-jamaican-long-jumper-wayne-pinnock/|website=Jamaicans.com|accessdate=25 August 2023|title=7 Things You Should Know about Jamaican Long Jumper Wayne Pinnock|first=Stephanie|last=Korney|date=24 August 2023}}

He won the long jump NCAA Indoor Championships in March 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts.{{cite web|url= https://www.ncaa.com/live-updates/trackfield-indoor-women/d1/texas-tech-and-arkansas-win-mens-womens-titles-2024-ncaa-di-indoor-track-and|website=ncaa.com|accessdate=10 March 2024|title= Texas Tech and Arkansas win men's, women's titles at 2024 NCAA DI indoor track and field championships|date=9 March 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://www.dyestat.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=videos&video_id=386370-Wayne-Pinnock-on-Romaine-Beckford-Winning-High-Jump-Title-Arkansas-039-Second-Place-Team-Finish-NCAA-D1-Indoor-Championships-2024|website=Dyetsat|accessdate=10 March 2024|title= WAYNE PINNOCK ON ROMAINE BECKFORD WINNING HIGH JUMP TITLE, ARKANSAS' SECOND-PLACE TEAM FINISH - NCAA D1 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024|date=10 March 2024}} With his effort of 8.40 metres, he equalled the Jamaican indoor record, matching the mark achieved previously by James Beckford and Carey McLeod.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/news/report/ncaa-indoor-championships-2024-pinnock-valby-young|website=World Athletics|accessdate=10 March 2024|date=9 March 2024|title= Pinnock leaps world lead to regain NCAA title in Boston}} He won the long jump at the SEC Championship in Gainesville, Florida on 10 May 2024.{{cite web|url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/katelynhutchison/2024/05/13/sec-track-and-field-championships-produce-world-leading-times-and-olympic-performances/#|website=Forbes.com|accessdate=13 May 2024|title= SEC Track And Field Championships Produce World Leading Times And Olympic Performances|date=13 May 2024|first=

Katelyn|last= Hutchison}}

In June 2024, he placed second at the Jamaican Athletics Championships long jump with a leap of 8.27 metres.{{cite web|url= https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/06/30/mcleod-eyes-improvement-ahead-paris/|website=Jamaica Observer|accessdate=30 June 2024|date=30 June 2024|title=Mcleod Eyes Improvement Ahead of Paris}} Selected as part of the Jamaican team for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, he won the silver medal with a jump of 8.36 metres.{{cite web|website=Jamaica Gleaner|accessdate=7 August 2024|date=6 August 2024|url= https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20240806/pinnock-mines-long-jump-silver-paris#google_vignette|title=Pinnock mines long jump for silver}}{{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 won another global competition silver medal with a season's best 8.29 metres, 1 cm behind winner Mattia Furlani, and 1 cm ahead of Australian bronze medalist Liam Adcock.{{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://sportsmax.tv/athletics/pinnock-and-mens-4x400m-relay-win-silver-as-world-indoors-ends-in-nanjing |website=SportsMax|accessdate=23 March 2025|date=23 March 2025|title= Pinnock and Men’s 4x400m Relay Win Silver as World Indoors Ends in Nanjing}}

References

Category:2000 births

Category:Living people

Category:Jamaican male long jumpers

Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica

Category:21st-century Jamaican sportsmen

Category:Tennessee Volunteers men's track and field athletes

Category:Arkansas Razorbacks men's track and field athletes

Category:World Athletics Championships medalists

Category:NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners

Category:NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic silver medalists for Jamaica

Category:Olympic athletes for Jamaica

Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)

Category:World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists