Wilbert Walker

{{short description|Jamaican triple jumper}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}

{{Use Jamaican English|date=May 2018}}

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{{MedalSport | Athletics}}

{{MedalCountry | {{JAM}} }}

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

{{MedalGold |2004 Hamilton | Heptathlon}}

{{MedalGold |2003 Port of Spain | Heptathlon}}

{{MedalSilver |2004 Hamilton | Long jump}}

{{MedalSilver |2004 Hamilton | Triple jump}}

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

{{MedalBronze |2001 Bridgetown | Long jump}}

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Wilbert Walker (born 7 January 1985) is a Jamaican triple jumper. His personal best jump is 16.47 metres (indoor), achieved in March 2006 in Boston. He also has 8.13 metres in the long jump, achieved in May 2006 in Emporia.

He finished twelfth at the 2004 World Junior Championships, won the bronze medal at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games and finished eighth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He recently achieved a new mark of 16.76 in the men's triple jump at the Jamaica national trials in June of this year, he went on to the cac games where he finished fourth with a leap of 16.65 meters.

Achievements

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

|CARIFTA Games (U17)

|Bridgetown, Barbados

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|Long jump

|6.62m (1.9 m/s)

rowspan=3|2003

|CARIFTA Games (U20)

|Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|Heptathlon

|4837 pts

rowspan=2|Pan American Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Bridgetown, Barbados

|6th

|Long jump

|7.17 m

6th

|Triple jump

|14.88 m

rowspan = "4" |2004

|rowspan = "3" |CARIFTA Games (U20)

|rowspan = "3" |Hamilton, Bermuda

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|Heptathlon

|4977 pts w

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|Long jump

|7.49m w (2.4 m/s)

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|Triple jump

|15.69 w (2.2 m/s)

World Junior Championships

|Grosseto, Italy

|12th

|Long jump

|7.10 m (wind: +0.9 m/s)

2005

|Central American and Caribbean Championships

|Nassau, Bahamas

|6th

|Triple jump

|16.03 m (w)

rowspan=5|2006

|Commonwealth Games

|Melbourne, Australia

|8th

|Triple jump

|16.33 m

rowspan=2|NACAC U-23 Championships

|rowspan=2|Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

|4th

|Long jump

|7.65 m (wind: +1.2 m/s)

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|Triple jump

|16.18 m (wind: +1.0 m/s)

rowspan=2|Central American and Caribbean Games

|rowspan=2|Cartagena, Colombia

|11th (q)

|Long jump

|7.40 m

bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|Triple jump

|16.35 m

rowspan=2|2010

|Central American and Caribbean Games

|Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

|4th

|Triple jump

|16.65 m

Commonwealth Games

|Delhi, India

|5th

|Triple jump

|16.85 m

rowspan=2|2011

|Central American and Caribbean Championships

|Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|Triple jump

|16.01 m

World Championships

|Daegu, South Korea

|24th (q)

|Triple jump

|15.97 m

2013

|Central American and Caribbean Championships

|Morelia, Mexico

|6th

|Triple jump

|15.73 m

References