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Tajay Gayle is a Jamaican track and field athlete born on 2 August 1994 in Kingston, a Jamaican city. He was engrossed in athletics ever since he was a kid and used to run alongside other children in his neighborhood. Tajay's athletic career began during his days at Papine High School.
After graduating, Tajay Gayle joined the MVP Track Field in 2014. While training at the MVP, he competed at the ISSA Boys’ and Girls’ Championships, where he won medals in long jump.
Tajay Gayle made his career breakthrough in 2015, winning the 100m title at the Jamaica National Championships. In 2016, he competed at the MVP Track and Field Meet, and bagged the title in 200m by clocking 21.34s.
In 2017, Gayle won his first national medal in the Long Jump after he leaped past a distance of 7.87m at the Jamaica National Championships in Kingston and clinched a bronze medal.
In 2018 he finished 4th at the Commonwealth Games before going on to win a silver medal with a 8.24m leap at the NACAC Championships in Toronto, Canada.
Tajay Gayle rose to national fame after he was crowned as World Athletics Championships and sealed a gold medal in Doha, Qatar in 2019 and became the first Jamaican athlete to have achieved the feat. In the same year, he won the Long Jump title after covering a distance of 8.21m at the World Athletics Challenge in Nanjing, China.
Tajay Gayle landed at a 8.55m distance (wind 2.3) to win the Stockholm Diamond League ahead of Cuban Juan Echevarria, who jumped 8.29m.
After winning the Jamaican national title,Tajay Gayle followed it up with a lifetime-best jump of 8.32m at the Müller Anniversary Games in Birmingham, London. He also bagged a silver medal at the Pan-American Games in Lima, Peru, behind Cuban sensation Juan Miguel Echevarría.
World champion Tajay Gayle has booked his ticket to the Tokyo Olympics 2020, which will be his debut appearance on the biggest stage. He qualified by clearing a distance of 8.23m to win the men’s long jump title at the JAAA National Championships at Kingston’s National Stadium.
Tajay Gayle's Biography
Date of Birth: August 2, 1996 (age 24)
Birth Place: Kingston, Jamaica
Sport/Event(s): Long Jump
Current world rankings: Men's Long Jump - 2
Men's Overall Ranking - 33
Earnings - N/A
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