James beckford biography

James Beckford born 9 January in Saint Mary, Jamaica is a Jamaican track and field athlete competing in the long jump. He represented Jamaica at the Olympic level in , and He was the silver medallist in the long jump at the Olympics and also has two silvers from the World Championships in Athletics from and He was chosen as the Jamaica Sportsman of the Year for , and He is the current holder of the Jamaican record for the triple jump with a mark of Beckford was educated in the United States and began his athletics career there, specialising in the horizontal jumps.

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Boone High School. He moved to Texas to study at Blinn College. While there he improved Delroy Poyser 's Jamaican record with a jump of His personal best of 8. Since he made that jump, 5 April in Orlando, Florida , only 6 men have jumped farther.