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| Nationality |  Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 March 1991 Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | UWI Mona | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Racers Track Club | |||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Glen Mills | |||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 100 metres: 10.06 (+1.0 m/s) (Luzern 2012) 200 metres: 19.86 (+1.5 m/s) (Luzern 2012) | |||||||||||||||||
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Jason Young (born 21 March 1991) is a Jamaican sprinter, competing in the 100 metres and 200 metres.
Jason is a student at University of the West Indies, Mona and won a joint silver medal in the 200 m at the 2011 Summer Universiade.
Young attracted attention in July 2012 when he set a massive new personal best of 19.86 s in the 200 metres at the Spitzen Leichtathletik meeting in Lucerne, beating Warren Weir. Earlier in the evening he had set a new personal best of 10.06 s in the 100 metres.[1]
- ^ Reid, Paul. "Young's 19.86 excites veteran coach Mills". Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 31 December 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2012.