Django Lovett (born 6 July 1992) is a Canadian male

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athlete who competes in the high jump. He was the bronze medallist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, setting a personal best of . Lovett represented Canada at the

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Life and career

Born in Surrey, British Columbia to Catherine and John Lovett, he initially played soccer before moving into the high jump, following comments by his school soccer coach that he was too slow for the sport. Lovett had success at a young age in high jump, breaking the Canadian youth record and receiving the honour of Canadian Youth Athlete of the Year in 2009. He attended

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before heading south of the border to study Arts and communications at the

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Go Lobos. Retrieved on 2018-04-11. He made his international debut at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics, taking a bronze medal. He later competed in qualifying at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics and was fifth at the

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IAAF. Retrieved 2018-04-11. He competed athletically for the

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team and qualified for the

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on several occasions. He represented Canada at the 2013 Summer Universiade, though he did not progress beyond the qualifying round. He was top of the podium at the

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that year. Lovett's progress plateaued after the age of seventeen: from a best of in 2009, he had added only six centimetres to that by 2015. Clearances of in the 2017 outdoor season then in the 2018 indoor season saw him edge towards the elite level of the sport. In the leadup to the

, Lovett hit the Olympic qualifying standard in his third and final attempt at 2.33 metres at the Canadian Olympic track and field trials, beating Michael Mason for the Canadian title in the process. He was thus named to the Canadian Olympic team. Competing at the Olympic high jump event, he jumped 2.30 metres to finish in eighth place.

International competitions

National titles

**High jump:

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(runner-up in 2009

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lovett, Django 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Surrey, British Columbia Canadian male high jumpers Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics New Mexico Lobos men's track and field athletes Canadian expatriates in the United States Olympic track and field athletes of Canada 20th-century Canadian people 21st-century Canadian people Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games