Jak Ali Harvey, formerly Jacques Montgomery Harvey (born 4 May 1989 in

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) is a former Jamaican sprinter. He now competes for

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. Harvey won the silver medal of the

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event at the

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, Netherlands. He became the first ever Turkish athlete to win a medal in that event at the

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Competition record

¹Disqualified in the final

References

External links

World Athletics Bio
1989 births Living people Jamaican male sprinters Jamaican emigrants to Turkey Naturalized citizens of Turkey Turkish male sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Turkey European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Turkey Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Universiade gold medalists for Jamaica People from Hanover Parish Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in athletics European Games bronze medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games gold medalists in athletics Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Olympic male sprinters {{Turkey-athletics-bio-stub