Jaheel Hyde (born 2 February 1997) is a

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athlete. He was the 2014 world junior champion in the

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and the 2013 world youth champion in the

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. He won a gold medal in the 110 m hurdles at the

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, setting a new championship record for the event and coming .01 seconds shy of tying the World Youth Best held by

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. In 2014, he won the gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the World Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon, then the 100 metres hurdles at the Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, beating Belocian's World Youth Best with a time of 12.96 seconds. His parents, Lenworth Hyde and Angela Hussett, encouraged their children to participate in sport. His father was an international footballer for

for over ten years. His older brothers have also been involved in sport: Lenworth Jr. and Jamie both played football for Jamaica at age category level while Julian Hyde won international medals in

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. Hyde has also played for the Jamaican football team and scored a hat-trick against Bermuda in an under-17s international match in 2012.I Am A Soccer Fan
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'' (2014-11-04). Retrieved on 2014-11-06.

Personal bests

Competition record

¹: Exhibition event (no medals).
²: Competed only in the heat.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hyde, Jaheel 1997 births Living people Jamaican male sprinters Jamaican male hurdlers Jamaican footballers People from Spanish Town Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Olympic athletes of Jamaica World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Jamaica Association footballers not categorized by position Youth Olympic gold medalists for Jamaica Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics 20th-century Jamaican people 21st-century Jamaican people Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games