Jevon Atkinson is a
Jamaican swimmer and
Olympian
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He competed at the
2008 Olympics
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, finishing 45th in the
Men's 50 free.
As of October 2008, he holds the Jamaican Record in the 50 free.
See also
*
List of Jamaican records in swimming
The Jamaican Records in Swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing Jamaica. These records are kept by Jamaica's national swimming federation: the Amateur Swimming Association of Jamaica (ASAJ).
Records are recognized for m ...
References
2008 Olympics profile
1984 births
Living people
Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games
Pan American Games competitors for Jamaica
Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Jamaica
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers of Jamaica
Jamaican male swimmers
20th-century Jamaican people
21st-century Jamaican people
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