Julian Chiagoziem Reid (born 23 September 1988 in

Kingston Kingston may refer to: Places * List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated: ** Kingston, Jamaica ** Kingston upon Hull, England ** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia ** Kingston, Ontario, Canada ** Kingston upon Thames, ...

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) is a Jamaica-born British

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competing in the

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and

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

. He switched his allegiance to

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in 2011. He went to

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Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *High jump – 2.10 (Kingston 2007) *Long jump – 8.08 (+0.7 m/s) (Kingston 2011) *Triple jump – 16.98 (+1.4 m/s) (Fayetteville 2009) Indoor *High jump – 2.00 (College Station 2009) *Long jump – 7.92 (Fayetteville 2008) *Triple jump – 16.71 (College Station 2011)

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* 1988 births Living people Athletes from Kingston, Jamaica Jamaican male long jumpers British male long jumpers Jamaican male triple jumpers British male triple jumpers Jamaican male high jumpers British male high jumpers Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Great Britain Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain European Athletics Championships medalists British Athletics Championships winners Jamaican emigrants to the United Kingdom Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub