Romaine Beckford (born 9 July 2002) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes in the high jump.

Career

From Portland, Jamaica, Beckford attended South Plains College for two years before transferring to the University of South Florida. He set a personal best of 2.21m at the Tom Jones Memorial meet at the University of Florida in April 2022. Later that month, whilst competing at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia in the high jump, he set a new personal best clearance of 2.23 metres. He finished eighth at the

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in Birmingham in July 2022. He won the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships high jump title competing for

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. In June 2023, he won the NCAA Outdoor title with a personal best height of 2.27m, in Austin, Texas. In July 2023, he won the Jamaican national title in

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. He subsequently competed for Jamaica at the

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in Budapest. He won the 2023 NACAC U23 Championships in

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. He transferred to the University of Arkansas for the 2023-24 season. In February 2024, he set an indoor personal best of 2.27 metres at the Razorback Invitational. He won the high jump at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships in March 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts, doing so with a personal best indoors height of 2.27m. He won the 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor title in June 2024, with a clearance of 2.26m in

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. In July 2024, he was officially selected for the Jamaican team at the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beckford, Romaine 2002 births Living people Jamaican male high jumpers 21st-century Jamaican people NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners South Florida Bulls men's track and field athletes South Plains Texans track and field athletes South Plains College alumni Arkansas Razorbacks men's track and field athletes NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics