Trevor George Barry (born 14 June 1983) is a male

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er from the

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. His personal best high jump is 2.32 metres, achieved in the final at the

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on 1 September 2011. Barry competed in college for

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where he helped lead his team to 3 consecutive national championships. At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Barry won the

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in the high jump and finished sixth in the

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Competition record

References

1983 births Living people Bahamian male high jumpers Bahamian male long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Bahamas Pan American Games competitors for the Bahamas Commonwealth Games silver medallists for the Bahamas World Athletics Championships medalists Dickinson State University alumni World Athletics Championships athletes for the Bahamas Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for the Bahamas Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{bahamas-athletics-bio-stub