Damar Forbes (born 11 September 1990 in St Ann, Jamaica) is a

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...

er. He has a personal best of . He was coached by former world champion

Dwight Phillips Dwight Phillips (born October 1, 1977) is an American former athlete and a four-time world champion in the long jump. He was the 2004 Olympic champion in the event. His personal best of 8.74 meters, set in 2009, makes him the joint fifth b ...

. He competed in the long jump event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. He was the silver medallist at the

2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics The 2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The event served as classifiers for the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and took place from July 15–17, 2011. It was the fourth time P ...

. He placed eighth in the final of the

2013 World Championships in Athletics The 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (Moscow 2013) () was an international athletics competition held in Moscow, Russia, from 10–18 August 2013. Initially, Russia won the most gold medals to top the table for the first time since 200 ...

. He also had a win on the 2013 IAAF Diamond League circuit that year, taking the top honours at the

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. While studying at

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he competed athletically for the

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and was the 2013 NCAA Outdoor champion in the long jump with a jump of (8.35m)w. He won two

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titles and also had four NCAA runner-up finishes (two indoor, two outdoor). He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing in 12th place, and the 2018 Commonwealth Games, finishing in 8th.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Forbes, Damar 1990 births Living people Olympic athletes for Jamaica Jamaican male long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Saint Ann Parish LSU Tigers track and field athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Jamaica World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica