Leah Anderson
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| Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 December 1999 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 400m: 50.78 (Kingston, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Leah Anderson (born 1 December 1999) is a Jamaican sprinter.[1]
Early life
[edit]She studied Illustration at St. John's University (New York City).[2]
Career
[edit]In February 2023, she set a new Jamaican national, Commonwealth, and Central American and Caribbean 500m indoor record at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston, Massachusetts, running a time of 1:08.34.[3][4]
In 2024 she ran for Jamaica in the 4x400m relay at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.[5] She also ran at the 2024 World Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas.[6]
She was named in the Jamaican team for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025.[7] She reached the final of the 400 metres at the Jamaican Athletics Championships in June 2025.[8] She ran 50.90 seconds to finish second behind Britton Wilson at the Ed Murphey Track Classic, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meet, on 12 July in Memphis, Tennessee.[9] She was a gold medalist at the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, The Bahamas in the mixed 4x400 metres relay.[10]
She was selected for the Jamaican team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where she ran on the opening day in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.[11][12]
Anderson was selected to represent Jamaica at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, running the last leg of the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay as part of the Jamaican team third across the line, but were later disqualified for exchanging positions before a takeover.[13][14][15] In May, she ran at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay in Gaborone, Botswana.[16][17] She was named in the Jamaica team for the 2026 Commonwealth Games.[18]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Leah Anderson". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ↑ Elfman, Lois (May 6, 2021). "Sprinter Leah Anderson is stepping up her game". Amsterdam News. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ↑ Foster, Anthony (February 13, 2023). "Leah Anderson Breaks Jamaica's 500m Indoor Record, Places Third in Millrace Games 300m Race". Track Alerts. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ↑ Jess Whittington (5 February 2023). "Lyles and Hobbs star in 60m showdowns, Bol breaks world best in Boston". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ↑ "Concern for Leah Anderson after Jamaican relay team's strong performance in heats". Caribbean National Weekly. March 4, 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ↑ Reid, Paul (7 May 2024). "Relay teams make amends but men's 4x400m team in trouble". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ↑ Levy, Leighton (15 March 2025). "Ackera Nugent and Wayne Pinnock Lead Jamaica's Squad for World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing". SportsMax. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ↑ Cowan, Sherdon (27 June 2025). "Pryce, Powell lead charge into 400m finals at National Champs". Sportamax. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ↑ "Adrian Kerr Seals Tokyo 2025 Berth as Caribbean Athletes Deliver at Ed Murphey Track Classic". Track Alerts. 13 July 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ↑ "Nacac Championships". World Athletics. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 13 Sep 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ↑ "JAAA names 50-member World Champs team, Thomas-Dodd opts out". Jamaica Observer. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ↑ "Belgium makes world indoor history on day two in Kujawy Pomorze". World Athletics. 21 March 2026. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ↑ Smith, Gary (March 9, 2026). "Olympic silver medalist Kishane Thompson headlines the Jamaica 2026 World Indoor team". World-Track. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- ↑ "Belgium takes inaugural world indoor mixed 4x400m title in Kujawy Pomorze". World Athletics. 21 March 2026. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ "JAAA names powerful team for World Relays". Jamaica Observer. 15 April 2026. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
- ↑ "JAAA apologises to Demisha Roswell for Commonwealth Games omission". Jamaica Observer. 28 June 2026. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
