Joey Wells

Joey Wells

Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Bahamas
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
	1984 San Juan	Long jump
	1982 Bridgetown	Long jump
	1982 Bridgetown	200 m
	1984 San Juan	4x100 m relay
CAC Junior Championships (U17)
	1980 Nassau	Long jump
	1980 Nassau	Heptathlon
CARIFTA Games Junior (U20)
	1984 Nassau	Long Jump
	1983 Fort-de-France	Long Jump
	1982 Kingston	Long Jump
	1983 Fort-de-France	200m
CARIFTA Games Youth (U17)
	1980 Hamilton	Long Jump
	1980 Hamilton	200m
	1980 Hamilton	400m
Pan American Junior Championships
	1984 Nassau	Long Jump

Joseph ("Joey") Wells (born December 22, 1965) is a retired male long jumper from the Bahamas, best known for finishing sixth at the 1984 Olympic Games.

Wells attended Government High School, Nassau. He competed for the Arkansas Razorbacks track and field team in the NCAA.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the Bahamas
1980	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Hamilton, Bermuda	2nd	200 m	22.74
			2nd	400 m	50.05
			1st	Long jump	7.02 m
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)	Nassau, Bahamas	5th	200 m	23.0
			5th	400 m	50.0
			1st	Long jump	6.93 m
			3rd	Heptathlon	3963 pts
1981	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Nassau, Bahamas	5th	Long jump	7.09 m
1982	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Kingston, Jamaica	1st	Long jump	7.21 m
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	7th	100 m	10.95
			2nd	200 m	21.29
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	42.66
			1st	Long jump	7.60 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Havana, Cuba	5th	Long jump	7.57 m
1983	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Fort-de-France, Martinique	2nd	200 m	21.27
			1st	Long jump	7.80 m
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	40.34
			2nd	Long jump	8.04 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	20th	Long jump	7.69 m
1984	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	Long jump	7.36 m
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1st	Long jump	7.55 m
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	42.74
	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	6th	Long jump	7.97 m

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joey Wells". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05.