Leonardo Ledgister
Personal information
NationalityJamaican
Born (1999-04-27) 27 April 1999
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event400m hurdles
College teamTexas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Commonwealth Youth Games
Gold medal – first place2015 Apia4×400m relay
CARIFTA Games (U18)
Gold medal – first place2015 Basseterre4×400 m relay

Leonardo Ledgister (born 27 April 1999) is a Jamaican athlete who competes in the 400m Hurdles.[1]

Personal life

From Santa Cruz, Jamaica he attended St. Elizabeth Technical High School.[2] He went to Southern University-New Orleans and then to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.[3]

Career

Ledgister was a finalist at the 2018 World Under-20 Championships in the 400m hurdles finishing fourth in Tampere, Finland in a personal best time of 49.93.[4]

On 30 May 2021 he achieved the 400m hurdles Olympic qualifying standard for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics after he ran a personal best 48.79 seconds to place second at the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) West Regionals at his home track of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.[5] In June, 2021 he advanced to the finals of the 400m hurdles at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, finishing sixth overall. He earned All-America First-Team honors, becoming the first Jamaican to do so since Hickel Woolery in 2009 in the discus.[6]

Ledgister had a disappointing run at the Jamaican Olympic trials where he was the fastest man in the field but did not get past the semi-finals, finishing eighth in his race.[7] Ledgister was subsequently named as a reserve in the Jamaican squad for the Tokyo Olympics, however was unable to compete at the event.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Leonardo LEDGISTER | Profile". worldathletics.org.
  2. ↑ "Off to Finland!". Jamaica Observer.
  3. ↑ "Leonardo Ledgister - Track & Field". Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Athletics.
  4. ↑ "Briana's double - 16-y-o wins 200m to add to 100m gold". Jamaica Gleaner.
  5. ↑ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer.
  6. ↑ "Ledgister Advances to Finals of NCAA Outdoor Championships". Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Athletics.
  7. ↑ "Easy does it: Jamaica's 100m big guns move into semis at senior national trials". our.today.
  8. ↑ "Fraser-Pryce to lead Jamaica's Olympic charge in Tokyo". Jamaica Gleaner.
  9. ↑ "Jamaica submits 61 member team for Tokyo Olympics". Jamaixa.loopnews.


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