 Candice McLeod (on the far left) competing at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Jamaican |
| Born | November 15, 1996 |
| Education | University of the West Indies |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event | 400 m |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best |
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Candice McLeod (born 15 November 1996) is a Jamaican athlete, a finalist in the women's 400 metres races at the 2020 Olympic Games and the 2022 World Athletics Championships.
Early and personal life[edit]
McLeod attended Vere Technical High School where she was befriended and mentored by future athletics champion Shericka Jackson,[1] before McLeod went on to become an accounting graduate from the University of West Indies.[2]
Career[edit]
At the Jamaican Olympic Trials, in June 2021, McLeod lowered her personal best time for a sixth time in a year, running 49.91 seconds in the 400 metres to finish second behind Stephenie Ann McPherson. This secured McLeod's slot on the Jamaican team for the delayed 2020 Summer Games.[3]
In the 400 metres races at the Tokyo Olympics McLeod won her heat, and then ran a new personal best time of 49.51 seconds in her semi final and qualified for the final in which she finished in fifth place.[4] At the 2022 World Athletics Championships McLeod matched the feat of reaching the final.[5] She won a silver medal in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay.
International competitions[edit]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Jamaica
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| 2015 | Pan American Junior Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 4th (h) | 400 m | 54.59 |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:38.77 | |||
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 5th | 400 m | 49.87 |
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:21.24 | |||
| 2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 7th | 400 m | 50.78 |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:20.74 | |||
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 7th | 400 m | 51.08 |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:20.88 | |||
References[edit]
- ^ "Olympic bronze medalist Candice McLeod lifts the lid on her decade-long special friendship with star athlete Shericka Jackson".
- ^ "After new 400m season best, Olympian Candice McLeod feels she must suffer to run faster".
- ^ "McPherson wins women's 400m". Jamaica Observer. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 Men's 400m Hurdles Results - Olympic athletics". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021.
- ^ "World Champs: McLeod, McPherson into women's 400m final; Young out | Loop Jamaica".
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