Leevan Sands
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| Born | August 16, 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Bahamas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Leevan Sands (born August 16, 1981 Nassau) is a Bahamian triple jumper.
His personal best jump is 17.59 metres, achieved in 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. This is the current Bahamian record.[1] He went to High School at Florida Air Academy He was suspended from March 2006 to September 2006 for testing positive on the prohibited substance levomethamphetamine.[2]
Sands competed for the Bahamas in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, but he did not qualify for the finals.[3] He was the flag bearer for the closing ceremonies.[4]
Sands is the cousin of hurdler Shamar Sands.[5]
Achievements
- 2012 Olympic Games - fifth place
- 2008 Olympic Games - bronze medal
- 2007 Pan American Games - sixth place[6]
- 2005 World Athletics Final - fifth place
- 2005 World Championships - fourth place
- 2010 World Athletics Final - sixth place
- 2012 World Athletics Final - seventh place
- 2003 World Championships - bronze medal
- 2002 Commonwealth Games - bronze medal
- 2002 World Junior Championships - fifth place
References
- Leevan Sands profile at IAAF
- ↑ Bahamian athletics records
- ↑
- ↑ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
- ↑ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
- ↑ Shumack, Kimberly (21-02-05). Q & A with Auburn Track and Field Athlete Shamar Sands. Auburn Athletes. Retrieved on 2009-05-10.
- ↑ 2007 Pan American Games, men's triple jump final
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