Tissanna Hickling (born 7 January 1998) is a Jamaican athlete specialising in the long jump.[3] She represented her country at the 2019 World Championships in Doha without reaching the final. Earlier that year she won a bronze medal at the 2019 Pan American Games.
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| Born | 7 January 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She has qualified to represent Jamaica at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]
Her personal best in the event is 6.82 metres (+1.7 m/s) set in Kingston in 2019).
International competitions
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Jamaica
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| 2015 | World Youth Championships | Cali, Colombia | 14th (q) | Long jump | 5.85 m |
| 2016 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | St. George's, Grenada | 3rd | Long jump | 5.84 m |
| 3rd | Triple jump | 12.17 m | |||
| NACAC U23 Championships | San Salvador, El Salvador | 6th | Long jump | 5.70 m | |
| 5th | Triple jump | 12.68 m | |||
| 2017 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Willemstad, Curaçao | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.83 s |
| 1st | Long jump | 6.22 m | |||
| 2nd | Triple jump | 12.87 m | |||
| Pan American U20 Championships | Trujillo, Peru | 2nd | Long jump | 6.36 m | |
| 6th | Triple jump | 12.85 m | |||
| 2018 | World Cup | London, United Kingdom | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.60 s |
| 3rd | Long jump | 6.47 m | |||
| NACAC Championships | Toronto, Canada | 3rd | Long jump | 6.38 | |
| 2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 3rd | Long jump | 6.59 m |
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 16th (q) | Long jump | 6.49 m | |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 25th (q) | Long jump | 6.19 m |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 30th (q) | Long jump | 6.29 m |
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 10th | Long jump | 6.43 m |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Final Results" (PDF). LiveCache SportResult. 15 July 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Tissanna HICKLING - Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ Tissanna Hickling at World Athletics
- ^ "Fraser-Pryce to lead Jamaica's Olympic charge in Tokyo". Jamaica Gleaner. 2021-06-30. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
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