Leonardo Ledgister (born 27 April 1999) is a Jamaican athlete who competes in the 400m Hurdles.[1]
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| Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 April 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400m hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]