Candice McLeod

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.

Candice McLeod
Personal information
NationalityJamaican
Born (1996-11-15) November 15, 1996
EducationUniversity of the West Indies
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)400 m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 400 m: 49.51 (2021)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tokyo4×400 m relay
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 Eugene4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2023 Budapest4×400 m relay
Pan American U20 Athletics Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 Edmonton4×400 m relay

Early and personal life

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

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.

References
  1. "Olympic bronze medalist Candice McLeod lifts the lid on her decade-long special friendship with star athlete Shericka Jackson".
  2. "After new 400m season best, Olympian Candice McLeod feels she must suffer to run faster".
  3. "McPherson wins women's 400m". Jamaica Observer. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  4. "Tokyo 2020 Men's 400m Hurdles Results - Olympic athletics". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021.
  5. "World Champs: McLeod, McPherson into women's 400m final; Young out | Loop Jamaica".


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