Jamie Quarry
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| Birth name | Jamie Stephen Quarry | |||||||||||
| Born | 15 November 1972 | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | Decathlon | |||||||||||
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Jamie Stephen Quarry (born 15 November 1972) is a British former decathlete.[1]
Biography
[edit]Quarry was raised in England and qualified to represent Scotland as his mother is from Stirling. He is also of Jamaican descent, with his father's cousin being Olympic gold medalist Don Quarrie.[2]
Involved in multiple sports growing up, Quarry captained a Crystal Palace schoolboys team in football and was selected to represent Kent in rugby union. He competed in his first decathlon at the age of 14.[3]
A three-time Commonwealth Games representative, Quarry earned a bronze medal at his farewell appearance in Manchester in 2002, which was Scotland's first-ever medal in the event.[4] His previous Commonwealth Games finishes were eighth in 1994 (Victoria) and tenth in 1998 (Kuala Lumpur).[5]
Quarry was involved in Glasgow's successful bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Commonwealth Games medallist Jamie Quarry to lead athletics coaching at Giggleswick School". Craven Herald. 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Can Jamie Quarry now make it Games gold for Scotland?". HeraldScotland. 9 November 2007.
- ^ McLean, Euan (30 June 2002). "Athletics: Jamie's A Jack Of All Trades". Sunday Mail.
- ^ "Bernard takes decathlon glory". BBC News. 28 July 2002.
- ^ "Jamie Stephen Quarry". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Jamie Quarry: Former medal winner trying to match Lord Coe". HeraldScotland. 9 November 2007.
External links
[edit]- Jamie Quarry at World Athletics
- Jamie Quarry at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Scottish decathletes
- British male decathletes
- English people of Scottish descent
- English people of Jamaican descent
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Competitors at the 1995 Summer Universiade
- Competitors at the 1997 Summer Universiade