Leslain Baird
Appearance
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Full name | Leslain Baird | ||||||||||||||
Born | May 9, 1987 | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Guyana | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 18 April 2019 |
Leslain Baird (born 9 May 1987) is a Guyanese athlete who compete in javelin throw. He is the national record holder in the event since 23 June 2013, when he broke the previous record that Lionel Schultz has held since September 18, 1985.[1]
Personal best
[edit]Event | Result | Venue | Date |
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Javelin throw | 78.65 m | Cochabamba | 6 June 2018 |
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Guyana | |||||
2011 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | - | Javelin throw | DNS |
2013 | South American Championships | Cartagena, Colombia | 8th | Javelin throw | 64.94 m |
2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 14th (q) | Javelin throw | 74.27 m |
South American Games | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 2nd | Javelin throw | 78.65 m NR | |
Central American and Caribbean Games | Barranquilla, Colombia | 4th | Javelin throw | 74.72 m | |
2019 | South American Championships | Lima, Peru | 4th | Javelin throw | 74.43 m |
2023 | Central American and Caribbean Games | San Salvador, El Salvador | 4th | Javelin throw | 75.86 m |
Pan American Games | Santiago, Chile | 3rd | Javelin throw | 78.23 m |
References
[edit]- ^ "Baird breaks 28-year-old National Javelin Record". www.kaieteurnewsonline.com. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
External links
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Categories:
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Guyanese male athletes
- Male javelin throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Guyana
- Competitors at the 2018 South American Games
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
- 21st-century Guyanese sportsmen
- South American athletics biography stubs
- Guyanese sportspeople stubs
- Central America and Caribbean athletics biography stubs