Jamaica national athletics team

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The Jamaica national athletics team is the Caribbean nation's elite track and field squad, renowned worldwide for producing many of history's fastest sprinters and dominating sprint events at major international competitions.

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instanceOf national athletics team ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jamaica track and field team ⓘ
color black ⓘ
gold ⓘ
green ⓘ
competesIn CARIFTA Games ⓘ
Commonwealth Games ⓘ
Olympic Games ⓘ
Pan American Games ⓘ
World Athletics Championships ⓘ
World Athletics Relays ⓘ
continentalAssociation North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association ⓘ
country Jamaica ⓘ
discipline field events ⓘ
race walking ⓘ
road running ⓘ
track events ⓘ
eventSpecialization hurdles ⓘ
short sprints ⓘ
sprint relays ⓘ
genderCategories men ⓘ
women ⓘ
governingBody Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association ⓘ
governingBodyAbbreviation JAAA ⓘ
knownFor dominance in 100 metres ⓘ
dominance in 200 metres ⓘ
dominance in 4×100 metres relay ⓘ
dominance in women’s sprinting ⓘ
producing world-class sprinters ⓘ
notableAthlete Asafa Powell ⓘ
Don Quarrie ⓘ
Elaine Thompson-Herah ⓘ
Merlene Ottey ⓘ
Omar McLeod ⓘ
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ⓘ
Usain Bolt ⓘ
Veronica Campbell-Brown ⓘ
Yohan Blake ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
represents Jamaica at international athletics competitions ⓘ
sport athletics ⓘ
strength relay events ⓘ
sprint events ⓘ
trainingBase Kingston, Jamaica ⓘ
worldReputation one of the most successful sprint teams in history ⓘ

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Asafa Powell → representedNationalTeam → Jamaica national athletics team ⓘ
4 × 100 metres relay – Beijing 2015 → goldMedalistTeam → Jamaica men's 4 × 100 metres relay team ⓘ
linked to: Jamaica national athletics team
Jamaica national athletics team → alsoKnownAs → Jamaica track and field team ⓘ
linked to: Jamaica national athletics team
Tina Clayton → representedBy → Jamaica national athletics team ⓘ
National Stadium, Kingston → homeVenueOf → Jamaica national athletics team ⓘ
Derice Bannock → nationalTeam → Jamaica Olympic team ⓘ
linked to: Jamaica national athletics team
Ryan Shields → team → Jamaica national athletics team ⓘ