Raymond Richards (high jumper)

Raymond Richards
Personal information
Full nameRaymond Anthony Richards[1]
NationalityJamaican
Born (2001-04-18) 18 April 2001
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
High jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bestsHigh Jump 2.30m (Spanish Town, 2025)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place2025 NanjingHigh jump
Bronze medal – third place2026 ToruńHigh jump
NACAC U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2021 San JoseHigh jump

Raymond Anthony Richards[1] (born 18 April 2001) is a Jamaican high jumper. He is a two-time medalist at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. He became Jamaican national champion in the high jump for the first time in 2021.

Biography

He won the Jamaican Athletics Championships in the high jump in June 2021.[2] In July 2021, he won bronze at the NACAC U23 championships in Costa Rica.[3]

A member of the MVP Track and Field Club, he set a personal best height of 2.25 metres in February 2024.[4] In May 2024, he cleared 2.24 metres to win the Jamaica Athletics Invitational meeting.[5]

In January 2025, he cleared a personal best height of 2.31 metres, the second highest ever made by a Jamaican athlete. However, the height is not recognised by World Athletics because the event he competed at was not on the official list of ratified events submitted ahead of the season by the JAAA.[6] On 16 February 2025, he cleared 2.23 metres at the Tyson Invitational in Arkansas.[7] On 1 March 2025, he cleared 2.30 metres competing in Spanish Town, Jamaica.[8]

He was named in the Jamaican team for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025, where he won the bronze medal in the high jump after clearing 2.28 metres.[9][10] He jumped 2.26 metres to finish third on countback at Mutaz Barshim's What Gravity Challenge in Doha on 10 May 2025, with the same height as Japan's Ryoichi Akamatsu, who claimed second.[11] He cleared 2.15 meters to finish sixth on 16 May at the 2025 Doha Diamond League.[12] He placed second on countback in the high jump in June 2025 at the Jamaican Athletics Championships, having cleared the equal best height of 2.25 metres with Romaine Beckford.[13] He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[14]

Richards won the bronze medal at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland on 21 March 2026, finishing behind Oleh Doroshchuk of Ukraine and Erick Portillo of Mexico.[15] On 19 June, he placed fourth at the 2026 Doha Diamond League.[16] He placed fourth in the high jump at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[17]

References

  1. 1 2 "World Athletics Indoor Championships Torun Poland Recap". The Rookie Reporters. 30 March 2026. In the men's high jump Oleh Doroshchuk from Ukraine became the world indoor champion with a jump of 2.30m . Second was Erick Portillo from Mexico with a jump of 2.30m and third were Raymond Anthony Richards from Jamaica and Sanghyeok Woo with a jump of 2.26m.
  2. ↑ "Jamaican Championships". World Athletics. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "NACAC U23 Championships". World Athletics. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  4. ↑ Reid, Paul A (2 February 2025). "Richards admits mixed feelings after big jump at Queen's/Grace Jackson Meet". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Ta Lou-Smith among athletes to shine at Jamaica Athletics Invitational". World Athletics. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  6. ↑ Levy, Leighton (26 January 2025). "Raymond Richards' 2.31m High Jump at Queen's-Grace Jackson Meet Will Not Be". SportsMax. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Levy, Leighton (16 February 2025). "Ralford Mullings Finishes Third in Shot Put at Tyson Invitational, Jamaicans Impress in High Jump". SportsMax. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "WIC Q Meet". World Athlstics. 1 March 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  9. ↑ Levy, Leighton (15 March 2025). "Ackera Nugent and Wayne Pinnock Lead Jamaica's Squad for World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing". SportsMax. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  10. ↑ "Woo regains world indoor high jump title in Nanjing". World Athletics. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  11. ↑ "Woo, Mahuchikh soar to victory at What Gravity Challenge". Gulf Times. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  12. ↑ "Results - Doha Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  13. ↑ "Jamaican Championships". World Athletics. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  14. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 16 September 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  15. ↑ Broadbent, Chris (21 March 2026). "Doroshchuk wins first global title at World Athletics Indoor Championships". European Athletics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  16. ↑ "Results - Doha Diamond League 2026". Watch Athletics. 19 June 2026. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
  17. ↑ "XXIII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. 30 July 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
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