Wayne Pinnock

Wayne Pinnock
Pinnock in 2023
Personal information
Born (2000-10-24) 24 October 2000[1]
Kingston, Jamaica[1]
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event
Long Jump
College teamArkansas Razorbacks
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 ParisLong jump
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 BudapestLong jump
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 NanjingLong jump
World U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 TampereLong jump
Pan American U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 San JoséLong jump
NACAC U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 QueretaroLong jump
Carifta Games
Junior (U20)
Gold medal – first place2018 NassauLong jump
Gold medal – first place2019 George TownLong jump

Wayne Pinnock (born 24 October 2000) is a Jamaican-born long jumper. Representing Jamaica, he won silver medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2023 World Championships and 2025 World Indoor Championships.[2]

Biography

Pinnock won the collegiate long jump double in 2022, winning the NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor titles.[3] That year, he made his senior major championship debut at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, placing ninth overall.[4]

With his first jump at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, Pinnock achieved a new personal best distance of 8.54 metres, and it was enough for him to win the silver medal at the event.[5][6]

He won the long jump NCAA Indoor Championships in March 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts ahead of Jeremiah Davis.[7][8] With his effort of 8.40 metres, he equalled the Jamaican indoor record, matching the mark achieved previously by James Beckford and Carey McLeod.[9] He won the long jump at the SEC Championship in Gainesville, Florida on 10 May 2024.[10]

In June 2024, he placed second at the Jamaican Athletics Championships long jump with a leap of 8.27 metres.[11] Selected as part of the Jamaican team for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, he won the silver medal with a jump of 8.36 metres.[12][13]

He was named in the Jamaican team for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025, where he won another global competition silver medal with a season's best 8.29 metres, 1 cm behind winner Mattia Furlani, and 1 cm ahead of Australian bronze medalist Liam Adcock.[14][15]

He won the 2025 London Athletics Meet, part of the 2025 Diamond League with a jump of 8.20 metres, 1 centimetre ahead of second place Miltiadis Tentoglou.[16] He placed fourth at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August.[17]

In 2025, he was one of a number of Jamaican athletes including Jaydon Hibbert, Roje Stona and Rajindra Campbell who were reportedly incentivised to change their international allegiance to European country Turkey. As a result, the athletes did not compete at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.[18] Önder Özbilen, the team coordinator for Turkey's Olympic athletics team, confirmed the decision in March 2026.[19] The applications were declined by World Athletics in April 2026 as "inconsistent with the core principles of the regulations".[20][21] On 10 July, he placed second with 8.39m at the 2026 Herculis Diamond League event in Monaco.[22]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "PINNOCK Wayne". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Wayne PINNOCK | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org.
  3. ↑ "Pinnock completes NCAA long jump double". jamaica-gleaner.com. 10 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "World Champs: Wayne Pinnock 9th in long jump final | Loop Jamaica". Loop News.
  5. ↑ "Pinnock wins long jump silver, Gayle claims bronze". Jamaica.Loopnews. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  6. ↑ Korney, Stephanie (24 August 2023). "7 Things You Should Know about Jamaican Long Jumper Wayne Pinnock". Jamaicans.com. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Texas Tech and Arkansas win men's, women's titles at 2024 NCAA DI indoor track and field championships". ncaa.com. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "WAYNE PINNOCK ON ROMAINE BECKFORD WINNING HIGH JUMP TITLE, ARKANSAS' SECOND-PLACE TEAM FINISH - NCAA D1 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024". Dyetsat. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "Pinnock leaps world lead to regain NCAA title in Boston". World Athletics. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  10. ↑ Hutchison, Katelyn (13 May 2024). "SEC Track And Field Championships Produce World Leading Times And Olympic Performances". Forbes.com. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  11. ↑ "Mcleod Eyes Improvement Ahead of Paris". Jamaica Observer. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  12. ↑ "Pinnock mines long jump for silver". Jamaica Gleaner. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  13. ↑ Levy, Leighton (7 July 2024). "JAAA announces star-studded team for 2024 Paris Olympic Games". Sportsmax.tv. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ "Pinnock and Men's 4x400m Relay Win Silver as World Indoors Ends in Nanjing". SportsMax. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  16. ↑ "Alekna, Alfred and Tsegay take down meeting records in London". World Athletics. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  17. ↑ "Results - Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  18. ↑ Tharme, Liam (8 September 2025). "Why are Jamaica's Olympic medalists switching to represent Turkey?". The Athletic. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  19. ↑ "Turkey invests in foreign legion to deliver LA Olympics gold". France24.com. 5 March 2026. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  20. ↑ "World Athletics rejects 11 athlete transfers to Turkey". BBC News. 16 April 2026.
  21. ↑ "World Athletics Nationality Review Panel refuses 11 transfer of allegiance applications". World Athletics. 16 April 2026. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
  22. ↑ "Wanyonyi breaks world 1000m record with 2:11.83 in Monaco". World Athletics. 10 July 2026. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
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