Gary Card
Jamaican athlete (born 2007)
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Gary Card (born 4 June 2007) is a Jamaican sprinter.[1]
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| Nationality | Jamaican | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 June 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m: 6.57 (Kingston, 2025) 100m: 10.06 (Kingston, 2025) 200m: 20.50 (Kingston, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
He won gold over 200 metres at the 2024 CARIFTA Games, where he also won silver in the 4 × 100 m relay.
He won the 100m at the Jamaican junior championships in Kingston, running a personal best time of 10.07 seconds in July 2024.[2] This time placed him second on the Jamaican U20 all-time list.[3]
He qualified for the final at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the 100 metres, in which he placed sixth overall.[4][5] Later at the Championships he won gold in the 4 x 100 metres relay.[6][7]
In February 2025, Card won the 100 metres at the 2025 Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) Carifta Trials.[8] Card lowered his personal best for the 100 metres to 10.06 seconds and then ran 10.22 seconds to win at the 2025 Jamaica’s Boys’ and Girls’ Championships in March 2025.[9]
Card ran a personal best 6.52 seconds for the 60 metres (+1.4) at the 2026 Gibson McCook Relays in Kingston.[10][11]
Personal life
He attended Wolmer's Boys School in Kingston, Jamaica.[12] He trains with Stephen Francis and the MVP Club in Jamaica.[13]