Jura Levy

NationalityJamaican

Born (1990-11-04) 4 November 1990 (age 35)

Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)^[1]

Weight56 kg (123 lb)

Jura Levy

Personal information
Nationality	Jamaican
Born	(1990-11-04) 4 November 1990 (age 35)
Height	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Jamaica 2011 Daegu 4 × 100 m relay 2017 London 4 × 100 m relay Central American and Caribbean Games 2018 Barranquilla 4 × 100 m relay CAC Championships 2011 Mayagüez 100 m 2011 Mayagüez 4 × 100 m relay World Athletics Relays 2017 Nassau 4 × 200 m relay NACAC Championships 2018 Toronto 4 × 100 m relay World Junior Championships 2008 Bydgoszcz 4 × 100 m relay CARIFTA Games (Junior) 2009 Vieux Fort 200 m 2009 Vieux Fort 4 × 100 m relay 2008 Basseterre 4 × 100 m relay 2009 Vieux Fort 100 m 2008 Basseterre 200 m World Youth Championships 2007 Ostrava Medley relay CARIFTA Games (Youth) 2006 Les Abymes 4 × 100 m relay

Jura Lanconia Levy (born 4 November 1990) is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. Her personal bests for the events are 11.10 seconds and 22.76 seconds, respectively.

She attended South Plains College and won four gold medals at the 2010 NJCAA championships, taking the 100 and 200 m titles and two relay titles.^[2] She has won a number of medals at the CARIFTA Games including a relay gold in 2006, 200 m bronze in 2008 and a sprints gold/silver double at the 2009 CARIFTA Games.^[3][4][5]

At international level, she was a finalist in both the individual sprints at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics and reached the 200 m final at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics.^[6] Her last appearance in the age group categories came at the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, where she was a double sprints bronze medallist and took a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.^[7]

Levy began competing at the senior level in 2011. At the 2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics in July she won silver medals over 100 m in the individual and relay competitions.^[8] She was selected to represent Jamaica in the 100 m at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu and reached the semi-finals of the event. She ran in the heat stage of the women's relay and although she did not race in the final, she received a world silver medal as part of the team.^[9]