Leah Anderson
Jamaican sprinter (born 1999)
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Leah Anderson (born 1 December 1999) is a Jamaican sprinter.[1]
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| Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 December 1999 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 50.78 (Kingston, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Early life
She studied Illustration at St. John's University (New York City).[2]
Career
In February 2023, she set a new Jamaican national, Commonwealth, and Central American and Caribbean 500m indoor record at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston, Massachusetts, running a time of 1:08.34.[3][4]
In 2024 she ran for Jamaica in the 4x400m relay at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.[5] She also ran at the 2024 World Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas.[6]
She was named in the Jamaican team for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025.[7] She reached the final of the 400 metres at the Jamaican Athletics Championships in June 2025.[8] She ran 50.90 seconds to finish second behind Britton Wilson at the Ed Murphey Track Classic, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meet, on 12 July in Memphis, Tennessee.[9] She was a gold medalist at the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, The Bahamas in the mixed 4x400 metres relay.[10]
She was selected for the Jamaican team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where she ran on the opening day in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.[11][12]
Anderson was initially selected to represent Jamaica at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[13]