Leevan Sands
Bahamian triple jumper
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Leevan Sands (born August 16, 1981 Nassau) is a Bahamian triple jumper.
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| Born | August 16, 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Bahamas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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His personal best jump is 17.59 metres, achieved in 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. This is the current Bahamian record and won a bronze medal.[1] He also won bronze medals at the 2003 World Championships and 2002 Commonwealth Games.
Sands went to high school at Florida Air Academy and then jumped for the Auburn Tigers track and field team. He won NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships titles in the long jump at the 2003 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships and triple jump at the 2004 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, and was runner-up in the triple jump at the 2003 championships.[2] Additionally, Sands was 3rd in the long jump at the 2003 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, but was later promoted to 2nd after runner-up Frank Tolen was declared ineligible.[3][4][2]
At the 2003 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, Sands He was suspended from March 2006 to September 2006 for testing positive on the prohibited substance levomethamphetamine.[5]
Sands competed for the Bahamas in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, but he did not qualify for the finals.[6] He was the flag bearer for the closing ceremonies.[7]
Sands is the cousin of hurdler Shamar Sands who is also the Bahamian record holder in his event.[8]
Sands was coached most of his professional career by Henry Rolle.
Achievements
- 2012 Olympic Games - fifth place
- 2008 Olympic Games - bronze medal
- 2007 Pan American Games - sixth place[9]
- 2005 World Athletics Final - fifth place
- 2005 World Championships - fourth place
- 2010 World Athletics Final - sixth place
- 2012 World Athletics Final - seventh place
- 2003 World Championships - bronze medal
- 2002 Commonwealth Games - bronze medal
- 2002 World Junior Championships - fifth place
