Jamie Quarry
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||
| Born | Jamie Quarry 15 November 1972 | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | Decathlon | |||||||||||
| Club | Blackheath Harriers | |||||||||||
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Jamie Stephen Quarry (born 15 November 1972) is a British former decathlete.[1]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Quarry was raised in England and qualified to represent Scotland as his mother is from Stirling. He is also of Jamaican descent, with his father's cousin being Olympic gold medalist Don Quarrie.[2]
Involved in multiple sports growing up, Quarry captained a Crystal Palace schoolboys team in football and was selected to represent Kent in rugby union. He competed in his first decathlon at the age of 14.[3]
A three-time Commonwealth Games representative, Quarry earned a bronze medal at his farewell appearance in Manchester in 2002, which was Scotland's first-ever medal in the event.[4] His previous Commonwealth Games finishes were eighth in 1994 (Victoria) and tenth in 1998 (Kuala Lumpur).[5]
Quarry was involved in Glasgow's successful bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[6]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Jamie Quarry at World AthleticsLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Jamie Quarry at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Scottish decathletes
- British men decathletes
- English people of Scottish descent
- English people of Jamaican descent
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Competitors at the 1995 Summer Universiade
- Competitors at the 1997 Summer Universiade
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics