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1835:1983 births
1723:Allan Smith
1715:Chris Baker
1699:Allan Smith
1683:Tom Parsons
1659:Tom Parsons
1490:VΓctor Moya
552:Puerto Rico
453:Competition
404:, in 2006.
317:Youth (U17)
302:2002 Nassau
1829:Categories
1582:Luis Zayas
1559:Luis Zayas
923:References
911:high jump
881:high jump
851:high jump
840:Gothenburg
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614:high jump
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534:high jump
506:high jump
499:Martinique
437:pallbearer
433:Usain Bolt
337:High jump
307:High jump
288:High jump
258:High jump
239:High jump
210:High jump
182:High jump
156:High jump
137:High jump
132:2000 Chile
1745:2022-23:
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1689:2012β13:
1639:champions
1637:high jump
1302:Tom Woods
878:27th (q)
848:17th (q)
356:high jump
92:High jump
45:athletics
1739:Tom Gale
1097:Archived
1067:Obituary
992:20 April
966:22 April
939:Archived
794:Budapest
653:Kingston
632:Barbados
573:Santiago
548:San Juan
459:Position
348:Jamaican
1048:20 June
1020:20 June
1014:Reuters
987:bbc.com
900:Beijing
798:Hungary
657:Jamaica
642:2.23 m
617:2.16 m
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779:2.29 m
768:France
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695:2.20 m
668:2.21 m
603:Nassau
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891:2008
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870:Osaka
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577:Chile
514:2000
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1331:USA
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