Candice McLeod

Candice McLeod (born 15 November 1996) is a Jamaican athlete, a finalist in the women's 400 metres races at the 2020 Olympic Games and the 2022 World Athletics Championships.

Candice McLeod

Candice McLeod (on the far left) competing at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.
Personal information
Nationality	Jamaican
Born	(1996-11-15) November 15, 1996 (age 27)
Education	University of the West Indies
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	400 m
Achievements and titles
Personal best	400 m: 49.51 (2021)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Jamaica Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 4×400 m relay World Championships 2022 Eugene 4×400 m relay 2023 Budapest 4×400 m relay Pan American U20 Athletics Championships 2015 Edmonton 4×400 m relay

Early and personal life

McLeod attended Vere Technical High School where she was befriended and mentored by future athletics champion Shericka Jackson,^[1] before McLeod went on to become an accounting graduate from the University of West Indies.^[2]

Career

At the Jamaican Olympic Trials, in June 2021, McLeod lowered her personal best time for a sixth time in a year, running 49.91 seconds in the 400 metres to finish second behind Stephenie Ann McPherson. This secured McLeod's slot on the Jamaican team for the delayed 2020 Summer Games.^[3]

In the 400 metres races at the Tokyo Olympics McLeod won her heat, and then ran a new personal best time of 49.51 seconds in her semi final and qualified for the final in which she finished in fifth place.^[4] At the 2022 World Athletics Championships McLeod matched the feat of reaching the final.^[5] She won a silver medal in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Jamaica
2015	Pan American Junior Championships	Edmonton, Canada	4th (h)	400 m	54.59
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:38.77
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	5th	400 m	49.87
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:21.24
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	7th	400 m	50.78
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:20.74
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	7th	400 m	51.08
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:20.88

References

1. "Olympic bronze medalist Candice McLeod lifts the lid on her decade-long special friendship with star athlete Shericka Jackson".
2. "After new 400m season best, Olympian Candice McLeod feels she must suffer to run faster".
3. "McPherson wins women's 400m". Jamaica Observer. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
4. "Tokyo 2020 Men's 400m Hurdles Results - Olympic athletics". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021.
5. "World Champs: McLeod, McPherson into women's 400m final; Young out | Loop Jamaica".

External links

• Candice McLeod at World Athletics