Jazz Shukla

Jazz Shukla (born 24 August 1998) is a Canadian track and field athlete who competes over 800 metres.^[1]

Jazz Shukla

Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1998-08-24) 24 August 1998 (age 26) Toronto, Ontario
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	800m, 1500m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800m: 1:58.20 (Montreal, 2024) 1500m: 4:10.32 (Vancouver, 2023)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Canada World U20 Championships 2016 Bydgoszcz 4x400 m relay Pan American U20 Championships 2017 Trujillo 800m

Early life

From Toronto, she attended Northern Secondary School before studying neuroscience at the University of Toronto. She competed at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, participating in the 800m and winning a bronze medal in the 4x400m relay. She won a silver medal at the 2017 Pan American Junior Games in the 800m as well as winning the Canadian 2017 junior national championships over 800 metres.^[2][3]

Career

After a four-year hiatus from competing over 800 metres, Shukla ran a best time of 2:01.98 at the 2022 Speed River Inferno in Guelph, Ontario.^[4] At the same event in 2023, she set a new meeting record for the 800 metres, running 2:01.43.^[5] She placed third behind Madeleine Kelly and Aurora Rynda at the Canadian national championships in July 2023.^[6]

In 2023, she participated in the World Championships in Budapest, and ran a personal best time of 2:00.30 to advance to the semi-finals as the second fastest non-automatic. In the semi-finals, she ran yet another personal best time of 2:00.23 to finish in seventh.^[7]

She competed for Canada at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres.^[8] In June 2024, Shukla broke her personal best in the 800 metres by over a second by winning the 2024 Canadian trials.^[9] She competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024.^[10]