Kimar Farquharson
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| Nationality | Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 May 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 800m | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kimar Farquharson (born 20 May 2001) is a Jamaican runner.[1]
Biography
He won the gold medal in the 800 metres at the 2019 CARIFTA Games in Grand Cayman.[2] Competing for South Plains College he was runner-up to compatriot Tyrice Taylor at the 2023 National Junior College Athletic Association Division I Outdoor Championships in New Mexico, over 800 metres.[3]
Running for Texas A&M University, he won the men's 800m title at the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville, Florida in April 2024, leading home a Jamaica 1-2-3 in a time of 1:46.69, narrowly beating Jamaican national record holder Navasky Anderson, with Tarees Rhoden in third.[4] He was a member of the Texas A&M University team which ran a time of 2:58.37 minutes in the men’s 4x400m relay to win the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June 2024.[5]
He won the men’s indoors 800 metres at the Ted Nelson Invitational running for Texas A&M University in a time of 1:48.73 seconds in January 2025.[6] He won a silver medal in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing.[7][8][9] He placed second with the Texas A&M relay team at the 2025 NCAA Championships.[10]
He was selected to represent Jamaica at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[11] He ran as the Jamaican team initially finished third in the inaugural mixed 4 × 400 m relay at a World Athletics Indoor Championships, running alongside Leah Anderson, Shana Kaye Anderson and Delano Kennedy, but the team were later disqualified from an incident-filled race which saw Dutch and American runners fall, and Sara Reifenrath of the United States run her leg of the race with only one shoe, with Jamaica disqualified for exchanging positions before a baton exchange.[12][13][14][15] On the final day of the championships, he ran in the men’s 4 x 400 metres with the team winning the bronze medal.[16][17]
References
- ^ "Kimar Farquharson". Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ Foster, Anthony (22 April 2019). "Williams, Foote win double gold". Track Alerts. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ^ Levy, Leighton (22 May 2023). "Tyrice Taylor, Rushana Dwyer, DeSean Boyce among winners at NJCAA Division 1 Championships". SportsMax. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ^ "Farquharson leads 1-2-3 Jamaica finish in 800m at Tom Jones Memorial". Jamaica.Loopnews. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "Its about respect". Jamaica Observer. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "NCAA wins for Kimar Farquharson, Ralford Mullings". Jamaica Observer. 27 Jan 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "USA dominates men's 4x400m in Nanjing". World Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "Pinnock and Men's 4x400m Relay Win Silver as World Indoors Ends in Nanjing". SportsMax. 23 March 2025. Archived from the original on 19 June 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships". World Athletics. 14 June 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
- ^ Smith, Gary (March 9, 2026). "Olympic silver medalist Kishane Thompson headlines the Jamaica 2026 World Indoor team". World-Track. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- ^ "Belgium makes world indoor history on day two in Kujawy Pomorze". World Athletics. 21 March 2026. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ^ "CHAOTIC MIXED RELAY IN TORUŃ SEES BELGIUM EMERGE WITH GOLD". Athletics Weekly. 21 March 2026. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ^ "Belgium takes inaugural world indoor mixed 4x400m title in Kujawy Pomorze". World Athletics. 21 March 2026. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ^ "Belgium win inaugual world indoor mixed 4x400m relay gold, as Spain and Poland also win medals in hectic final". European Athletics. 21 March 2026. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ^ "USA breaks championship record in men's 4x400m in Kujawy Pomorze". World Athletics. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 22 March 2026.