Shavez Hart

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Shavez Hart
Texas A&M
Sport
Country Bahamas
SportAthletics
Event100 metres
Medal record
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Portland 4 × 400 m relay
CAC Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Morelia 4×100 m relay
Pan American Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Miramar 4×100 m relay
CARIFTA Games Junior (U20)
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Montego Bay 4×100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Montego Bay 100 m

Shavez Hart (6 September 1992 – 3 September 2022) was a Bahamian track and field sprinter from Coopers Town Abaco Islands, who mainly competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres. His 100 metres personal best of 10.10 seconds makes him the third fastest Bahamian of all time behind Derrick Atkins, and second fastest Bahamian-born sprinter. His 200 metres personal best of 20.23 makes him the fourth fastest Bahamian of all time.

He was a graduate of St. Georges High School in Freeport, Bahamas. He was the bronze medallist in the 100 m individual and relay events at the 2011 CARIFTA Games.[2] At the 2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships he false started in the 100 m final but took the bronze with the Bahamian relay quartet.[3]

He competed for

Morelia, Mexico, winning the gold medal at the 2013 CAC Championships in the process.[5]

On 3 September 2022, Hart was shot dead during a parking lot brawl in North Abaco, three days before his 30th birthday.[6]

Personal bests

Event Time Venue Date
60 metres 6.65 College Station, Texas, United States 15 February 2013
100 metres 10.10 Waco, Texas, United States 18 April 2015
200 metres 20.23 Starkville, Mississippi, United States 16 May 2015

References

  1. ^ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  2. ^ CARIFTA Games 2011 Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-07-13.
  3. ^ Pan American Junior Championships 2011. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-07-13.
  4. ^ "Shavez Hart pulls off sprint double in the NJCAA / The Tribune". Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  5. ^ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2013-07-08). Fisher and Adams impress in the Sprints at Central American and Caribbean Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-13.
  6. ^ "Bahamian track athlete shot and killed in club parking lot brawl". Eye Witness News. 3 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

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