{{Short description|Jamaican athlete (born 2004)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Brandon Pottinger | birth_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = Jamaican | sport = Track and Field | event = High Jump | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|6|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | collegeteam = Tennessee Volunteers | death_place = | height = | weight = | pb = <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{JAM}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World U20 Championships}} {{MedalGold|2022 Cali |High jump}} {{Medal|Competition|Pan American U20 Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2023 Mayagüez|High jump}} {{MedalCompetition | NACAC U18 Championships}} {{MedalSilver | 2021 San José|High jump}} {{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games <br> Junior (U20)}} {{MedalGold |2023 Nassau|High jump}} {{MedalSilver |2022 Kingston|High jump}} {{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games <br> Junior (U17)}} {{MedalBronze |2019 George Town|High jump}} }}
'''Brandon Pottinger''' (born 8 June 2004) is a Jamaican track and field athlete. He won the gold medal at the 2022 IAAF World Junior Championships in the high jump.
==Personal life== Pottinger attends Palmer Trinity Catholic High in Florida. Pottinger qualifies to compete for Jamaica through parental links - his father Marlon Pottinger was a former Kingston College athlete.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jamaica.loopnews.com/content/jamaican-high-jumper-brandon-pottinger-moves-no-1-usa|title=Jamaican high jumper Brandon Pottinger moves to No. 1 in the USA|website=Jamaica.loopnews.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/historic-high-jump-gold-for-pottinger|title=Historic high jump gold for Pottinger|website=Jamaica Observer}}</ref>
==Career== The Jamaican U20 high jump champion, he won the high jump at the 2022 IAAF World Junior Championships with a new personal best jump of 2.14m in Cali, Colombia. This put him ahead of the South African Brian Raats in silver and Bulgarian bronze medalist Bozhidar Saraboyukov. It was Jamaica's first ever high jump gold medal at an international championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.sportsmax.tv/athletics/athletics-international/item/103713-jaydon-hibbert-and-brandon-pottinger-win-gold-for-jamaica-4x100m-team-gets-silver-in-cali|title= Jaydon Hibbert and Brandon Pottinger win gold for Jamaica, Clarke takes bronze in 400mh|website=Sportsmax.TV}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20220807/pottinger-looking-forward-long-international-career|title= Pottinger looking forward to long international career|website=Jamaica Gleaner}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{World Athletics|14890147}} {{Footer World Junior Champions men's high jump}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pottinger, Brandon}} Category:2004 births Category:Living people Category:Jamaican men high jumpers Category:21st-century Jamaican sportsmen Category:World Athletics U20 Championships winners