{{short description|Trinidad and Tobago sprinter}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = | caption = | nationality = | sport = Track and field | event = | club = | coach = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|9|16|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | retired= | height = | weight = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{TRI}} }} {{MedalCompetition|CAC Junior Championships (U20)}} {{MedalBronze |2004 Coatzacoalcos | 200 m}} {{MedalCompetition|CAC Junior Championships (U17)}} {{MedalSilver |2002 Bridgetown | 400 m}} {{MedalSilver |2002 Bridgetown | 4x400 m relay}} {{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games <br> Junior (U20)}} {{MedalGold |2005 Bacolet | 4x100 m relay}} {{MedalSilver |2005 Bacolet | 400 m}} {{MedalSilver |2005 Bacolet | 4x400 m relay}} {{MedalSilver |2004 Hamilton | 400 m}} {{MedalSilver |2004 Hamilton | 4x400 m relay}} {{MedalSilver |2003 Port of Spain | 200 m}} {{MedalSilver |2003 Port of Spain | 4x400 m relay}} {{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games <br> Youth (U17)}} {{MedalBronze |2002 Nassau | 200 m}} {{MedalBronze |2002 Nassau | 400 m}} }}
'''Jamil J James''' (born 16 September 1986) is a Trinidad and Tobago sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. His father, Trevor James, is a former Olympic sprinter who represented Trinidad and Tobago in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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==Career== He attended and competed for the University of South Carolina from 2004 to 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gamecocksonline.com/sports/track/roster/player/jamil-james/|title=Jamil James|website=gamecocksonline.com}}</ref> His personal best time is 46.68 seconds (400m), achieved in June 2003 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{TTO}} |- |2001 |CARIFTA Games (U17) |Bridgetown, Barbados |4th |400 m |49.11 |- |rowspan=5|2002 |rowspan=2|CARIFTA Games (U17) |rowspan=2|Nassau, Bahamas |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |200 m |22.02 (-0.5 m/s) |- |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |400 m |48.90 |- |rowspan=2|Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17) |rowspan=2|Bridgetown, Barbados |bgcolor=silver|2nd |400 m |47.95 |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4x400 m |3:19.13 |- |World Junior Championships |Kingston, Jamaica |32nd (h) |400 m |48.62 |- |rowspan=4|2003 |rowspan=2|CARIFTA Games (U20) |rowspan=2|Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |bgcolor=silver|2nd |400 m |47.34 |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4x400 m |3:12.46 |- |World Youth Championships |Sherbrooke, Canada |4th |400 m |47.61 |- |Pan American Games |Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |4th |4x400 m |3:05.28 |- |rowspan = "5" |2004 |rowspan = "2" |CARIFTA Games (U20) |rowspan = "2" |Hamilton, Bermuda |bgcolor=silver|2nd |400 m |47.11 |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4x400 m |3:12.65 |- |Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) |Coatzacoalcos, Mexico |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |200 m |21.05 (1.2 m/s) |- |rowspan=2|World Junior Championships |rowspan=2|Grosseto, Italy |bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd |200m |21.00 <small>(wind: +0.1 m/s)</small> |- |11th (h) |4×400m relay |3:11.33 |- |rowspan = "3" |2005 |rowspan = "3" |CARIFTA Games |rowspan = "3" |Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago |bgcolor=silver|2nd |400 m |46.81 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4x100 m |41.05 |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4x400 m |3:10.32 |- |rowspan = "4" |2006 |rowspan=2|NACAC U-23 Championships |rowspan=2|Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |13th (h) |400m |48.21 |- |7th |4x400m relay |3:16.75 |- |rowspan = "2" |Central American and Caribbean Games |rowspan = "2" |Cartagena, Colombia |6th |4x100 m |39.92 |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4x400 m |3:02.65 |}
==External links== *{{World Athletics||name=Jamil James}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:James, Jamil}} Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Trinidad and Tobago men sprinters Category:21st-century Trinidad and Tobago sportsmen Category:Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Trinidad and Tobago Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Category:Pan American Games athletes for Trinidad and Tobago Category:South Carolina Gamecocks men's track and field athletes