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Leon Reid

Medals Won

Athlete Information

Date of Birth

26th July 1994

Gender

male

Hometown

Bath

Club Team School Or University

Competitor information

Team Ireland Number

819

Discipline

200m

Competitive History

Personal Bests

20:27 (N.Record 2018)

Games Attended

Olympic Results

BIOGRAPHY

Leon Reid won bronze in the 200 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, the first international track and field medal won by a Northern Irish athlete in 28 years.

He reached the semi-finals of the 200 metres at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, finishing seventh in his semi-final.

Reid has a mother from Belfast and an English-Jamaican father, and grew up in Bristol before studying at the University of Bath. He won silver medals for Great Britain at youth and under-20 level, then competed for Northern Ireland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, and transferred his allegiance to Ireland in 2018.