Leigh Julius Explained

Leigh Ignatius Julius (born 25 March 1985) is a South African sprinter.^[1]

Julius was born in Cradock, Eastern Cape,^[2] ^[3] He represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Hannes Dreyer, Ishmael Kumbane and Thuso Mpuang. In their qualification heat they did not finish due to a mistake in the baton exchange and they were eliminated.^[1]

Competition record

Representing
2001	World Youth Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	2nd	Medley reley	1:51.35
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	21st (sf)	200m	21.83 (-4.1 m/s)
	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	6th (h)^[4]	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.65
	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	3rd (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.31
2003	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea	2nd	100 m	10.50
2003	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea	1st	200 m	20.49
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	14th (sf)	100m	10.56 (+0.3 m/s)
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	200m	20.88 (+0.1 m/s)
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.50
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	32nd (h)	200 m	20.80
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	36th (h)	100 m	10.51
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	24th (qf)	200 m	21.45
	Universiade	İzmir, Turkey	1st	200 m	20.56
	Universiade	İzmir, Turkey	9th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	40.42
2006		Melbourne, Australia	10th (sf)	200 m	20.86
		Melbourne, Australia	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	38.98
	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	3rd	200 m	20.82
	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	39.68
2007	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	2nd	200 m	20.96
	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	39.20
	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	1st	200 m	20.81
	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	39.11
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	11th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	39.05
2009	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	19th (qf)	200 m	39.52
	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	39.52
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	14th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	39.71

Personal bests

100 metres - 10.25 s (2007)
200 metres - 20.42 s (2010)
400 metres - 46.59 s (2004)

Notes and References

Web site: Athlete biography: Leigh Julius . https://web.archive.org/web/20080908170352/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/8/8001198.shtml . 8 September 2008 . Beijing2008.cn . . 26 August 2008.
Web site: Julius star of school champs . le Roux . Gert . News24 . 3 April 2001 . 2017-11-18 .
Web site: Julius set new SA youth sprinting record IOL Sport . Independent Online. South Africa . 19 July 2002 . 2017-11-18 .
Disqualified in the final.