| Wayne Pinnock | |
| Nationality: | Jamaican |
| Sport: | Track and Field |
| Event: | Long Jump |
| Collegeteam: | Arkansas Razorbacks |
| Birth Date: | 24 October 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Kingston, Jamaica |
| Height: | 1.78 m[1] |
Wayne Pinnock (born 24 October 2000) is a Jamaican long jumper. He won silver medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics and 2023 World Championships.[2]
Pinnock won the collegiate long jump double in 2022, winning the NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor titles.[3] That year, he made his senior major championship debut at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, placing ninth overall.[4]
With his first jump at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, Pinnock achieved a new personal best distance of 8.54 metres, and it was enough for him to win the silver medal at the event.[5] [6]
He won the long jump NCAA Indoor Championships in March 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts.[7] [8] With his effort of 8.40 metres, he equalled the Jamaican indoor record, matching the mark achieved previously by James Beckford and Carey McLeod.[9] He won the long jump at the SEC Championship in Gainesville, Florida on 10 May 2024.[10]
In June 2024, he placed second at the Jamaican Athletics Championships long jump with a leap of 8.27 metres.[11] Selected as part of the Jamaican team for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, he won the silver medal with a jump of 8.36 metres.[12] [13]