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James Gilkes was born on 21 September, 1952 in Guyana, is a Guyanese sprinter. Discover James Gilkes's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?
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71 years old |
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Virgo |
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21 September, 1952 |
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21 September |
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Guyana |
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Guyana
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He is a member of famous Sprinter with the age 71 years old group.
James Gilkes Height, Weight & Measurements
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James Gilkes Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is James Gilkes worth at the age of 71 years old? James Gilkes’s income source is mostly from being a successful Sprinter. He is from Guyana. We have estimated James Gilkes's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
James Gilkes (born 21 September 1952) is a former sprinter from Guyana who specialised in the 200 metres.
Gilkes joined Fisk University when it started a student transfer program with his native country of Guyana in 1972.
He enjoyed success for both colleges at the NCAA (USA Collegiate) championships, including a win at 220 yards in 1974:
Gilkes remained at Fisk University until 1974, when he transferred to USC.
He has stated he was not unhappy at Fisk but did not enjoy the Tennessee weather and preferred the sunnier climes of California.
Gilkes was ranked in the top ten 100 and 200 m sprinters in the world from 1974 to 1979, according to the votes of the experts of Track and Field News.
Gilkes when in the United States was eligible at that time to compete in the USA National Track and Field Championships.
He achieved the feat of finishing second in the 200 m five years running.
He was the 1975 Pan American 200 metre champion, and in 1979 he took the silver medal in the same event.
Gilkes would have been a medal favorite in the 200 m (which Don Quarrie won) at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, but Guyana joined the African boycott over New Zealand's rugby team's tour of apartheid South Africa.
He applied to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for permission to run as an individual under their flag but was denied the request.
He was runner up to Don Quarrie of Jamaica in the 1978 AAA's 200 metres event.
At the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton he finished fourth in the 100 metre final, then took the silver medal in the 200 metres, finishing behind Allan Wells of Scotland.
In 1978, Gilkes was denied a world record for the 4x200 m relay; while the Tobias Striders team he was a member of broke the old world record with a time of 1:20.23, but this was rejected as a record because the team members were from different countries.
The team from the University of Southern California (Joel Andrews, James Sanford, William Mullins and Clancy Edwards) that finished second in the same race also broke the old world record: their time of 1:20.26 was accepted as the new world record.
His personal best time for the 200 metres was 20.14 seconds, achieved in September 1978 in Ingelheim.
Gilkes studied first at Fisk University then moved to the University of Southern California (USC).
He was an important member of the track team at both colleges.
In 1979 he took 3rd place in the "Golden sprints" in Zurich.
He also went to the 1980 Olympic Games where he reached the semi-finals of both the 100 and 200 metres before he was eliminated.
As of 2012, Gilkes was still ranked in the top 10 all-time performers for the USC Trojans at 100 and 200 m, joint 8th and 4th respectively.
