Jak Ali Harvey, formerly Jacques Montgomery Harvey (born 4 May 1989 in Hanover Parish, Jamaica) is a former Jamaican sprinter. He now competes for Turkey.

Harvey won the silver medal of the 100 m event at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He became the first ever Turkish athlete to win a medal in that event at the European Championships.

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Jamaica
2010NACAC U23 ChampionshipsMiramar, Florida, United States5th100 m10.26 (+1.7 m/s)
2nd4 × 100 m relay39.36
Central American and Caribbean GamesMayagüez, Puerto Rico1st (h)4 × 100 m relay38.96
2011UniversiadeShenzhen, China1st100 m10.14
– (h)4 × 100 m relayDQ
Representing Turkey
2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China15th (sf)100 m10.08
2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands2nd100 m10.07
14th (h)4 × 100 m relay39.58
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil10th (sf)100 m10.03
40th (h)200 m20.58
10th (h)4 × 100 m relay38.30
2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom12th (sf)100 m10.16
7th4 × 100 m relay38.73
2018Mediterranean GamesTarragona, Spain1st100 m10.10
2nd4 × 100 m relay38.50
European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany3rd100 m10.01
2nd4 × 100 m relay37.98
2019World RelaysYokohama, Japan7th4 × 100 m relay39.13
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar–4 × 100 m relayDQ
2021World RelaysChorzów, Poland14th (h)4 × 100 m relay39.59
Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan36th (h)100 m10.25
–4 × 100 m relayDQ
2022Mediterranean GamesOran, Algeria1st100 m10.15
2nd4 × 100 m relay38.98
Islamic Solidarity GamesKonya, Turkey7th (sf)100 m10.101
1st4 × 100 m relay38.74
–4 × 400 m relayDQ
European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany–100 mDQ
7th4 × 100 m relay39.20

1Disqualified in the final

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