Leigh Julius

Leigh Ignatius Julius (born 25 March 1985) is a South African sprinter.

Julius was born in Cradock, Eastern Cape, He represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4 × 100 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. 4 × 400 m relay 3:07.65 Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom 3rd (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.31

100 m 10.50

200 m 20.49

14th (sf) 100 m 10.56 (+0.3 m/s)

200 m 20.88 (+0.1 m/s)

4 × 400 m relay 3:04.50 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 32nd (h) 200 m 20.80

36th (h) 100 m 10.51 24th (qf) 200 m 21.45

200 m 20.56 9th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 40.42

10th (sf) 200 m 20.86

4 × 100 m relay 38.98

200 m 20.82

4 × 100 m relay 39.68

200 m 20.96

4 × 100 m relay 39.20

200 m 20.81

4 × 100 m relay 39.11 World Championships Osaka, Japan 11th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 39.05

19th (qf) 200 m 39.52

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)