The 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Kingston, Jamaica from July 16 to July 21, 2002.
Blanka Vlašić of Croatia won the high jump.
Sweden's Carolina Klüft set a new world junior record in the heptathlon.
L. J. van Zyl
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Louis Jacobus van Zyl, better known as L. J. van Zyl, is a South African athlete competing in the 400 metre hurdles. He is the South African record holder in the event with a personal best of 47.66 seconds, which he achieved twice, three months apart. His time ranks him in the all-time top 25. He is a three-time African Champion in the event and competed for his country at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Van Zyl at the 2008 Bislett Games.