Jahmal Harvey, 20, is a gold medalist at the 2021 Elite World Championships and was the first American male to win an elite world title since 2007, completing the feat at just 18 years old, one of the youngest in the whole field at those World Championships. Harvey from Oxon Hill, Md., who grew up playing football and was introduced to boxing by his football coach, who also coached boxing, is a multi-time gold medalist at USA Boxing National Championships at the junior, youth and elite levels. Harvey recently qualified to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games. He also finished second at the 2022 Continental Championships.
HOMETOWN: Oxon Hill, Md.
DOB: 11/19/2002
WEIGHT CLASS: 57 KG/125 LBS.
PERSONAL COACH: Daryl Davis
Career Highlights
- Qualified to 2024 Paris Olympic Games
- 2023 Santiago Pan American Games - 1st
- 2023 Czech Grand Prix - 1st
- 2022 USA Boxing International Invitational - 3rd
- 2022 AMBC Elite Championships - 2nd
- 2020 Elite National Championships - 1st
- 2019 Youth National Championships - 1st
- 2019 Youth Open - 1st
- 2019 Emil Jechev Memorial Tournament - 1st
- 2018 Youth National Championships - 1st
- 2018 Eastern Regional Open - 1st
- 2018 National Junior Olympics - 1st
- 2017 National Junior Olympics - 2nd
- 2017 Junior National Championships - 2nd
- 2016 National Junior Olympics - 1st