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Amara Jones

Bahamian sprinter

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ111083761 ↗
Source-derived summary

Amara Jones (born September 18, 1991) is a Bahamian sprinter from Freeport, Bahamas who competed in the 200m and 400. She attended Sunland Baptist Academy in Freeport, Bahamas, before competing for the Savannah State University. She was selected to the 2012 Olympic Games team for the Bahamas but did not compete. Jones also competed at 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Amara Jones” as bahamian sprinter. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1991, 2012, 2013—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1991-01-01, 1991-09-18—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. The account is most persuasive where Amara, Jones and Bahamian can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as bahamian sprinter. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q111083761. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1991, 2012 and 2013.

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This entry incorporates text from “Amara Jones” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.