Leigh Ignatius Julius (born 25 March 1985) is a South Africansprinter.^[1]

Julius was born inCradock, Eastern Cape,^[2][3] He representedSouth Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing. He competed at the4x100 metres relay together withHannes Dreyer,Ishmael Kumbane andThuso Mpuang. In their qualification heat they did not finish due to a mistake in the baton exchange and they were eliminated.^[1]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing South Africa
2001	World Youth Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	2nd	Medley reley	1:51.35
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston,Jamaica	21st (sf)	200m	21.83(-4.1 m/s)
			6th (h)[4]	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.65
	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	3rd (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.31
2003	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea	2nd	100 m	10.50
			1st	200 m	20.49
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto,Italy	14th (sf)	100m	10.56(+0.3 m/s)
			2nd	200m	20.88(+0.1 m/s)
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.50
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	32nd (h)	200 m	20.80
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	36th (h)	100 m	10.51
			24th (qf)	200 m	21.45
	Universiade	İzmir, Turkey	1st	200 m	20.56
			9th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	40.42
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	10th (sf)	200 m	20.86
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	38.98
	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	3rd	200 m	20.82
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	39.68
2007	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	2nd	200 m	20.96
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	39.20
	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	1st	200 m	20.81
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	39.11
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	11th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	39.05
2009	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	19th (qf)	200 m	39.52
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	39.52
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	14th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	39.71

• 100 metres - 10.25 s (2007)
• 200 metres - 20.42 s (2010)
• 400 metres - 46.59 s (2004)

• Leigh Julius atWorld Athletics
• Leigh Julius atOlympics.com
• Leigh Julius atOlympedia

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