Tajay Gayle (born 2 August 1996) is a Jamaican long jumper and the 2019 World Champion.

He is a graduate of Papine High School in Kingston and he is a member of the MVP track club.

On September 28, 2019, Gayle became the first Jamaican man to win a World Championship gold in the long jump.

Gayle finished fourth at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and took the silver medal at the 2018 NACAC Championships, where he improved his personal best to 8.24 m (27 ft 1⁄4 in).

He claimed the gold in an upset of the heavily favored Cuban long jumper Juan Miguel Echevarría.