Oluwatobiloba Amusan

Oluwatobiloba Amusan
Personal information
Birth name Oluwatobiloba Ayomide Amusan
Nationality  Nigeria
Born (1997-04-23) 23 April 1997
Ijebu Ode, Nigeria[1]
Height 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country  Nigeria
Sport Athletics
Sprint 100m
200m
100 metres hurdles
College team University of Texas at El Paso
Coached by Mika Laaksonen
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 60 mH: 7.89 s (2018)
100 m: 11.31 s (2018)
200 m: 22.92 s (2017)
100 mH: 12.57 s (2017)
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Nigeria
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast100 m hurdles
2018 Gold Coast4 × 100 m relay
All-Africa Games
2015 Brazzaville 100 m hurdles
African Championships
2018 Asaba 100 m hurdles
2018 Asaba 4 × 100 m relay
African Junior Athletics Championships
2015 Addis Ababa 100 m hurdles
African Youth Athletics Championships
2013 Warri 200 metres
Updated on 28 March 2018.

Oluwatobiloba Ayomide Amusan (born April 23, 1997) is a Nigerian sprinter.[2][3] She claimed gold in the 100 metres hurdles event at the 2015 African Junior Athletics Championships in Addis Ababa.[4] In 2015, while making her All-Africa Games debut, she won gold in the 100 metres hurdles event at the 2015 All-Africa Games.[5] Her teammate, Lindsay Lindley was third. She was also a silver medallist at the 2013 African Youth Championships in Warri.[6][7]

She was runner-up at the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 100 m hurdles running a windy 12.79 s. Amusan also competed at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz. Despite running her second fastest time ever, she placed fifth in the final.[8] She eclipsed Kim Turner's 100mH UTEP record in 2016, with a 2016 best of 12.83 s.[9][10] She has bettered her own high school record in the 100mH finishing the race at the UTEP Springtime Invitational in 12.63 s.[11] she won the Gold medal at the 100 meters hurdles event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Ben Efe (5 March 2015). "African juniors: Nigerian athletes full of expectations". Vanguard. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "AAG: Nigeria Unleash Track And Field Warriors". Complete Sports. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Fantastic Friday for Team Nigeria as Brume, Oduduru, others strike GOLD on Day 2 of African Juniors!". Making of Champions. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  5. ↑ George Akpanyen (15 September 2015). "Amusan wins women's 100m hurdles gold". SuperSports. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Ikhazuagbe, Duro (2013-03-31). "Africa: Nigeria Wins African Youth Athletics Championships". All AFrica. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  7. ↑ admin. "African Youth Championships, Warri (Nigeria) 28-31/03/2013 | Africathle". Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  8. ↑ Mulkeen, Jon (2016-07-24). "IAAF: Report: women's 100m hurdles – IAAF World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz 2016| News | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  9. ↑ Mulkeen, Jon (2016-05-01). "IAAF: Continental U20 records for Amusan and Bukowiecki| News | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  10. ↑ Fameso, Funmi (2016-05-01). "Amusan shatters 33-year old School Record, qualifies for Rio 2016!". MAKING OF CHAMPIONS. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  11. ↑ Bloomquist, Bret. "Amusan runs best time in world at UTEP meet". El Paso Times. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  12. ↑ https://www.channelstv.com/2018/04/13/gold-coast-2018-team-nigeria-increase-medals-haul-to-18/
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