Personal information | |
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Birth name | Oluwatobiloba Ayomide Amusan |
Nationality | Nigeria |
Born |
Nigeria |
23 April 1997
Sport | |
Country | Nigeria |
Sport | Athletics |
Sprint |
100m 200m 100 metres hurdles |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) |
60 mH: 7.98 s (2017) 100 m: 11.50 s (2016) 200 m: 23.24 s (2016) 100 mH: 12.63 s (2017) |
Medal record
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Oluwatobiloba Ayomide Amusan (born April 23, 1997) is a Nigerian sprinter. She claimed gold in the 100 metres hurdles event at the 2015 African Junior Athletics Championships in Addis Ababa. In 2015, while making her All-Africa Games debut, she won gold in the 100 metres hurdles event at the 2015 All-Africa Games. Her team mate, Lindsay Lindley was third. She was also a silver medallist at the 2013 African Youth Championships in Warri.
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. She eclipsed Kim Turner's 100mH UTEP record in 2016, with a 2016 best of 12.83 s. She has bettered her own high school record in the 100mH finishing the race at the UTEP Springtime Invitational in 12.63 s.