Aisha Praught
Aisha Praught at the 2016 Olympics
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
14 December 1989 Moline, Illinois |
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) |
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| Country |
 Jamaica
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| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | 3000 m steeplechase |
| Updated on 29 August 2015. | |
Aisha Praught (born 14 December 1989 in Moline, Illinois) is a female middle-distance runner from Illinois competing for Jamaica. Praught competed in Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics after running the 1500m and steeplechase standards in 2015. Praught competed in the Women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, but was disqualified.
Although raised by two Caucasian American parents, Aisha's biological father is a Jamaican reggae musician with whom her mother had a several-year-long relationship which ended after her coming back to America to give birth to her daughter. She married her current husband four year after Aisha's birth. Aisha traveled to England to meet her birth father for the first time in 2013 and decided to represent Jamaica to honor her heritage.
In the steeplechase at the 2016 Olympics, Praught was involved in an incident that also left Etenesh Diro and Sara Louise Treacy lying on the track. Diro became a celebrity for finishing that heat just ahead of Praught, running the last laps after the incident wearing only one shoe. All three athletes were advanced to the final, where Praught beat Diro to finish in 14th place.
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