Tobi Amusan

Tobi Amusan
OON
Amusan at the ISTAF Berlin in 2019
Personal information
Birth nameOluwatobiloba Ayomide Amusan
NicknameTobi Express
Born (1997-04-23) 23 April 1997 (age 27)
Ijebu Ode, Nigeria[1]
EducationUniversity of Texas at El Paso
Alma materOur Lady of Apostles Secondary School, Ijebu-Ode
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportAthletics
Sprint100 metres hurdles
College teamUTEP Miners
ClubBuka Tigers
Coached byLacena Golding-Clarke[2]

Mika Laaksonen[3]

Solaja Ayodele, Buka Tigers Coach
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1 (2023)
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Nigeria
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Eugene 100 m hurdles
Diamond League
First place 2021 100 m hurdles
First place 2022 100 m hurdles
First place 2023 100 m hurdles
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast 100 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 100 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast 4×100 m relay
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 100 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat 100 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Accra 100 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Accra 4x100 m relay
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Asaba 100 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Asaba 4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2022 Mauritius 100 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Mauritius 4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2024 Douala 4×100 m relay
African Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Addis Ababa 100 m hurdles
African Youth Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Gaborone 100 m hurdles
African Youth Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Warri 200 m

Oluwatobiloba Ayomide "Tobi" Amusan OON // ⓘ (born 23 April 1997)[4] is a Nigerian track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles and also competes as a sprinter. Amusan is the current world record holder in the 100 metres hurdles with a time of 12.12 seconds which she set at the 2022 women's 100 metres hurdles semi-final in Eugene, Oregon. She is the current Commonwealth and African champion in the 100 m hurdles, as well as the meet record holder in those two competitions. Amusan became the first ever Nigerian world champion and world record holder in an athletics event when she won the 2022 World Championships 100 m hurdles gold medal, setting the current world record of 12.12 seconds (+0.9 m/s) in the semi-final, followed up by a 12.06 seconds (+2.5 m/s) in the final. She won back-to-back Commonwealth and African titles in 2018 and 2022 in the 100 m hurdles and is also a two-time African Games champion.[5][6] She is also the current Diamond league champion in the 100 metres hurdles having won the final in 12.33 seconds (+1.8 m/s) achieving a winning streak in 2021, 2022 and 2023.

In 2015, Amusan took gold in the 100 m hurdles at the African Junior Championships and the same year, as an 18-year-old, secured her first title at the African Games. In 2021, Amusan became the first Nigerian athlete to win a Diamond League title as she took the 100 m hurdles trophy, breaking the then-African record held by Glory Alozie in the process.[7] She retained her title in 2022 and 2023.

  1. ^ a b "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 30 April 2018.
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  3. ^ "Raise the Pick: Tobi Amusan". Campus Newsfeed. UTEP. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Tobi AMUSAN – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Spotlight on finalists: Tobi Amusan and Mondo Duplantis". World Athletics. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
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