Tyra Gittens

Tyra Gittens
Personal information
Birth nameTyra Gittens
Born (1998-06-06) 6 June 1998 (age 26)
Tunapuna–Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event(s)Long jump, High jump, Heptathlon
Turned pro2022

Tyra Gittens (born 6 June 1998) is an Olympic athlete from Trinidad and Tobago.[1] Gittens set 6 national records for Trinidad and Tobago indoor records in Pentathlon 4746 points, high jump 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in), and long jump 6.68 m (21 ft 11 in), Trinidad and Tobago outdoor records in Heptathlon 6418 points, high jump 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in), and long jump 6.96 m (22 ft 10 in).[2]

Her hometown is Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, and she went to high school in Nashville at The Ensworth School before attending Texas A&M University to complete a BA Degree and University of Texas at Austin to pursue a master's degree.[3]

In July 2017, Gittens broke her own national junior heptathlon record in winning the Pan American Combined Events Cup in Ottawa, Canada, gaining 5,490 points in the seven-discipline event to improve on the 5,337-point standard she had established in 2016.[4]

Competing in the long jump at the 2022 World Athletics Championships Gittens finished 19th in the qualifying heats with a best jump of 6.44m.[5] Gittens has had an ongoing Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) for treatment for ADHD. However, a failure to complete the application for a renewal of the TUE correctly led to a positive test for methylphenidate/ritalinic acid at the World Championships and a six-month doping violation ban.[6]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Trinidad and Tobago
2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham, Great Britain 11th Long jump 6.27 m (20 ft 7 in)
14th High jump 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
World Athletics Championships Eugene, United States 19th Long jump 6.44 m (21 ft 2 in)
2021 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan 10th Long jump 6.60 m (21 ft 8 in)
2018 NACAC Championships Toronto, Canada 4th Long Jump 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in)
Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla, Colombia 8th Heptathlon DNF
2017 Pan American U20 Championships Trujillo, Peru 4th heptathlon 5229 points
3rd Long Jump 6.22 m (20 ft 5 in)
CARIFTA Games U20 Willemstad, Curaçao 1st heptathlon 4854 points
2nd long jump 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in)
Canadian Athletics Championships U20 Ottawa, Canada 1st heptathlon 5490 points
2016 New Balance Nationals Outdoor Greensboro, North Carolina 2nd heptathlon 5164 points[7]
2015 AAU Junior Olympic Games Norfolk, Virginia 2nd Heptathlon 4904 points
1st High Jump 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
5th Long Jump 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in)
  1. ^ "Tyra GITTENS | Profile". worldathletics.org.
  2. ^ Trinidad and Tobago outdoor records National Association of Athletics Administrations of Trinidad & Tobago
  3. ^ "Tyra Gittens - Track and Field". Texas A&M Athletics - 12thMan.com.
  4. ^ "Golden Gittens breaks T&T record". Team TTO | Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee.
  5. ^ "Gittens misses spot in Worlds long jump final". 23 July 2022.
  6. ^ Porter, Wayne (April 3, 2023). "T&T's Tyra Gittens completes 6-month ban". Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  7. ^ 2016 New Balance Nationals Outdoor results