Tia Clayton (born 17 August 2004) is a Jamaican sprinter.[1][2]
 Tia Clayton at the 2024 Paris Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 17 August 2004 Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
editShe ran the anchor legs for the Jamaican 4 × 100 metres relay teams that broke the world under-20 records at both the 2021 (42.94 s) and 2022 World U20 Championships (42.59 s).[3][4]
Tia has a twin sister, Tina Clayton, who ran the second leg of those world record relays.
Tia finished second in the 100m at the 2024 Jamaican Athletics Championships in a time of 10.90 seconds (-0.3 m/s wind), behind Shericka Jackson (10.84 s) and ahead of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (10.94 s), to qualify for the Jamaican team for the 2024 Summer Olympics. She ran a new Personal Best (PB) of 10.86 s (+1.0 m/s wind) in winning her semi-final a couple of hours beforehand (beating the PB of 11.02 s (+0.7 m/s wind) she had set the day before in the heats).[5]
National Championships Results
edit| Year | Competition | Place | Event | Position | Time | Notes |
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| 2018 | Jamaican U18 Championships | Kingston | 100m | 1st | 11.61 | +0.4w |
| 2019 | Jamaican U18 Championships | Kingston | 100m | 1st | 11.39 | +1.2w |
| 2021 | Jamaican U20 Championships | Kingston | 100m | 3rd | 11.60 | 0.0w |
| 2022 | Jamaican U20 Championships | Kingston | 100m | 3rd | 11.25 | +1.0w |
| Jamaican U20 Championships | Kingston | 200m | 2nd | 23.41 | +0.4w | |
| 2023 | Jamaican Championships | Kingston | 100m | 4th (heat) | 11.40 | -0.6w |
| Jamaican Championships | Kingston | 200m | 7th (heat) | 24.25 | -1.4w | |
| 2024 | Jamaican Championships | Kingston | 100m | 2nd | 10.90 | -0.3w |
References
edit- ^ "Tina Clayton proud of twin Tia's redemption". Jamaican Gleaner. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Tia Clayton on the rebound, ready to challenge twin sister's dominance". Jamaican Gleaner. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ Foster, Anthony (2021-08-22). "Clayton twin leads Jamaica to 4×1 world record". TrackAlerts.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ Foster, Anthony (2022-08-05). "Jamaica women set U20 4x100m world record in Cali". TrackAlerts.com. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
- ^ "National championships round-up: Nugent and Thompson impress in Jamaica". World Athletics. June 30, 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
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