Oluwatobiloba Amusan

Oluwatobiloba Ayomide "Tobi" Amusan (born 23 April 1997) is a Nigerian track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles and also competes as a sprinter.[6][7] She is the 2018 Commonwealth and 2019 African champion in the event.[2][8] She is also a two-time African Games champion.

Tobi Amusan
Amusan in 2019
Personal information
Birth nameOluwatobiloba Ayomide Amusan
Nationality Nigeria
Born (1997-04-23) 23 April 1997
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)[1]
Weight57 kg (126 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Nigeria
SportAthletics
Sprint100 metres hurdles
College teamUTEP Miners
ClubBuka Tigers Athletics Club
Coached byLacena Golding-Clarke[2] Mika Laaksonen[3]
Achievements and titles
National finalsNational Sports Festival 2018
Highest world ranking3
Personal best(s)60 mH: 7.89 s ( Albuquerque 2018)[4]
100 m: 11.31 s (El Paso 2018)[4]
200 m: 22.92 s (El Paso 2017)[4]
100 mH: 12.48 s (Doha 2019)[5]
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Nigeria
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast100 m hurdles
2018 Gold Coast4 × 100 m relay
All-Africa Games
2015 Brazzaville 100 m hurdles
2019 Rabat100 m hurdles
African Championships
2018 Asaba 100 m hurdles
2018 Asaba 4 × 100 m relay
African Junior Athletics Championships
2015 Addis Ababa 100 m hurdles
African Youth Athletics Championships
2013 Warri 200 metres
Updated on 21 Sept 2019.

Career

Amusan showed a lot of athletic potential from an early age. She was a silver medallist at the 2013 African Youth Championships in Warri.[9][10] She also claimed gold in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2015 African Junior Athletics Championships in Addis Ababa.[11] In 2015, while making her All-Africa Games debut as an eighteen year old, she won the gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles.[12]

2016

In 2016, as a freshman for The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), Amusan became the second athlete for the university to be named C-USA Female Track athlete of the Year since UTEP joined C-USA.[2] She was the gold medallist in both the 100 mH and the 200 m. She also claimed a silver in the long jump at the C-USA Championships.[13] Amusan first broke the 13 s barrier in the hurdles with a time of 12.83 s at the El Paso UTEP Invitational. This eclipsed Kim Turner's 100 mH UTEP record which had stood for 33 years.[14][15] She was runner-up at the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 100 mH. She ran a windy 12.79 s behind Kentucky's Jasmine Camacho-Quinn. Amusan also competed at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz. Despite running her second fastest time ever, she placed fifth in the final.[16] She went on to represent Nigeria at the Rio Olympic Games, reaching the semifinals of the 100 mH.

2017

In her first outdoor race of 2017, she ran a then lifetime best and UTEP record of 12.63 s in the 100 metres hurdles.[17] She was the C-USA champion in her specialist event and also the runner up in the 200 metres. At the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships, there was a reversal of finishes in the 100 metres hurdles. In a dramatic race, Amusan claimed the title ahead of Camacho-Quinn who was the champion the previous year. She did this in a personal record time of 12.57 s.[18] She also represented Nigeria at the World Championships in London later in the year.

2018

She ran a personal best of 7.89 s in the 60 metres hurdles at the start of her 2018 season. She went on to represent her country at the Birmingham World Indoor Championships reaching the final of the 60 metres hurdles.[19]

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, 2015 World Champion, Danielle Williams seemed to be the favourite to take the title in the absence of Sally Pearson. In the final however, Amusan moved ahead of her competitors and won the race by a clear metre ahead of WIlliams.[20][2] She also won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 m relay with her team mates, Joy Udo-Gabriel, Blessing Okagbare and Rosemary Chukwuma. Later in the year, she won her first African Championships title in her specialist event at the Asaba African Championships. This fulfilled a Nigerian tradition as Judy Bell-Gam had won this race for Nigeria at the first African Championships.[21] She also claimed a gold medal in the 4 x 100 m relay at the championships.[22]

2019

On October 5, 2019, at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, she ran a personal best of 12.48 s during the 100 metres hurdles qualifying rounds. In the semi-finals the following day, she equaled this personal best before placing 4th a few hours later in the final with 12.49 s.

International competitions
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2013 African Youth Championships Warri, Nigeria 2nd 100 m hurdles 24.45
3rd Long jump 5.52 m
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States — 100 m hurdles DNS
African Youth Games Gaborone, Botswana 2nd 100 m hurdles 13.92
2015 African Junior Championships Addis Ababa 1st 100 m hurdles 14.26
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of Congo 1st 100 m hurdles 13.15
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 5th 100 m hurdles 12.95
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 11th (sf) 100 m hurdles 12.91
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 14th (sf) 100 m hurdles 13.04
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 7th 60 m hurdles 8.05
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 1st 100 m hurdles 12.68
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 42.75
frican Championships Asaba, Nigeria 1st 100 m hurdles 12.86
1st 4 × 100 m relay 43.77
Continental Cup Ostrava, Czech Republic 5th 100 m hurdles 12.96
— 4 × 100 m relay DQ 163.3(a)
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 1st 100 m hurdles 12.68
World Championships Doha, Qatar 4th 100 m hurdles 12.49

National titles

Personal bests
Outdoor
Indoor

Seasonal bests
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See also

References
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  2. "Ex-UTEP Miner, El Pasoan Tobi Amusan wins gold at Commonwealth Games". El Paso Times. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  3. "Raise the Pick: Tobi Amusan". Campus Newsfeed. UTEP. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  4. "Tobi Amusan IAAF profile". IAAF. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  5. Popoola, Christopher Oluwadare. "Okagbare & Amusan set for London Diamond League". Making of Champs. Making of Champions. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  6. Ben Efe (5 March 2015). "African juniors: Nigerian athletes full of expectations". Vanguard. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  7. "AAG: Nigeria Unleash Track And Field Warriors". Complete Sports. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  8. "Obiri and Ta Lou dominate, Samaai defeats Manyonga at African Championships in Asaba| News | iaaf.org". www.iaaf.org. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  9. Ikhazuagbe, Duro (31 March 2013). "Africa: Nigeria Wins African Youth Athletics Championships". All AFrica. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  10. admin. "African Youth Championships, Warri (Nigeria) 28-31/03/2013 | Africathle". Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  11. "Fantastic Friday for Team Nigeria as Brume, Oduduru, others strike GOLD on Day 2 of African Juniors!". Making of Champions. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  12. George Akpanyen (15 September 2015). "Amusan wins women's 100m hurdles gold". SuperSports. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  13. "Tobi Amusan - Track & Field". The University of Texas at El Paso Athletics. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  14. Mulkeen, Jon (1 May 2016). "IAAF: Continental U20 records for Amusan and Bukowiecki| News | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  15. Fameso, Funmi (1 May 2016). "Amusan shatters 33-year old School Record, qualifies for Rio 2016!". MAKING OF CHAMPIONS. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  16. Mulkeen, Jon (24 July 2016). "IAAF: Report: women's 100m hurdles – IAAF World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz 2016| News | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  17. "Amusan runs best time in world at UTEP meet". El Paso Times. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  18. "Women 100 Meter Hurdles". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  19. Aluwong, Jeremiah (20 January 2020). "Women You Should Know- Oluwatobiloba Ayomide Amusan • Connect Nigeria". Connect Nigeria. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  20. "Cheptegei and Semenya complete Commonwealth doubles with Games records| News | iaaf.org". www.iaaf.org. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  21. Usenekong, Gold (2 August 2018). "Asaba 2018: Ethiopia Nicks First Gold,Ta Lou Storms Into 100m Semis - Complete Sports Nigeria". Complete Sports. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
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