Jasmine Jones (born November 30, 2001) is an American track and field athlete.[1] She represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 400 m hurdles, finishing fourth in the final. She was runner-up in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2024 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Jasmine Jones
Jasmine Jones at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials
Personal information
Born (2001-11-30) November 30, 2001 (age 22)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventHurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60 m hurdles: 7.77 (Boston, 2024)
100 m hurdles: 12.64 (Eugene, 2024)
400 m hurdles 52.29 (Paris, 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  United States
Pan American U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 San José 100 m hurdles

Early life

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Daughter of Henry Jones, an NFL All-Pro safety for the Buffalo Bills from 1991 to 2000, Jones attended Greater Atlanta Christian School and won a national age-group title, over 400m hurdles, in 2016.[2] She was named the Georgia female track and field athlete of the year in 2019.[3]

Career

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Jones won gold in the 100m hurdles at the 2019 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships in Miramar, Florida in June 2023.[4] She then won gold in the same event at the 2019 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica in July 2019.[5]

Jones ran track at college for USC Trojans with whom she claimed an NCAA Outdoors title in the 4x100m relay in her first year of 2021.[6] The following year, she was runner-up in the NCAA Outdoors 100 m hurdles in a personal best time of 12.66 seconds.[7]

Jones finished as runner-up in the 60m hurdles at the US National Indoors Championships in New Mexico in February 2024, running a personal best time of 7.82 seconds.[8][9] Competing at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, she won the 60 metres hurdles final in a personal best time of 7.77 seconds.[10][11]

She won the 400 m hurdles at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June 2024 in 53.15 seconds.[12] Later that month, she ran a personal best 52.77 seconds to finish third in the 400 metres hurdles at the US Olympic trials.[13]

Jones placed fourth at the 2024 Olympic Games in the 400 m hurdles with a time of 52.29 seconds, which was a personal best as well as a US collegiate record.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Jasmine JONES - Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  2. ^ "Jasmine Jones of Greater Atlanta Christian GA 1st Place Girls 15-16 400 Hurdles – USATF National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships 2016". Runnerspace. August 1, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  3. ^ "Jasmine Jones Named Gatorade GA Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year". GreaterAtlanticChristianSchool. June 21, 2019.
  4. ^ "Boling wins sprint double at USA U20 Championships". World Athletics. June 24, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  5. ^ "Briana Williams captures Pan Am U20 100 m gold". radiojamaicanewsonline.com. July 19, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  6. ^ "JASMINE JONES CHAMPION WOMEN'S 4X100M RELAY – NCAA D1 OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2021". DyeStat. June 13, 2021. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  7. ^ "JASMINE JONES 2ND PLACE WOMEN'S 100M HURDLES – NCAA D1 OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2022". Runnerspace. June 12, 2022. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  8. ^ Harrington, Joe (February 17, 2024). "2024 USA INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS". FloTrack.org. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  9. ^ Johnson, Weldon (February 16, 2024). "Grant Holloway Breaks 60 m Hurdle World Record, Tia Jones Equals It at USATF Indoors". Lets Run. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  10. ^ "Texas Tech and Arkansas win men's, women's titles at 2024 NCAA DI indoor track and field championships". ncaa. March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  11. ^ "Williams, Ramsden and Neugebauer among winners at NCAA Indoor Championships". World Athletics. March 10, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  12. ^ Mulkeen, John (June 8, 2024). "Pryce, Long and Jones impress in sprints at NCAA Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  13. ^ Henderson, Jason (July 1, 2024). "World 400 m hurdles record for Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  14. ^ Athletics, USC (August 8, 2024). "Cockrell Earns Silver Medal & Jones Takes 4th in Women's 400m Hurdles at Paris Olympics". USC Athletics. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
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