Tia Clayton (born 17 August 2004) is a Jamaican sprinter.[1][2]

Tia Clayton
Tia Clayton at the 2024 Paris Olympics
Personal information
Born (2004-08-17) 17 August 2004 (age 20)
Jamaica
Sport
CountryJamaica
SportTrack and field
EventSprints
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
World U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Nairobi 4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2022 Cali 4×100 m relay
CARIFTA Games (U20)
Gold medal – first place 2022 Kingston 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2022 Kingston 100 m
CARIFTA Games (U17)
Gold medal – first place 2018 Nassau 4x100 m relay

Career

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She 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

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Year Competition Place Event Position Time Notes
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

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  1. ^ "Tina Clayton proud of twin Tia's redemption". Jamaican Gleaner. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Foster, Anthony (2022-08-05). "Jamaica women set U20 4x100m world record in Cali". TrackAlerts.com. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  5. ^ "National championships round-up: Nugent and Thompson impress in Jamaica". World Athletics. June 30, 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
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