Nigerian athlete Tobi Amusan has broken the world record and set new one at the World Athletics Championships 2022.
Tobi Amusan has become the first Nigerian to win gold at the Athletics World Championships.
The Nigerian runner clock 12.06 seconds to win gold at the Women’s hurdles event in Oregon, USA.
Jamaica’s Britany Anderson took silver in 12.23sec, while Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico claimed bronze in 12.23.
Tobi set a record of 12.06 seconds by breaking a 12.20 seconds six-year-old record held by Keni Harrison of the United States in 2016. She achieved this feat by setting a personal best record, season’s best, the national record, African best and the World Record.
Jamaica’s Britany Anderson took silver in 12.23sec, while Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico claimed bronze in 12.23.
The new world athletic champion also received a cheque of 100,000 dollars for her achievement.
Tobi Amusan was seen shedding tears of joy as The Nigerian national anthem was been played in Hayward field stadium, Eugene, Oregon.
This was the greatest and proudest night for Team Nigeria at the championships.
Tobi Amusan Athlete’s Statistics
Tobi Amusan currently is number 2 for the Women’s 100m Hurdles world ranking.
However for the Women’s overall athletics ranking she is number 21, according to the International Association of Athletics Federation.
The 25-year old has been the World Champion, Diamond League final winner, and Commonwealth Games winner.
She has also ended up for the Top 8 world championships.
The Nigerian runner has been two-time All African Games winner as well as two-times African champion.
She has won her first Commonwealth Games Bronze medal as well as won twice for Diamond League meeting.
She is NCAA Champion and ended up at top 8 for the World U20 Championships, she is African Junior champion.
Amusan is also among the Top 8 in the World (Continental) Cup.
IAAF reports that Amusan had contested for her first major competition at the age of 16 at the Donetsk IAAF World Youth Championships in Ukraine.
She had ran the 200 meters race, as well as, the Medley relay.
However, her first move for the athletics starting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria where she had contested for the AFN Golden League Meeting in April, 2012.
She had competed for the Long Jump at place 5th with 916 score.
Over her career, she had been doing Hurdles, 100, 200, 300 and 400 meters races as well as relay and long jump competitions.
Tobi Amusan’s profile
Oluwatobiloba Amusan is a Nigerian Hurdler.
She was born on April 23, 1997 and she is from Ijebu-Ode.
She later moved to study in the University of Texas, after she finished from Our Lady of Apostles Secondary school, Ijebu-Ode.
She finish 4th at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and she just set new African record.
She is Nigeria National Champion and currently rank No 2 in the world.
She has won many Gold medals for Nigeria, especially at the Commonwealth Games, African Games and the African Championships both for Relay.
With this new African record, Amusan will be one of the top athletes from Africa to be watch out for in the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England from July 28 to August 8, 2022.
