Athlete · 100m hurdles world record holder
Also known as: Amusan · Oluwatobiloba Amusan
In July 2022, Tobi Amusan ran the 100m hurdles in 12.12 seconds — a world record — and then won the world title. She became Nigeria’s first-ever individual world champion in athletics.
Read the full biography →A win at the 2015 African Games in Brazzaville as a teenager earned her a scholarship to UTEP in the United States, where she became a college champion.
Commonwealth Games gold in 2018 (Gold Coast) and 2022 (Birmingham).
At the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, USA, Amusan broke the world record with 12.12 seconds in the semi-final.
In 2023 she was provisionally suspended over missed drug-test whereabouts filings, but an independent tribunal cleared her of any violation and she returned to defend her Diamond League title.
12.12 seconds in the 100m hurdles, set in Eugene, USA, on 24 July 2022.
She was born on 23 April 1997.
Yes, she won the 100m hurdles world title in 2022.
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