Oluwatobiloba Amusan

Quotes

• “The goal was to come out and to win this gold, Honestly, I believe in my abilities, but I was not expecting a world record at these championships.”
• “At this moment, Kendra owns the record and I don’t have any but she doesn’t have two heads. It will be good for me to run a PR or break the world record if she is not careful–just kidding…”
• “Physically, I think I was ready, but mentally I wasn’t. I think my mentality let me down.”

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Key facts

Nickname

Tobi Express

Born

Olúwatóbilọ́ba Ayọ̀mídé Amúsàn , ( 1997-04-23 ) 23 April 1997 (age 29) , Ijebu Ode , Nigeria

Education

University of Texas at El Paso

Alma mater

Our Lady of Apostles Secondary School, Ijebu-Ode

Height

170 cm (5 ft 7 in)

Weight

52 kg (115 lb)

Country

Nigeria

Sport

Athletics

Sprint

100 metres hurdles

College team

UTEP Miners

Club

Buka Tigers

Coached by

Lacena Golding-Clarke Mika Laaksonen Solaja Ayodele, Buka Tigers Coach

Highest world ranking

1 (2023)

Personal bests

60 m H : 7.75 ( Boston 2024) 100 m : 11.10 ( Florida 2023) 200 m : 22.66 ( Albuquerque 2022) 100 m H : 12.12 World record</span>"}]]}'>WR ( Eugene 2022)

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Wikidata facts

Official name

Oluwatobiloba Amusan

Mass

57

Image

Oluwatobiloba Amusan 2019 100 m hurdles (Martin Rulsch) 2 (cropped).jpg

Height

1.56

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