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Tobi Amusan

1997 - Today

Tobi Amusan

Oluwatobiloba Ayomide "Tobi" Amusan (born 23 April 1997) is a Nigerian track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles and also competes as a sprinter. Amusan is the current world record holder in the 100 metres hurdles with a time of 12.12 seconds which she set at the 2022 women's 100 metres hurdles semi-final in Eugene, Oregon. She is the current Commonwealth and African champion in the 100 m hurdles, as well as the meet record holder in those two competitions. Amusan became the first ever Nigerian world champion and world record holder in an athletics event when she won the 2022 World Championships 100 m hurdles gold medal, setting the current world record of 12.12 seconds (+0.9 m/s) in the semi-final, followed up by a 12.06 seconds (+2.5 m/s) in the final. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Tobi Amusan is the 3,110th most popular athlete (up from 4,994th in 2024), the 118th most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 211th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Nigerian Athlete.

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Among people born in 1997, Tobi Amusan ranks 176. Before her are Jaume Munar, Maximilian Mittelstädt, Veronika Kudermetova, Yeferson Soteldo, Hifumi Abe, and Max Kilman. After her are Junya Higashi, Noah Lyles, Madison Iseman, Reilly Opelka, Joakim Mæhle, and Emmanuel Dennis.

Others Born in 1997

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Jaume Munar
TENNIS PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 170
Maximilian Mittelstädt
SOCCER PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 171
Veronika Kudermetova
TENNIS PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 172
Yeferson Soteldo
SOCCER PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 46.17
Rank: 173
Hifumi Abe
WRESTLER
1997 - Present
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 174
Max Kilman
SOCCER PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 175
Tobi Amusan
ATHLETE
1997 - Present
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 176
Junya Higashi
SOCCER PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 177
Noah Lyles
ATHLETE
1997 - Present
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 178
Madison Iseman
ACTOR
1997 - Present
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 179
Reilly Opelka
TENNIS PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 180
Joakim Mæhle
SOCCER PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 181
Emmanuel Dennis
SOCCER PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 182