Amoi Brown

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Amoi Brown
Personal information
NationalityJamaican
Born (1999-01-11) 11 January 1999 (age 26)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60m hurdles: 7.80 (Spanish Town, 2025)
100m hurdles: 12.51 (Bern, 2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
NACAC Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Freeport 100 m hurdles
Carifta Games
Junior (U20)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Willemstad 100 m hurdles

Amoi Brown (born 11 January 1999) is a Jamaican hurdler. She won the gold medal at the 2025 NACAC Championships in the 100 metres hurdles. [1]

Career

She attended Vere Technical High School. Whilst still a student, she won the U20 100 metres hurdles at the 2017 CARIFTA Games, ahead of compatriot Jeneek Brown and Laëticia Bapté from Martinique. [2] In 2018, she had a personal best of 13.09 seconds for the 100 metres hurdles and was selected for the 2018 World Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere. [3]

She ran a personal best of 12.69 seconds at the Miramar Invitational in Florida, on April 8th, 2023. [4] She lowered her personal best to 12.51 seconds for the 100m hurdles at the Citius Meeting in Bern, Switzerland in August 2023. [5] She had a fourth-placed finish in the 100 metres hurdles at the Jamaican National Senior and Junior Championships in 2023. [6]

She ran a personal best of 8.01 seconds for the 60 metres hurdles at the Tyson Invitational in February 2025. [7] On 1 March 2025, she ran 7.80 seconds to win the 60 metres hurdles final at the Jamaican World Athletics Indoor Championships qualifier at GC Foster College in Spanish Town. [8] [9] She was named in the Jamaican team for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025, where she qualified for the final of the 60 metres hurdles, placing eighth overall. [10] [11] [12]

She qualified from her 100 metres hurdles semi-final at the 2025 Jamaican Athletics Championships in 12.84 seconds, before placing third in the final in a time of 12.67 seconds. [13] [14] She was named in the Jamaican squad for the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, The Bahamas where she won the gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles in a time of 12.83 seconds. [15] [16] She was selected for the Jamaican team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [17]

References

  1. "Amoi Brown". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  2. "Ja top Carifta table once more". Jamaica Gleaner. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  3. "Brown targeting gold in Finland". Jamaica Star. June 29, 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  4. "Jamaican Amoi Brown Runs Fastest Time Ever in 100mH at Miramar Invitational". Track Alerts. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  5. Foster, Anthony (4 August 2023). "Tyler Mason Sets New Mark, Amoi Brown Achieves PB, Rasheen McDonald Takes 2nd in 400m at Citius Meeting". Track Alerts. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  6. "Smith, Brown, Bryan win in Luxembourg". Jamaica Gleaner. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  7. Levy, Leighton (14 February 2025). "Amoi Brown Wins 60m Hurdles at Tyson Invitational, Stacey-Ann Williams and Nickisha Pryce Finish Strong in 400m". SportsMax. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  8. Levy, Leighton (2 March 2025). "Tina Clayton Outpaces Shericka Jackson, Ackeem Blake, Rusheen McDonald Impress at World Indoor Qualifiers". SportsMax. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  9. Williams, Melton (1 March 2025). "Tina Clayton and Rohan Watson win 60m finals at World Indoor qualifier". Jamaica Loopnews. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  10. Levy, Leighton (15 March 2025). "Ackera Nugent and Wayne Pinnock Lead Jamaica's Squad for World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing". SportsMax. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  11. "Defending champ Charlton, Nugent sparkle as five Caribbean women through to 60m hurdles semis". SportsMax. 22 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  12. "Charlton Defends World Title in Thrilling 60m Hurdles Final, Nugent Takes Bronze". SportsMax. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  13. Jacks, Bradley (28 June 2025). "Nugent, Tapper impress as top contenders easily advance to 100m hurdles final at National Champs" . Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  14. Levy, Leighton (30 June 2025). ""I'm Here Standing as Proof That It Is Possible" — Tapper Triumphs with Lifetime Best at Nationals". SportsMax. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  15. Levy, Leighton (9 July 2025). "Tia Clayton Returns as Jamaica Names Powerhouse Team for NACAC Championships in Bahamas". SportsMax. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  16. "5 gold medals for Jamaica on opening day of NACAC Championships". radiojamaicanewsonline.com. August 15, 2025. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
  17. "JAAA names 50-member World Champs team, Thomas-Dodd opts out". Jamaica Observer. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.