Karimah Davis

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Karimah Davis
Personal information
NationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (1998-11-23) 23 November 1998 (age 26)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)200m 22.62 (2023)
400m 51.03 (2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Relays
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Guangzhou 4×400 m relay

Karimah Davis (born 23 November 1998) is an American sprinter. [1]

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Early life

Davis is from Palm Beach County in Florida. She was a dancer before focusing on athletics at high school. As a sophomore, Davis won county, district and regional titles in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres races. As a junior, she won all those titles again, but also the state championship in the 400 metres. [2] In 2016, she committed to attend Florida State University. [3] She later also attended the University of Kentucky before transferring to the University of South Carolina. [4]

Career

NCAA

Competing for the University of Kentucky, she was a member of the women’s 4x400m relay team which broke the collegiate record in their race at the SEC championships in 2022, alongside Dajour Miles, Abby Steiner and Alexis Holmes. [5] The same quartet also won the NCAA title in June 2022. [6]

For Kentucky, she placed eighth in the 200 metres at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships. She was also a member of Kentucky’s 4x100 relay team alongside Victoria Perrow, Anthaya Charlton and Masai Russell who were silver medalists, running a time of 42.46 seconds. [7]

Professional career

In February 2025, she finished fifth in the 400 metres at the US Indoor Championships in New York. [8] She was subsequently selected for the United States relay pool at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, for the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay in March 2025. [9]

In April 2025, she won the 200 metres at the Gamecock Invitational in a time of 23.00 seconds. [10] Later that month, she ran a personal best 51.03 seconds for the 400 metres at the Tom Jones Invitational in Gainesville. [11] She was named in the American team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China in May 2025. [12] She competed for the United States in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay, running a split of 50.56 seconds as the team won their heat to secure a place at the 2025 World Championships. [13] In the final she ran a split of 50.03 seconds as the United States won the silver medal in the event behind Spain. [14]

References

  1. "Karimah Davis". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  2. Lincoln, Matthew (April 15, 2017). "Athlete of the Week: Palm Beach Central's Karimah Davis". cbs12.com. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  3. Howell, Michelle (Nov 18, 2016). "Palm Beach Central Sprinter Karimah Davis Commits To Seminoles". MileSplit. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  4. Becton, Stan (23 January 2024). "The top NCAA track and field transfers to know from the 2023 offseason". ncaa.com. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  5. Becton, Stan (30 May 2025). "The 8 best races from the 2022 women's outdoor track and field season — so far". ncaa.com. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  6. Hale, Jon (12 June 2022). "Kentucky track star Abby Steiner breaks collegiate record to win national title". Courier-Journal. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  7. "Masai Russell earns three silver medals to lead UK women to top-10 finish at NCAA Outdoors". Aol.com. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  8. Davern, John (23 Feb 2025). "USA Indoor Track And Field Championship Day 2 Results 2025". Flotrack. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  9. Hall, Dan (21 March 2025). "World Indoor Track And Field Championships Day One Highlights 2025". Flotrack.org. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  10. Jacks, Bradley (12 April 2025). "Jamaica's Roberts, Bahamas' Taylor win sprint hurdles finals at Gamecock Invitational". SportsMax.tv. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  11. "Tom Jones Memorial". World Athletics. 18 April 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  12. "Global medallists on US team for World Relays in Guangzhou". world athletics. 24 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  13. "Two wins out of three for USA in 4x400m heats in Guangzhou". World Athletics. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  14. "USA, Spain and South Africa claim 4x400m titles in Guangzhou". World Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.