Shamier Little

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Shamier Khalia Little
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Personal information
Born (1995-03-20) March 20, 1995 (age 28)
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Home town College Station, Texas, Chicago
Employer Adidas
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Sport
Country United States
Sport Athletics
Event Hurdles
College team Texas A&M
Turned pro2016
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
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World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Beijing 400 m hurdles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Budapest 400 m hurdles
Continental Cup
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Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Ostrava 400 m hurdles
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Toronto 400 m hurdles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2015 Toronto 4×400 m relay
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Eugene 400 m hurdles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 Eugene 4×400 m relay

Shamier Little (born March 20, 1995) is an American track and field sprinter specializing in the 400 metres hurdles. As a 20-year-old college sophomore at Texas A&M University, Little was the 2015 US champion. She then went on to win the silver medal in her signature event at the 2015 and 2023 World Championships. In July 2021, she became the fifth fastest woman of all time at the event.

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Prep

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Little is the child of athletic parents, her father a football cornerback and her mother a star basketball player and high jumper at Eastern Kentucky University. Shamier began participating in youth track and field as an 8 year old. [1] She made her first appearance at the national level at the 2004 USATF Youth Championships as a 100 meter sprinter running for the University of Chicago Youth Track Club. [2] She regularly participated in all comers track meets. [3] Later Little ran for the Country Club Hills Gazelles both in USATF [4] and AAU competitions. [5] [6] None of her early youth competitions could be labeled exceptional.

At Robert Lindblom Math & Science Academy in Chicago, Little got more serious setting the IHSA Class 2A records in 100 meters hurdles, 200 meters and 400 meters. [7] She won the 2011 AAU Junior Olympics at 400 hurdles. [8] In 2012, she won the Arcadia Invitational in the 400 meters, [9] which she repeated in 2013. [10] She won the Junior National Championships in 400 hurdles, [11] which qualified her for the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but she did not finish the final, falling over the last hurdle while in medal contention. [12] In 2013, Little tried 100 meters hurdles and 400 at the National Championships, finishing off the podium in both. [13]

Career

After high school, Little chose to go to Texas A&M University. As a freshman, she won the NCAA Championships at 400 hurdles and helped her team get second place in the 4 × 400 meters relay. Later that summer, she won the 2014 World Junior Championships in the 400 hurdles. [14]

In 2015, before winning the national championship against the big girls, she repeated as NCAA Champion, running the #1 time worldwide to that point in the season. [15] [16] The National Championship offered Little an invitation to run in the 2015 Pan American Games, where she took the gold medal.

In 2016, Little won a third consecutive NCAA 400 m hurdles champion title. [17]

Achievements

Little hurdles at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London. Shamier Little London 2017.jpg
Little hurdles at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London.

All information taken from World Athletics profile.

Personal bests [18]

EventTime (m:)sWindVenueDateNotes
200 meters 23.02+1.5 m/s Baton Rouge, LA, United States29 April 2023
400 meters 49.68 Monaco 21 July 2023
400 meters indoor50.57 Fayetteville, AR, United States21 February 2021
600 meters indoor1:24.65 Fayetteville, AR, United States13 January 20238th woman all time
100 meters hurdles 13.77+0.4 m/s Baton Rouge, LA, United States3 May 2014
400 meters hurdles 52.39 Stockholm, Sweden4 July 20215th woman all time [19]

International competitions

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain6th (sf) DNF 400 m hurdles DNF [note 1]
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, OR, United States1st 400 m hurdles 55.66
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.42 WU20L
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada1st 400 m hurdles 55.50
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.68
World Championships Beijing, China2nd 400 m hurdles 53.94
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom11th (sf) 400 m hurdles 55.76
2018 NACAC Championships Toronto, Canada1st 400 m hurdles 53.32 CR
Continental Cup Ostrava, Czech Republic2nd 400 m hurdles 53.86
2022 World Championships Eugene, OR, United States4th 400 m hurdles 53.76
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd 400 m hurdles 52.80
  1. Little timed 57.46 s in the semi-finals. It would have been third result in the final.

Circuit wins

400 metres hurdles wins, other events specified in parentheses

National and NCAA titles

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