Shaniqua Bascombe

Shaniqua Bascombe

Personal information
Born	(2003-11-08) 8 November 2003 (age 21)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	60m: 7.36 (Spanish Town, 2025) 100m: 11.16 (Port of Spain, 2025)200m: 23.36 (George Town, 2019)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Trinidad and Tobago Junior Pan American Games 2025 Asunción 100 m 2025 Asunción 4×100 m relay NACAC U23 Championships 2023 San Jose 4x100m relay CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) 2022 Kingston 200 m 2022 Kingston 100 m 2022 Kingston 4x100 m

Shaniqua Bascombe (born 8 November 2003) is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago. She won the 100 metres gold medal at the 2025 Junior Pan American Games. ^[1]

Biography

Bascombe is from Maraval and started running at an early age, and attended New Butler Associate College from The age of 16 years-old having previously attended St James Secondary School. She later received help from Jehue Gordon to train in Jamaica. ^[2] She was named the girls' Athlete of the Year by the NAAA (National Association of Athletic Administrations) for 2019. ^[3]

She won national age-group titles in 2022 over 100 metres and 200 metres in March 2022, to earn selection for the 2022 CARIFTA Games, where she was a bronze medalist in the 100 metres behind Tia and Tina Clayton and a silver medalist in the 200 metres behind Brianna Lyston. ^{[4] [5] [6]} In 2023, she won a bronze medal in the 4x100m women’s relay at the 2023 NACAC U23 Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica. ^[7]

In April 2025, she ran a personal best 11.46 seconds in Kingston, Jamaica, before beating Kishawna Niles of Barbados in the 100m B race at the Jamaican Championships in 11.26 seconds. ^[8] At the Trinidad & Tobago Championships in August 2025, she set a new personal best for the 100 metres of 11.16 seconds before finishing runner-up to Leah Bertrand in the final. ^{[7] [9]}

She won two medals at the 2025 Pan American Junior Games in Asuncion, Paraguay in August 2025, winning the 100 metres final ahead of Liranyi Alonso of the Dominican Republic in 11.19 seconds, having ran 11.17 seconds in the semi-final. ^{[10] [11]} She had further success at the Games, winning a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

References

1. "Shaniqua Bascombe". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 Sep 2025.
2. Moe, Cherisse (6 Sep 2025). "From Despair to Gold: Track Star Shaniqua Bascombe". Trinidad Express. Retrieved 21 Sep 2025.
3. "Richards, Baptiste top Trinidad and Tobago athletes of 2019". Track Alerts. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 21 Sep 2025.
4. "Bascombe bags sprint double at Prep Meet 4". Teamtto.org. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 21 Sep 2025.
5. "CARIFTA Games". World Athletics. 16 April 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
6. "CARIFTA Games". World Athletics. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
7. Walcott, Roneil (21 August 2025). "Bascombe basks in Jr Pan Am glory: Never give up on your dreams". Newsday.co.tt. Retrieved 21 Sep 2025.
8. Lawrence, Kwame (1 July 2025). "Bascombe, Henry sizzle in J'ca". Trinidad Express. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
9. "Trinidad & Tobago Championships". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
10. Lawrence, Kwame (21 August 2025). "GOLDEN BASCOMBE!". Trinidad Express. Retrieved 21 Sep 2025.
11. "Shaniqua Bascombe strikes gold at Jr Pan Am in women's 100m final". Newsday.co.tt. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 21 Sep 2025.
12. "BASCOMBE, GOLD FOR TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO IN THE 100M". Panamsports.org. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 21 Sep 2025.
13. "Pan American Junior Games". World Athletics. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
14. "T&T's 4x100 women seal Pan Am relay silver". Trinidad Guardian. Retrieved 21 Sep 2025.