Tia Clayton

Tia Clayton

Tia Clayton at the 2024 Paris Olympics
Personal information
Born	(2004-08-17) 17 August 2004 (age 21) Jamaica
Sport
Country	Jamaica
Sport	Track and field
Event	Sprints
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	100 m : 10.82 (Chorzów 2025) 200 m : 23.41 (Kingston 2022)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Jamaica World U20 Championships 2021 Nairobi 4×100 m relay 2022 Cali 4×100 m relay CARIFTA Games (U20) 2022 Kingston 4×100 m relay 2022 Kingston 100 m CARIFTA Games (U17) 2018 Nassau 4x100 m relay

Tia Clayton (born 17 August 2004) is a Jamaican sprinter. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

She ran the anchor legs for the Jamaican 4 × 100 metres relay teams that broke the world under-20 records at both the 2021 (42.94 s) and 2022 World U20 Championships (42.59 s). ^{[3] [4]}

Tia has a twin sister, Tina Clayton, who ran the second leg of those world record relays.

Tia finished second in the 100m at the 2024 Jamaican Athletics Championships in a time of 10.90 seconds (-0.3 m/s wind), behind Shericka Jackson (10.84 s) and ahead of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (10.94 s), to qualify for the Jamaican team for the 2024 Summer Olympics. She ran a new Personal Best (PB) of 10.86 s (+1.0 m/s wind) in winning her semi-final a couple of hours beforehand (beating the PB of 11.02 s (+0.7 m/s wind) she had set the day before in the heats). ^[5]

National Championships Results

Year	Competition	Place	Event	Position	Time	Notes
2018	Jamaican U18 Championships	Kingston	100m	1st	11.61	+0.4w
2019	Jamaican U18 Championships	Kingston	100m	1st	11.39	+1.2w
2021	Jamaican U20 Championships	Kingston	100m	3rd	11.60	0.0w
2022	Jamaican U20 Championships	Kingston	100m	3rd	11.25	+1.0w
	Jamaican U20 Championships	Kingston	200m	2nd	23.41	+0.4w
2023	Jamaican Championships	Kingston	100m	4th (heat)	11.40	-0.6w
	Jamaican Championships	Kingston	200m	7th (heat)	24.25	-1.4w
2024	Jamaican Championships	Kingston	100m	2nd	10.90	-0.3w

References

1. "Tina Clayton proud of twin Tia's redemption". Jamaican Gleaner. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
2. "Tia Clayton on the rebound, ready to challenge twin sister's dominance". Jamaican Gleaner. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
3. Foster, Anthony (2021-08-22). "Clayton twin leads Jamaica to 4×1 world record". TrackAlerts.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
4. Foster, Anthony (2022-08-05). "Jamaica women set U20 4x100m world record in Cali". TrackAlerts.com. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
5. "National championships round-up: Nugent and Thompson impress in Jamaica". World Athletics . June 30, 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2024.

External links

• Tia Clayton at World Athletics
• Tia Clayton at Olympics.com