Yasmin Liverpool

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Yasmin Liverpool (born 15 January 1999) is a former British 200m and 400m sprinter. [1] She retired from athletics in 2024 and now volunteers for her former benefactor SportsAid, alongside her career in Responsible AI. [2]

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Early life

Yasmin is British and of Ghanaian, Lebanese and Dominican descent [3] . Yasmin is the sister of Layal Liverpool, science journalist and author of 'Systemic: How Racism is Making Us Ill' [4] [5] . She is the granddaughter of Cecilia Koranteng-Addow [6] , who was a High Court judge in Ghana from 1975 until her abduction and murder on 30 June 1982, during the second military rule of Jerry Rawlings. Her grandfather was Nicholas Liverpool, who served as the sixth President of Dominica from 2 October 2003 to 17 September 2012. [7]

Yasmin was raised in the Netherlands where she started her athletics career, competing at national and international races for her club Leiden Athletics. [8] [9]

She moved to the United Kingdom to pursue a degree in Economics from the University of Warwick, where she continued her athletics career alongside a career in Data & Responsible AI. [2]

Athletics

Yasmin first ran for Great Britain in 2019. She went on to compete in World, European and National championships in the 400m sprint / 4x400m relay, winning several medals for Great Britain, securing New Balance sponsorship in 2021 [10] [11] .

Yasmin's career highlights include being English 400m Champion (2019), setting a British Record to win the European Team Championships mixed 4x400m (2019), and being a member of the 4x400m women's relay team at the 2021 World Athletics Relay championships. [12] [13]

She retired from elite level athletics in 2024. [2] Since her retirement, Yasmin volunteers on the National Awards Committee of SportsAid. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Preview: England Athletics Senior Championships including Disability Championships". England Athletics. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Yasmin Liverpool: "SportsAid made the biggest difference in my career" | SportsAid". www.sportsaid.org.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "Sprinter 'relieved' athletics remain mandatory after changes announced for future Commonwealth games". 12 October 2021.
  4. ↑ Tucker, Ian (25 May 2024). "Layal Liverpool: 'Racism is a public health crisis – and we can do something about it'". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  5. ↑ Liverpool, Layal (2024). Systemic: How Racism is Making Us Ill (1st ed.). Bloomsbury (published 6 June 2024).
  6. ↑ "Cecilia Koranteng-Addow", Wikipedia, 12 November 2024, retrieved 28 October 2025
  7. ↑ "Nicholas Liverpool", Wikipedia, 5 September 2025, retrieved 28 October 2025
  8. ↑ "Wall of Fame Leiden Atletiek". www.leidenatletiek.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  9. ↑ Alliance, Women's Sports (23 October 2023). "Yasmin Liverpool Blog: 'Being injured doesn't mean you're weak. Realising that makes you stronger'". WSportsAlliance 17. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  10. ↑ "Yasmin LIVERPOOL | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  11. ↑ Anjum, Husna (28 July 2021). "One year to go - massive sports festival celebrates Commonwealth Games 2022". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  12. ↑ "Watch 2021 World Athletics Relays LIVE from Chorzów, Silesia, Poland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  13. ↑ "BRITISH 4X400M TEAMS SELECTED FOR 2021 WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS". British Athletics. Retrieved 15 October 2024.

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