Nickiesha Wilson

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Nickiesha Wilson
Personal information
Born (1986-07-28) 28 July 1986 (age 37)
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
SportAthletics
Event 400m Hurdles
Medal record
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Rio de Janeiro 400 m hurdles
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Dehli 400 m hurdles
CAC Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Havana 400m hurdles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Havana 4×400m relay
CAC Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Mayagüez 400m hurdles
Continental Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Split 400 m hurdles
Updated on 27 January 2015

Nickiesha Wilson (born 28 July 1986 in Kingston) is a hurdler from Jamaica. She competes in the 100 m hurdles and the 400 m hurdles. [1]

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Currently her 100 m hurdles personal best is 12.79 achieved at Szczecin, Poland in 2009. She ran a personal best of 53.97 in the 400 m hurdles in Osaka in 2007. [2]

Wilson finished fourth in the 2007 World Championships in the 400 metres hurdles. She competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics where she qualified for the second round with the tenth fastest overall time of 55.75 seconds. In the 2010 Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal in 400 m hurdles.

Wilson is the most prolific hurdler in NCAA history. A 17 time college All-American and 3-time NCAA Champion at Louisiana State University (LSU), Wilson is the only hurdler in NCAA history to win the 400 meter hurdles (pr 53.97) and finish runner up in the 100 meter hurdles (pr 12.85) in the same year while also posting a top 5 finish in the indoor 60 meter hurdles (pr 8.01). Wilson led LSU to the outdoor NCAA team title by scoring 18 individual points for the Tigers. In the summer of 2008, Wilson opted to forgo her senior season at LSU to sign a professional contract with Adidas [3]

Personal bests

EventResultVenueDate
Outdoor
200 m23.98 s(wind: +1.4 m/s) Auburn, Alabama 16 Apr 2011
400 m53.61 s Clemson, South Carolina 14 May 2011
800 m2:11.37 Gainesville, Florida 5 Apr 2013
100 m hurdles12.79 s(wind: +0.9 m/s) Szczecin 15 Sep 2009
400 m hurdles53.97 s Osaka 28 Aug 2007
Indoor
200 m23.59 s Fayetteville, Arkansas 2 Mar 2008
400 m53.66 s Fayetteville, Arkansas 26 Jan 2008
60 m hurdles7.55 s Fayetteville, Arkansas 23 Jan 2010

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
2005 CARIFTA Games (U20) Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago2nd400m hurdles57.38
Pan American Junior Championships Windsor, Ontario, Canada1st400m hurdles57.40
2006 NACAC Under-23 Championships Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic5th100m hurdles 13.64 (wind: +0.4 m/s)
2nd400m hurdles 56.77
2007 Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil2nd400m hurdles 54.94
World Championships Osaka, Japan4th400m hurdles 54.10
2008 NACAC Under-23 Championships Toluca, Mexico1st400m hurdles 55.78 A
1st4 × 400 m relay 3:27.46 A
Olympic Games Beijing, China7th (sf)400m hurdles 54.67
2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba1st400m hurdles 56.95
2nd4 × 400 m relay 3:34.02
World Championships Berlin, Germany10th (sf)400m hurdles 54.89
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez, Puerto Rico1st400m hurdles 55.40
Commonwealth Games Delhi, India3rd400m hurdles 56.06
Continental Cup Split, Croatia1st400m hurdles 54.52
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea19th (sf)400m hurdles 56.58
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom15th (sf)400m hurdles 55.77
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia8th400m hurdles 57.34
2014 Pan American Sports Festival Mexico City, Mexico3rd400m hurdles 56.64 A
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil19th (sf)100 m hurdles 13.14

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References

  1. Nickiesha Wilson. sports-reference. Retrieved on 2015-01-27.
  2. Nickiesha Wilson at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. Track and Field - BIO - Nickiesha Wilson, LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers , retrieved 28 June 2018