Shaunae Miller in the context of 400 metres at the Olympics


Shaunae Miller in the context of 400 metres at the Olympics

⭐ Core Definition: Shaunae Miller

Shaunae Miller-Uibo, née Shaunae Miller, (15 April 1994) is a Bahamian track and field sprinter who competes in the 200 and 400 metres. She is a two-time Olympic champion after winning the women's 400 metres at the 2016 Rio Olympics and again at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

At the World Athletics Championships, Miller-Uibo won silver medals in the 400 m in 2015 and 2019, and a bronze at the 200 m in 2017 when she also placed fourth at her longer distance. In 2022, she won her first world outdoor and indoor 400 m titles. She held North American records in the 400 m both outdoors and indoors until broken in 2024 and 2023 respectively. Her marks of 48.36 (improved at the Tokyo Games) and 50.21 seconds place her respectively eighth and joint 14th on the world all-time list. She holds world bests over the 300 metres outdoors and indoors.

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Shaunae Miller in the context of 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics

The 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born 1993 or later) which was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, on 10–15 July 2012. A total of 44 athletics events were contested at the championships, 22 by male and 22 by female athletes.

Several medalists from the 2010 championships were eligible to defend their titles, including Jacko Gill, Jodie Williams, Shaunae Miller, and Angelica Bengtsson. Gill and Bengtsson were successful.

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