Tynia Gaither
Personal information | |||||||||||
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Born | Freeport, Bahamas[1] | 16 March 1993||||||||||
Education | University of Southern California | ||||||||||
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||
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Country | ![]() | ||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m | ||||||||||
College team | USC Trojans[1] | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Tynia Gaither (born 16 March 1993) is a Bahamian athlete competing in sprinting events. Gaither has represented the Bahamas at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]
Career[]
She won the silver medal in the 200 metres at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. She later represented her country in the 60 metres at the 2016 World Indoor Championships without advancing from the first round.
She competed at the 2019 Pan American Games, winning a bronze medal.[3][4]
Competition record[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing the ![]() | |||||
2010 | CARIFTA Games | George Town, Cayman Islands | 2nd | 200 m | 23.83 |
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.59 | |||
World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 23rd (sf) | 200 m | 24.48 | |
Youth Olympic Games | Singapore | 2nd | 200 m | 23.68 | |
2011 | CARIFTA Games | Montego Bay, Jamaica | 5th | 100 m | 11.72 |
2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 28th (h) | 60 m | 7.41 |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 39th (h) | 100 m | 11.56 | |
24th (sf) | 200 m | 23.45 | |||
2017 | IAAF World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.01 |
World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 8th | 200 m | 23.07 | |
– | 4 × 100 m relay | DNF | |||
2018 | NACAC Championships | Toronto, Canada | 6th | 200 m | 23.41 |
2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 3rd | 200 m | 22.76 |
– | 4 × 100 m relay | DNF | |||
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 13th (sf) | 100 m | 11.20 | |
8th | 200 m | 22.90 | |||
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 21st (sf) | 100 m | 11.31 |
Personal bests[]
Outdoor
- 100 metres – 11.02 (+1.3 m/s, Miami 2021)
- 200 metres – 22.54 (+1.9 m/s, Eugene 2016)
Indoor
- 60 metres – 7.23 (Seattle 2015)
- 200 metres – 23.11 (Fayetteville 2016)
External links[]
Tynia Gaither at World Athletics
References[]
- ^ a b College team bio
- ^ "Athletics - Semi-Final 1 Results" (pdf). olympics.com. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Tynia Gaither wins 200m bronze at Pan Am Games". www.tribune242.com. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
- ^ "Athletics | Athlete Profile: GAITHER Tynia - Pan American Games Lima 2019". wrsd.lima2019.pe. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
Categories:
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Bahamian female sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
- People from Freeport, Bahamas
- Bahamian female hurdlers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of the Bahamas
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the Bahamas
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Bahamian athletics biography stubs