Jasmine Camacho-Quinn

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn
Camacho-Quinn in 2018
Personal information
Born (1996-08-21) 21 August 1996 (age 28)[1]
Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.[2]
Home townOrlando, FL
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight161 lb (73 kg)
Sport
Country Puerto Rico
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Hurdles, Sprints, Long jump
College teamKentucky Wildcats (2016–2018)[3]
TeamNike
Turned pro2018
Coached byJohn Coghlan
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking
  • 100 m hurdles: 1st[4]
  • 200 m: 41st[4]
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Puerto Rico
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 100 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 100 m hurdles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Budapest 100 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Eugene 100 m hurdles
Diamond League
First place 2024 100 m hurdles
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 San Salvador 100 m hurdles
NACAC U23 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2016 San Salvador 100 m hurdles

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (born 21 August 1996)[5] is a Puerto Rican[6][7][8] track and field athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she became the first Puerto Rican of Afro-Latino descent and the second person representing Puerto Rico to win a gold medal.[9][10][11] In the semi-finals, Camacho-Quinn set her personal best and Olympic record of 12.26 seconds, which is tied for the tenth fastest time in history. She won a bronze medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and a silver medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. In the 2024 Paris Olympics, she won a bronze medal, her second one, becoming the only Puerto Rican to have won two Olympic medals.

Camacho-Quinn was a two-time individual NCAA Division I champion.

Career

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In 2016, Camacho-Quinn won gold in the 100 m hurdles at the NCAA Division I Championships. She participated at the 2016 Rio Olympics in her specialty event, achieving 12.70 seconds in the heats, a time that would have secured her fifth place in the final. However, she was disqualified in the semi-finals after hitting a hurdle.[12]

Camacho-Quinn set a new personal best of 12.58 s in finishing second at the 2017 NCAA Division I Championships.[13] The following year, she returned to winning ways by finishing 1st at the 2018 NCAA Division I Championships.

In 2021, Camacho-Quinn won her first Diamond League at the Golden Gala with a new personal best time of 12.38 s.[14] She won gold at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, having set an Olympic record in the semi-finals.[2][9]

At the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, she won bronze with a time of 12.23 sw finishing behind Tobi Amusan and Britany Anderson.[15]

In 2023, Camacho-Quinn opened her season by winning the Doha Diamond League in a time of 12.48 s.[16] Later that year, she won silver at the 2023 World Championships with a time of 12.44 s.[17]

She competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics, winning bronze in the 100 m hurdles.[18] On September 26, she won the first edition of the female-only Athlos track meet with a time of 12.36 s.[19]

Personal life

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Her parents are James Quinn, an African-American man, and María Milagros Camacho, a Puerto Rican woman. Both competed in athletics at Baptist College (now Charleston Southern University) in Charleston, South Carolina, with her father competing in hurdles and her mother as a sprint runner and long jumper.[2] Camacho-Quinn's mother is from Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, which made Camacho-Quinn eligible to represent Puerto Rico in international competitions, including in the Olympics.[20][21] National Football League (NFL) player Robert Quinn is her brother.[22] Jasmine graduated from Fort Dorchester High School, in North Charleston, South Carolina.[23]

Identity

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Born and raised in South Carolina, Camacho-Quinn decided later in life that she wanted to know more about her mother's side of the family, who live in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico.[24] She identifies as a Puerto Rican.[25] In July 2021, she tweeted about her mother, "You see my mommy? The PUERTO RICAN woman that birthed me?"[26] and stated "I am Puerto Rican" in a video posted by the Puerto Rican Olympic Committee.[27][28]

Camacho-Quinn is the first Afro-Puerto Rican to win a gold medal. This was celebrated by social anthropologist Bárbara Abadía-Rexach, who stated, "Camacho-Quinn’s victory is a pioneering example for black girls on the island that shows them they can achieve whatever they set their minds to, despite the systemic barriers they will encounter due to their gender, race and ethnicity."[27]

Achievements

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Camacho-Quinn (R) races the 60 m hurdles at the 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships.

All information taken from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[5]

International competitions

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Representing  Puerto Rico
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
2016 NACAC U23 Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 1st 100 m hurdles 12.78 (wind: -1.5 m/s)
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro Brazil – (sf) 100 m hurdles DQ R168.7b
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 1st 100 m hurdles 12.37 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
2022 World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 3rd 100 m hurdles 12.23 (wind: +2.5 m/s)
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador, El Salvador 1st 100 m hurdles 12.61
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd 100 m hurdles 12.44 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 3rd 100 m hurdles 12.36 (wind: -0.3 m/s)

Circuit wins

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100 metres hurdles wins, other events specified in parentheses

Personal bests

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Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[5]

Individual events

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Type Event Time (s) Venue Date Record Notes
Outdoor 60 metres 7.48 Marietta, United States 29 July 2020 (Wind: +0.3 m/s)
100 metres 11.22 Clermont, United States 24 July 2020 NR (Wind: +0.9 m/s)
150 metres 16.91 Marietta, United States 29 July 2020 NBP (Wind: 0.0 m/s)
200 metres 22.27 Carolina, Puerto Rico 18 March 2022 (Wind: +1.2 m/s)
300 metres 36.12 Alachua, United States 5 July 2020 NBP
100 metres hurdles 12.26 Tokyo, Japan 1 August 2021 NR (Wind: -0.2 m/s)
300 metres hurdles 47.86 Union City, United States 19 May 2012
Long jump 6.15 m Columbia, United States 17 May 2014 (Wind: +0.6 m/s)
4 x 100 metres relay 42.30 Knoxville, United States 13 May 2018 Paired with Celera Barnes, Kayelle Clarke and Khianna Gray
4 x 200 metres relay 1:30.76 Knoxville, United States 14 April 2018 Paired with Sydney McLaughlin, Kayelle Clarke and Celera Barnes
4 x 400 metres relay 3:25.99 Knoxville, United States 13 May 2018 Paired with Faith Ross, Sydney McLaughlin and Kayelle Clarke
Indoor 60 metres hurdles 7.95 i Clemson, United States 9 February 2018 NR
200 metres short track 22.81 i Louisville, United States 12 February 2022 NR
4 x 400 metres relay short track 3:30.08 i College Station, United States 10 March 2018 Paired with Faith Ross, Sydney McLaughlin and Kayelle Clarke

Season's bests

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Year 100 m hurdles
2011 15.52
2012 —
2013 13.84
2014 13.37
2015 —
2016 12.69
2017 12.58
2018 12.40
2019 12.82
2020 —
2021 12.26
2022 12.27
2023 12.31
2024 12.35

Key:   Lifetime best (in bold)

American championships

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
Representing Kentucky Wildcats (2016–2018)
2013 NSAF Nationals Greensboro, North Carolina 6th 100 m hurdles 14.10 (wind: -1.4 m/s)
4th Long jump 5.86 (wind: +2.0 m/s)
2016 NCAA Division I Championships Eugene, Oregon 8th 200 m 23.07 (wind: +1.9 m/s)
1st 100 m hurdles 12.54 (wind: +3.8 m/s)
5th 4 × 100 m relay 43.02
U.S. Olympic Trials Eugene, Oregon 10th (sf) 100 m hurdles 13.02 (wind: -1.1 m/s)
2017 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships College Station, Texas 13th (p) 200 m 23.38
7th 60 m hurdles 8.11
NCAA Division I Championships Eugene, Oregon 12th (p) 200 m 23.24 (wind: +1.9 m/s)
2nd 100 m hurdles 12.58 (wind: +1.6 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 42.51
2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships College Station, Texas 7th 200 m 23.05
3rd 60 m hurdles 7.96
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.08
NCAA Division I Championships Eugene, Oregon 20th (p) 200 m 23.44 (wind: +2.2 m/s)
1st 100 m hurdles 12.70 (wind: +0.9 m/s)
4th 4 × 100 m relay 43.49
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.52
2021 USATF Open Fort Worth, Texas 1st 100 m hurdles 12.84 (wind: -2.1 m/s)

Source:[3][29]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b c "Athlete profile – CAMACHO-QUINN Jasmine". Olympics.com. IOC. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | Kentucky – Track and Field Results TFRRS
  4. ^ a b "Jasmine Camacho-Quinn". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Jasmine CAMACHO-QUINN – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Jasmine Camacho-Quinn wins gold for Puerto Rico, sparking another identity debate". Los Angeles Times. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  7. ^ What Makes Someone Puerto Rican Enough? How About Winning Gold?. Adriana Rozas Rivera. Refinery29.com. 3 August 2021. Accessed 20 February 2022. Archived.
  8. ^ Who is Jasmine Camacho-Quinn? Puerto Rican athlete beats Keni Harrison to win 100m Olympic gold: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn beat record-holder Keni Harrison to win Puerto Rico's second-ever gold at the Olympics this year in Tokyo. Bhagyasri Chaudhury. MEA WorldWide. 1 August 2021. Accessed 20 February 2022. Archive.
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  11. ^ Miranda, Gabriela (2 August 2021). "Black Puerto Rican Jasmine Camacho-Quinn's gold medal represents more than a record win". USA Today. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  12. ^ Watta, Evelyn (23 July 2022). "Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn on handling the pressure as she pursues her first World Championships medal: "This is my first worlds, there's nothing to be afraid of"". olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
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  22. ^ "Jasmine Camacho-Quinn contará con el apoyo de su hermano". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 17 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
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Records
Preceded by
 Sally Pearson (AUS)
 Women's 100 m hurdles Olympic record holder
1 August 2021 – present 		Incumbent
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Puerto Rico with Sebastian Rivera
Paris 2024 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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