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Full name | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | Charleston, South Carolina, United States[1] | August 21, 1996|||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Orlando, FL | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 161 lb (73 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||
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College team | Kentucky Wildcats (2016–2018)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
Team | Nike | |||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | John Coghlan | |||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on August 2, 2021. |
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (born August 21, 1996)[4] is a Puerto Rican[5][6][7] track and field athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she became the second Puerto Rican ever to win a gold medal while representing Puerto Rico.[8] In the semi-finals, Camacho-Quinn set her personal best and Olympic record of 12.26 seconds, which is tied for the fourth fastest time in history.
Camacho-Quinn 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.
Season | Performance | Place | Date |
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2021 | 12.26 s OR, NR | Tokyo | 01/08/2021 |
2018 | 12.40 s | Knoxville | 13/05/2018 |
2016 | 12.69 s | Tuscaloosa | 14/05/2016 |
2014 | 13.37 s | Renton | 21/06/2014 |
Season | Performance | Place | Date |
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2014 | 11.66 s | Columbia | 15/05/2014 |
2013 | 11.90 s | Hopkins | 11/05/2013 |
Season | Performance | Place | Date |
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2016 | 22.87 s | Jacksonville | 27/05/2016 |
2014 | 23.77 s | Columbia | 17/05/2014 |
2013 | 24.34 s | Hopkins | 11/05/2013 |
Season | Performance | Place | Date |
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2014 | 6.15 m | Columbia | 17/05/2014 |
2013 | 5.98 m | Hopkins | 10/05/2013 |
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2016[2] | NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Oregon, United States | 8th | 200 m[10] | 23.07 |
1st | 100 m hurdles[11] | 12.54 (wind: +3.8 m/s) | |||
5th | 4×100 m relay[12] | 43.02 | |||
NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics | San Salvador, El Salvador | 1st | 100 m hurdles | 12.78 | |
SEC Championships | Alabama, United States | 1st | 12.69 | ||
3rd | 4×100 m relay | 43.55 | |||
4th | 4×400 m relay | 3:30.27 | |||
LSU Invitational | Louisiana, United States | 1st | 100 m hurdles | 12.73 (wind: +2.1 m/s) | |
12th | 200 m | 23.54 (wind: +2.0 m/s) | |||
Virginia Challenge | Virginia, United States | 4th | 100 m | 11.61 | |
1st | 100 m hurdles | 12.83 | |||
1st | 4×400 m relay | 3:34.40 | |||
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | – (semis) | 100 m hurdles | DQ R168.7b | |
2017 | NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Oregon, United States | 1st | 4×100 m relay | 42.51 |
2nd | 100 m hurdles | 12.58 (wind: +1.6 m/s) | |||
2018 | NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Oregon, United States | 1st | 100 m hurdles | 12.70 (wind: +3.8 m/s) |
2021 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea-Diamond League Event | Florence, Italy | 1st | 100 m hurdles[13] | 12.38 (wind: -0.8 m/s) |
Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | 100 m hurdles[14] | 12.37 (wind: -0.3 m/s) |
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 South Carolina, United States of America, with her father competing in hurdles and her mother as a sprint runner and long jumper.[15] Camacho-Quinn's mother, María Milagros Camacho, is from Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, which made Camacho-Quinn eligible to represent Puerto Rico in international competitions, including in the Olympics.[16][17] National Football League (NFL) player Robert Quinn is her brother.[18] Jasmine graduated from Fort Dorchester High School, in North Charleston, South Carolina.[19]
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.[20] She identifies as a Puerto Rican.[21] In July 2021, she tweeted about her mother, "You see my mommy? The PUERTO RICAN woman that birthed me?"[22] and stated "I am Puerto Rican" in a video posted by the Puerto Rican Olympic Committee.[23][24]
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."[23]