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Jasmine Camacho-Quinn

b. 1996

Puerto Rican hurdler

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About Jasmine Camacho-Quinn

Born 1996. Jasmine Camacho-Quinn is an American athletics competitor.

Career 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.

Camacho-Quinn set a new personal best of 12.58 s in finishing second at the 2017 NCAA Division I Championships. 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. She won gold at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, having set an Olympic record in the semi-finals.

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

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

In September 2024, it was announced that she had signed up for the inaugural season of the Michael Johnson founded Grand Slam Track.

Personal life 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. National Football League (NFL) player Robert Quinn is her brother. Jasmine graduated from Fort Dorchester High School, in North Charleston, South Carolina.

In May 2026, announced that she was expecting her first child.

Identity 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. She identifies as a Puerto Rican. In July 2021, she tweeted about her mother, "You see my mommy? The PUERTO RICAN woman that birthed me?" and stated "I am Puerto Rican" in a video posted by the Puerto Rican Olympic Committee.

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." ''

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University of Kentucky, Fort Dorchester High School
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Who is Jasmine Camacho-Quinn?

Puerto Rican hurdler (1996-)

When was Jasmine Camacho-Quinn born?

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn was born on 21 August 1996 in Charleston.

What is Jasmine Camacho-Quinn's occupation?

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn is an athletics competitor.

What nationality is Jasmine Camacho-Quinn?

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn

· Wikidata: Q26356807

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