Oblique Seville

Oblique Seville (born 16 March 2001) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter. He won the 2025 World Athletics Championships men's 100 metre sprint, earning his first gold medal. Before that he had finished fourth in the same event at the 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships.

Biography Seville Seville was born and raised in St. Thomas, Jamaica. His cousin is fellow sprinter Ackeem Blake. He attended Holmwood Technical High School in Manchester, Jamaica and Calabar High School in St. Andrew, Jamaica.

Career Early career Seville clocked 10.13s (+1.4) to claim the Class One 100 metres title at the 2019 ISSA Boys and Girls Athletics Championships in Kingston. It was the second fastest time ever in 2019 for this age group in Jamaica. At the 2019 CARIFTA Games in George Town, Cayman Islands, he won the 100 metres in a time of 10.24 s as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay. He also won the 100 m at the Jamaican U20 Championships in Kingston in 10.13 s. He finished second in the 100 m at the 2019 Pan American U20 Championships in San José, Costa Rica in 10.21s and won silver in the 4 × 100 metres relay.

2020-2023 The COVID-19 pandemic prevented him from competing for most of 2020 but Seville impressed again in April 2021 at the Jamaican Olympic Trials qualification, running the fastest 100 m time. At the actual Jamaican Olympic trials in June 2021 for the delayed 2020 Summer Games, he was the fourth fastest with 10.10 seconds. In the final Seville finished third in the 100 m behind Tyquendo Tracey, and Yohan Blake to secure his place at the Olympics.

At the Tokyo Olympics, Seville reached the Olympic semi-finals of the 100 metres in 10.09 (-0.2), and finished 4th in the men's 4x100 metres final in 37.84.

He qualified for the 100 m final at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. In the final, he finished fourth in 9.97 (-0.1).

Seville finished third in the 2023 Jamaican national championships 100 m race, behind surprise winner Rohan Watson. Competing at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, he ran the same as his personal best in his first qualifying heat, running 9.86 seconds for the 100 metres. In the final of the 100 m he finished fourth in 9.88 seconds.

2024 In March, he lowered his 200 metres personal best time to 20.17 in Kingston, Jamaica. In May, he ran 19.96 for a straight 200 metres in Atlanta. He ran a personal best and world-leading time of 9.82 seconds to win the Racers Grand Prix in Kingston on 1 June, with Noah Lyles in second place.

In August 2024, at the Paris 2024 Olympics he further improved his 100 m personal best to 9.81 seconds to win his semi-final, before placing eighth in the final.

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

2025 In April, at the Kingston Grand Slam, the inaugural Grand Slam Track meeting, he finished second over 100 metres, running 10.08 seconds (−1.3 m/s). At the second event in Miami, he finished second over 100 metres and third in the 200 metres to finish overall runner-up to Kenny Bednarek in the two-race short sprint category. He improved his 100 m seasons best to 9.97 seconds at the Racers Grand Prix in Kingston, Jamaica on 7 June 2025. He ran 9.83 seconds to finish runner-up to Kishane Thompson in the 100 m at the 2025 Jamaican Athletics Championships.

On 19 July, he ran 9.86 seconds to win the 100 metres ahead of Noah Lyles and Letsile Tebogo at the London Diamond League, part of the 2025 Diamond League. The following month, he finished ahead of Lyles again winning in 9.87 (−0.3 m/s) at the Athletissima event in Lausanne in wet conditions.

On 14 September 2025 at the 2025 World Championships, Seville won the gold medal in the men's 100 metres, running 9.86 seconds in the semi-finals, and a new personal best of 9.77 seconds in the final to finish ahead of compatriot Kishane Thompson in second and Noah Lyles third. In October 2025, he had surgery to repair a toe injury he had since high school.

2026 At the Camperdown Classics in February in Kingston, he lowered his 400 m PB from 47.05 to 46.98 finishing 10th overall. In April, he raced at the Velocity Fest 19 meet clocking a 20.43 season opener in the 200 m. On 19 June, Seville won the 100 metre title at the Jamaican Athletics Championships with a time of 9.82 seconds. On 4 July, Seville ran 9.89 seconds to place second over 100 metres at the 2026 Prefontaine Classic. On 10 July, he won in 9.88 seconds for the 100 m at the 2026 Herculis Diamond League event in Monaco. On 23 August, he competed over 100m and won in a meeting record of 9.83 seconds (+1.4m/s) in the Diamond League at the 2026 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Silesia, Poland.

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