Tobi Amusan

Oluwatobiloba Amusan

Oluwatobiloba “Tobi” Amusan is a Nigerian sprint hurdler and the ratified world-record holder in the women's 100 metres hurdles. She set the 12.12-second record while winning the 2022 world title, becoming Nigeria's first gold medallist at the World Athletics Championships.

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About Tobi Amusan

Profile information current to 2026-08-18.

Nigeria · Track-and-field athlete, Sprint hurdler · 1 affiliation

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Known for: Women's 100 metres hurdles; Nigerian international athletics; World-record performance
Country: Nigeria

Track-and-field athlete
Sprint hurdler

At a glance

Amusan set the women's 100 metres hurdles world record of 12.12 seconds in the semifinal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.
Her victory in the final made her Nigeria's first World Athletics Championships gold medallist.
Her championship record includes World, Commonwealth, African and NCAA titles, as well as a World Championships silver medal in 2025.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed in 2024 that she had not committed an anti-doping rule violation in a whereabouts-failure proceeding and imposed no sanction.

Background and route into hurdling

Amusan was raised in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, by parents who were both teachers. She played football at school and attracted attention as a sprinter before moving into competitive hurdling. She later attended the University of Texas at El Paso on an athletic scholarship, where a 2018 university account identified her as a health promotions major continuing coursework toward a degree.

Rise through collegiate and international athletics

After moving into hurdling in 2014, Amusan won the African Games 100 metres hurdles title in 2015. Competing for UTEP, she won the 2017 NCAA outdoor championship in 12.57 seconds. She added the Commonwealth Games and African Championships titles in 2018, establishing herself among the leading international sprint hurdlers.

World record and major titles

Amusan won her first Diamond League Final in 2021, breaking Glory Alozie's long-standing African record with a time of 12.42 seconds. At the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, she lowered the world record to 12.12 seconds in the semifinal and won the final later that day. She subsequently retained her Commonwealth Games title in Birmingham in a Games-record 12.30 seconds and received Nigeria's national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger.

Later championship record

Amusan won the African Games title again in Accra in 2024 and took silver in the women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. In 2026, she won her third African Championships title and earned Commonwealth Games bronze, results indicating that she remained an active elite international hurdler during that season.

Whereabouts proceeding

In a proceeding concerning alleged whereabouts failures, a World Athletics disciplinary tribunal found that Amusan had not committed an anti-doping rule violation. On 28 June 2024, the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed appeals by World Athletics and the World Anti-Doping Agency, confirming the finding and imposing no sanction. The court acknowledged two filing failures but found that an alleged third whereabouts failure had not been established; the case did not arise from a positive test.

Affiliations

University of Texas at El Paso Student-athlete 2016-01

Timeline

2015 Won the African Games 100 metres hurdles title in Brazzaville.
2017-06-10 Won the NCAA outdoor 100 metres hurdles championship for UTEP in 12.57 seconds.
2021-09-09 Won her first Diamond League Final and broke the African record with a time of 12.42 seconds.
2022-07-24 Set the 12.12-second world record in the World Championships semifinal and won the final later that day.
2022-08-07 Retained the Commonwealth Games 100 metres hurdles title with a Games-record 12.30 seconds.
2024-06-28 The Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed that she committed no anti-doping rule violation in the whereabouts case and imposed no sanction.
2025-09-15 Won silver in the women's 100 metres hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in 12.29 seconds.
2026-05 Won her third African Championships 100 metres hurdles title in Accra.
2026-07 Won bronze in the women's 100 metres hurdles at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Additional verified details

Current context

World Athletics listed Amusan as the women's 100 metres hurdles world-record holder at 12.12 seconds. Record status should be rechecked if the profile is published after the stated as-of date.
World Athletics listed Amusan at number two in the women's 100 metres hurdles world rankings. World rankings are dynamic and should be refreshed near publication.
Her 2026 African Championships title and Commonwealth Games bronze indicated that she remained an active elite international hurdler during the 2026 season.
Her latest World Athletics Championships medal as of the research date was silver in Tokyo on 15 September 2025.

Biographical facts

World Athletics records Amusan's date of birth as 23 April 1997.
She was raised in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, in a household where both parents were teachers.
Amusan played school football and drew attention through sprinting before moving into hurdling.
She attended the University of Texas at El Paso on an athletic scholarship and was identified by UTEP in 2018 as a health promotions major continuing coursework toward a degree.
World Athletics credits Amusan with three Diamond League Final victories.
Nigeria conferred on Amusan the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger following her 2022 international achievements.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed that Amusan committed no anti-doping rule violation in the whereabouts-failure proceeding and imposed no sanction.