Tobi Amusan is a Nigerian track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles. Do you know that Tobi is the first Nigerian world champion in an athletics event when she won the 2022 World Athletics Championships 100 metres hurdles gold medal? Here’s Tobi’s Biography, Net worth, Age, Education, Family background, etc.
Who is Tobi Amusan?
Tobi is a Nigerian track and field athlete. She won the Diamond League Trophy in Zurich in 2021 in the 100m hurdles becoming the first Nigerian to do so, also breaking the then African Record held by Glory Alozie in the process.
Full name:Â Oluwatobiloba Ayomide Amusan
Age:Â 25
Date of birth:Â 23 April 1997
Place of birth:Â Ijebu Ode, Ogun State
State of origin: Ogun State
Nationality:Â Nigerian
Parents:Â Mr & Mrs Amusan
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Net worth:Â $1.5 million
Education:Â Our Lady of Apostles Ijebu Ode, University Of Texas At El Paso
Occupation:Â Athlete
Siblings: 3
Height: 1.56Â m (5Â ft 1Â in)
Weight:Â 57Â kg (126Â lb)
Marital Status: Single
Social media:Â Instagram@tobiamusan
Awards:Â Update soon
Amusan entered the 2022 World Athletics Championships as a medal contender after back-to-back 4th place finishes. In the heats she ran an African record of 12.40s, bettering her old record by 0.01s.
In the semifinal, she set a new world record of 12.12s. She bested her time once again in the final, running 12.06s (2.5 m/s wind assisted, thus not a legal WR), becoming the first Nigerian world champion at the World Athletics Championships.
Tobi recently competed in a Diamond League meet, finishing second with a time of 12.60s, behind Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn.
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