Nia Ali

Ali at the2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Nia Ali
Nationality	American
Born	(1988-10-23)October 23, 1988 (age 37) Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight	143 lb (65 kg)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Track and field
Event	100 metres hurdles
College team	USC Trojans
Team	Nike
Turned pro	2011
Coached by	John Coghlan
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2016
Personalbest	100 metres hurdles: 12.30
Medal record Women'strack and field Representing United States Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m hurdles World Championships 2019 Doha 100 m hurdles World Indoor Championships 2014 Sopot 60 m hurdles 2016 Portland 60 m hurdles World University Games 2011 Shenzhen 100 m hurdles

Nia Ali (born October 23, 1988) is an Americantrack and field athlete, who specializes in the100 m hurdles,heptathlon, and other events.

She is the2016 Olympic Silver Medalist in the 100-meter hurdles, the 2019 World champion in the 100-meter hurdles, and twice in a row world indoor champion (2014 Sopot and2016 Portland) in 60 meters hurdles.

Raised in theGermantown section ofPhiladelphia and attendingWest Catholic Preparatory High School, Ali moved toPleasantville, New Jersey for her senior year and graduated fromPleasantville High School in 2006.^[1]

In college, Ali was the 2011 NCAA leader andNCAA champion for theUSC Trojans in the 100 m hurdles in a time of (2.1w) 12.63.^[2] Ali formerly competed for theTennessee Volunteers (then the Lady Volunteers) where she wasSoutheastern Conference champion in the heptathlon and at USC she was anAll-American in the heptathlon.^[3]

Ali was selected to represent the U.S. in Shenzhen, China for the World University Games where she won the Gold Medal in a time of 12.85.

At the2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Ali took third in the 100 m hurdles to qualify for the2013 World Championships in Athletics.^[2] At the World Championships, Ali was a semi-finalist in the100 m hurdles, ultimately finishing 10th.^[4]

At the2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Ali took eighth in the 100 m hurdles.^[5]

She won the 60 meters hurdles at the 2013USA Indoor Track and Field Championships inAlbuquerque, New Mexico in a personal best of 7.93 and repeated the year later with a new personal best of 7.80,^[6] which also qualified her for the2014 World Indoor Championships where she took the gold medal running 7.80 a second time.

In 2015, Ali took a year off to give birth to her son with hurdlerMichael Tinsley.^[7] She returned to the2016 World Indoor Championships to successfully defend her gold medal. After winning, she carried her son on the victory lap.

Ali placed third in the 100 hurdles in a time of 12.55 at the2016 United States Olympic Trials behind Team USA teammatesBrianna Rollins,Kristi Castlin to qualify to represent the United States at the2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.^[8] Later that year she won the silver medal at the Olympics. The United States was the first country to win gold, silver, and bronze in the women's 100 hurdles in one Olympics in 2016; this was also the first time American women achieved such asweep in any Olympic track and field event.^[9]

In 2019, Ali won the gold medal in the 100 m hurdles at the IAAF world championships inDoha, Qatar with a personal-best time of 12.34.^[10] The time ties her withSharika Nelvis as the#9 performer of all time.

Ali has a son, Titus Maximus, with American OlympianMichael Tinsley,^[11][12] an American track and field athlete specializing in the 400-metre hurdles.^[13] In June 2018, she had a daughter with her partner, Canadian Olympic sprinterAndre De Grasse,^[13] and a second child in May 2021.^[14]

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