Jasmine Camacho-Quinn

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (born August 21, 1996)[5] is a Puerto Rican[6][7][8] track and field athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she became the first Puerto Rican of Afro-Latino descent and the second person representing Puerto Rico to win a gold medal.[9][10][11] In the semi-finals, Camacho-Quinn set her personal best and Olympic record of 12.26 seconds, which is tied for the fifth fastest time in history. She won bronze at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn
Camacho-Quinn in 2018
Personal information
Born (1996-08-21) August 21, 1996[1]
Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.[2]
Home townOrlando, FL
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight161 lb (73 kg)
Sport
CountryPuerto Rico
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Hurdles, Sprints, Long jump
College teamKentucky Wildcats (2016–2018)[3]
TeamNike
Turned pro2018
Coached byJohn Coghlan
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking
  • 100 m hurdles: 1st[4]
  • 200 m: 41st[4]
Personal best(s)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Puerto Rico
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 Tokyo100 m hurdles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 Budapest100 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place2022 Eugene100 m hurdles
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place2023 San Salvador100 m hurdles
NACAC U23 Championship
Gold medal – first place2016 San Salvador100 m hurdles

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 was a two-time individual NCAA Division I champion.

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.[12] Camacho-Quinn's mother is from Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, which made Camacho-Quinn eligible to represent Puerto Rico in international competitions, including in the Olympics.[13][14] National Football League (NFL) player Robert Quinn is her brother.[15] Jasmine graduated from Fort Dorchester High School, in North Charleston, South Carolina.[16]

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.[17] She identifies as a Puerto Rican.[18] In July 2021, she tweeted about her mother, "You see my mommy? The PUERTO RICAN woman that birthed me?"[19] and stated "I am Puerto Rican" in a video posted by the Puerto Rican Olympic Committee.[20][21]

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."[20]

Achievements
Camacho-Quinn (R) races the 60 m hurdles at the 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships.

All information taken from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[5]

International competitions
Representing  Puerto Rico
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2016 NACAC U23 Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 1st 100 m hurdles 12.78 (wind: -1.5 m/s)
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro Brazil – (sf) 100 m hurdles DQ R168.7b
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 1st 100 m hurdles 12.37 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
2022 World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 3rd 100 m hurdles 12.23 (wind: +2.5 m/s)
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador, El Salvador 1st 100 m hurdles 12.61
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd 100 m hurdles 12.44 (wind: -0.2 m/s)

Circuit wins
100 metres hurdles wins, other events specified in parentheses

Progression
100 metres hurdles
SeasonPerformancePlaceDate
202212.27Brussels02/09/2022
202112.26 OR NRTokyo01/08/2021
2020—
201912.82Marietta, GA17/05/2019
201812.40Knoxville, TN13/05/2018
201712.58Eugene, OR10/06/2017
201612.69Tuscaloosa, AL14/05/2016
2015—
201413.37Seattle, WA21/06/2014
201313.84Hopkins, SC11/05/2013
2012—
201115.52Summerville, SC26/04/2011
Long jump
SeasonPerformancePlaceDate
20146.15 mColumbia, SC17/05/2014
20135.98 mHopkins, SC11/05/2013
20125.53 mUnion City, CA19/05/2012
100 metres
SeasonPerformancePlaceDate
202011.22Clermont, FL24/07/2020
2019—
2018—
2017—
201611.61Charlottesville, VA22/04/2016
2015—
201411.66Columbia, SC17/05/2014
201311.90Hopkins, SC11/05/2013
200 metres
SeasonPerformancePlaceDate
202222.27Carolina18/03/2022
202122.60Miramar, FL27/03/2021
202022.45Clermont, FL25/07/2020
2019—
201822.69Fayetteville, AR27/04/2018
201722.88Lexington, KY26/05/2017
201622.87Jacksonville, FL27/05/2016
2015—
201423.77Columbia, SC17/05/2014
201324.34Hopkins, SC11/05/2013

American championships
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
 Representing Kentucky Wildcats (2016–2018)
2013 NSAF Nationals Greensboro, North Carolina 6th 100 m hurdles 14.10 (wind: -1.4 m/s)
4th Long jump 5.86 (wind: +2.0 m/s)
2016 NCAA Division I Championships Eugene, Oregon 8th 200 m 23.07 (wind: +1.9 m/s)
1st 100 m hurdles 12.54 (wind: +3.8 m/s)
5th 4 × 100 m relay 43.02
U.S. Olympic Trials Eugene, Oregon 10th (sf) 100 m hurdles 13.02 (wind: -1.1 m/s)
2017 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships College Station, Texas 13th (p) 200 m 23.38
7th 60 m hurdles 8.11
NCAA Division I Championships Eugene, Oregon 12th (p) 200 m 23.24 (wind: +1.9 m/s)
2nd 100 m hurdles 12.58 (wind: +1.6 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 42.51
2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships College Station, Texas 7th 200 m 23.05
3rd 60 m hurdles 7.96
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.08
NCAA Division I Championships Eugene, Oregon 20th (p) 200 m 23.44 (wind: +2.2 m/s)
1st 100 m hurdles 12.70 (wind: +0.9 m/s)
4th 4 × 100 m relay 43.49
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.52
2021 USATF Open Fort Worth, Texas 1st 100 m hurdles 12.84 (wind: -2.1 m/s)

Source:[3][22]

See also

References
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