Nickiesha Wilson

Nickiesha Wilson (born 28 July 1986 in Kingston) is a hurdler from Jamaica. She competes in the 100 m hurdles and the 400 m hurdles.[1]

Nickiesha Wilson
Personal information
Born (1986-07-28) 28 July 1986
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country Jamaica
SportAthletics
Event(s)400m Hurdles
Medal record
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro 400 m hurdles
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Dehli 400 m hurdles
CAC Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 Havana 400m hurdles
Silver medal – second place2009 Havana 4×400m relay
CAC Games
Gold medal – first place2010 Mayagüez 400m hurdles
Continental Cup
Gold medal – first place2010 Split400 m hurdles
Updated on 27 January 2015.

Currently her 100 m hurdles personal best is 12.79 achieved at Szczecin, Poland in 2009. She ran a personal best of 53.97 in the 400 m hurdles in Osaka in 2007.[2]

Wilson finished fourth in the 2007 World Championships in the 400 metres hurdles. She competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics where she qualified for the second round with the tenth fastest overall time of 55.75 seconds. In the 2010 Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal in 400 m hurdles.

Wilson is the most prolific hurdler in NCAA history. A 17 time college All-American and 3-time NCAA Champion at Louisiana State University (LSU), Wilson is the only hurdler in NCAA history to win the 400 meter hurdles (pr 53.97) and finish runner up in the 100 meter hurdles (pr 12.85) in the same year while also posting a top 5 finish in the indoor 60 meter hurdles (pr 8.01). Wilson led LSU to the outdoor NCAA team title by scoring 18 individual points for the Tigers. In the summer of 2008, Wilson opted to forgo her senior season at LSU to sign a professional contract with Adidas[3]

Personal bests
EventResultVenueDate
Outdoor
200 m23.98 s (wind: +1.4 m/s)Auburn, Alabama16 Apr 2011
400 m53.61 sClemson, South Carolina14 May 2011
800 m2:11.37Gainesville, Florida5 Apr 2013
100 m hurdles12.79 s (wind: +0.9 m/s)Szczecin15 Sep 2009
400 m hurdles53.97 sOsaka28 Aug 2007
Indoor
200 m23.59 sFayetteville, Arkansas2 Mar 2008
400 m53.66 sFayetteville, Arkansas26 Jan 2008
60 m hurdles7.55 sFayetteville, Arkansas23 Jan 2010

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Jamaica
2005 CARIFTA Games (U20) Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago 2nd 400m hurdles 57.38
Pan American Junior Championships Windsor, Ontario, Canada 1st 400m hurdles 57.40
2006 NACAC Under-23 Championships Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 5th 100m hurdles 13.64 (wind: +0.4 m/s)
2nd 400m hurdles 56.77
2007 Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2nd 400m hurdles 54.94
World Championships Osaka, Japan 4th 400m hurdles 54.10
2008 NACAC Under-23 Championships Toluca, Mexico 1st 400m hurdles 55.78 A
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.46 A
Olympic Games Beijing, China 7th (sf) 400m hurdles 54.67
2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba 1st 400m hurdles 56.95
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:34.02
World Championships Berlin, Germany 10th (sf) 400m hurdles 54.89
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 1st 400m hurdles 55.40
Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 3rd 400m hurdles 56.06
Continental Cup Split, Croatia 1st 400m hurdles 54.52
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 19th (sf) 400m hurdles 56.58
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 15th (sf) 400m hurdles 55.77
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 8th 400m hurdles 57.34
2014 Pan American Sports Festival Mexico City, Mexico 3rd 400m hurdles 56.64 A
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 19th (sf) 100 m hurdles 13.14

References
  1. Nickiesha Wilson. sports-reference. Retrieved on 2015-01-27.
  2. Nickiesha Wilson at World Athletics
  3. Track and Field - BIO - Nickiesha Wilson, LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers, retrieved 28 June 2018


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