Carmiesha Cox (born 16 May 1995) is a Bahamian sprinter and hurdler who attended

Purdue University Purdue University is a Public university#United States, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded ...

. She was part of a gold-medal winning Bahamian team at the

2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships The 16th Pan American Junior Championships were held in Miramar, Florida, United States, at the Ansin Sports Complex on July 22 to 24, 2011.

. She also ran the third leg of the 4x400 metres Relay at the

2016 Olympic Games The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

Early life

Carmiesha Arecta Anna Cox was born to Carmen and Dwight Cox. She has four siblings - three older brothers and one older sister. Cox attended high school at Aquinas College. She later attended Purdue University, from 2014 to 2018, where she majored in Business Management.

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* * * Bahamian female hurdlers Bahamian female sprinters 21st-century Bahamian sportswomen 1995 births Purdue University alumni Living people Athletes from Nassau, Bahamas Olympic athletes for the Bahamas Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games athletes for the Bahamas Purdue Boilermakers women's track and field athletes {{bahamas-athletics-bio-stub