Jasmine Abrams (born 14 March 1994) is a Guyanese Olympic

athlete An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...

Career

In January 2020, Abrams set a new national indoor record in the 60 metres. In July 2021, she qualified to represent Guyana at the delayed

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in Tokyo. She finished seventh in her heat in the

Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres The women's 100 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 30 and 31 July 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. 71 athletes from 55 nations competed at the event. The defending champion, Elaine Thompson-Herah, won the event in 10.61 ...

running 11.79 seconds.

Personal life

Abrams was born in New York City to Guyanese parents. Her sister Aliyah Abrams is also an Olympic athlete.

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* * 1994 births Living people Guyanese female sprinters Olympic athletes for Guyana Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics American sportspeople of Guyanese descent Track and field athletes from New York City Olympic female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Guyanese sportswomen Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Guyana Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games {{Guyana-athletics-bio-stub