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Rosey Effiong (born 8 May 2001) is an American track and field athlete.


Early life

From
Dallas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...
, Texas, she attended DeSoto High School. Effiong began at the
University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas (U of A, UArk, or UA) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States. It is the Flagship campus, flagship campus of the University of Arkan ...
and ran for the
Arkansas Razorbacks The Arkansas Razorbacks, also known as the Hogs, are the College athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletics teams representing the University of Arkansas, located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Fayetteville. The University of Arkans ...
from 2020.


Career

Competing at the
2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon from July 6–9, 2023. They served as USA Track & Field's (USATF) national championships in track and field for the United States. The results of the ...
, in Eugene, Oregon, she finished fifth in the final of the 400 m. She was subsequently selected for the USA relay pool for the
2023 World Athletics Championships The 2023 World Athletics Championships (), the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, were held from 19 to 27 August 2023 at the National Athletics Centre (Budapest), National Athletics Centre, in Budapest, Hungary. The tourna ...
in
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in August 2023 and competed in the mixed relay. She won a gold medal as the USA team set a new world record time of 3:08.80. The world record time set by Effiong, Alexis Holmes,
Matthew Boling Matthew Boling (born June 20, 2000) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the sprints and long jump. He won four gold medals at the 2019 Pan American U20 Championships in the 100 m, 200 m, 4 × 100 m ...
and Justin Robinson was ratified by
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in November 2023. She met the 2024 Paris Olympics standard running 50.75 seconds for the 400 m at the SEC Championship in
Gainesville, Florida Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, United States, and the most populous city in North Central Florida, with a population of 145,212 in 2022. It is the principal city of the Gainesville metropolitan area, Florida, Gainesv ...
on 11 May 2024. She was runner-up to Alexis Holmes over 400 metres at the
2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships The 2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were held at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex on Staten Island, New York City from February 22–23. Organized by USA Track and Field (USATF), it served as the indoor United States national champio ...
. She was selected for the
2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships The 20th World Athletics Indoor Championships were held from 21 to 23 March 2025 in Nanjing, People's Republic of China, at the newly built Nanjing's Cube gymnasium in the Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park. Nanjing was originally due to host the ...
in
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in March 2025, where she qualified for the final. She also won gold in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Effiong, Rosey 2001 births Living people American female sprinters Arkansas Razorbacks women's track and field athletes 21st-century American sportswomen 21st-century African-American sportswomen World Athletics Championships winners NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships winners