Shaunae Miller-Uibo (born 15 April 1994) is a Bahamian

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sprinter who competes in the 200 and

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. She is a two-time Olympic champion after winning the women's

at the

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and again at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. At the

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, Miller-Uibo won silver medals in the 400 m in

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and

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, and a bronze at the 200 m in

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when she also placed fourth at her longer distance. In 2022, she won her first world outdoor and indoor 400 m titles. She holds North American records in the 400 m both outdoors and indoors, set in October 2019 and February 2021, respectively. Her marks of 48.36 (improved at the Tokyo Games) and 50.21 seconds place her respectively sixth and joint eighth on the world all-time list. She holds world bests over the 300 metres outdoors and indoors. At 16 years old, she was the 400 m 2010 World junior champion and took the World youth title a year later. At 19, Miller-Uibo placed fourth in the 200 m at the 2013 World Championships, and then took her first senior medal (a bronze) at the 2014 World Indoor Championships competing at 400 m. She was the

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200 m champion and won four

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titles, having secured the 200 m/400 m double in

; she owns circuit records in both disciplines. Miller-Uibo holds the world's fastest women's marks in straight races of 150 m and 200 m. Her personal best of 21.74 s for the 200 m is a Bahamian national record. She won several national titles in both her disciplines and the NCAA Division I indoor title for the

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Early life

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heritage, Miller-Uibo was born in a Christian home to Mabelene and Shaun Miller in Nassau, Bahamas, the granddaughter and niece of pastors, on 15 April 1994. She has a personal faith and trust in God. Her sister is Shauntae-Ashleigh Miller, Miss Universe Bahamas 2020. She completed her high school education at St. Augustine's College in Nassau and later attended the

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Youth and junior career

Miller-Uibo competed in

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from a very young age and won five medals at the 2007 Central American and Caribbean Age Group Championships in Athletics in the under-14 category. Bronze medals in

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s followed at the

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and the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. She claimed the 400 m titles at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships and 2010 CARIFTA Games, as well as four medals with the Bahamas in the

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and

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. Sixteen-year-old Miller-Uibo became the first Bahamian to be 400 m champion at the

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and the youngest woman to ever win the event. She won the gold medal in a time of 52.52, denying Margaret Etim, who finished second in 53.05 (this was the slowest winning time in the history of the event). In the following year, Miller-Uibo won the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics with a time of 51.84, becoming the first athlete ever to hold both the U20 and U18 championship 400 m titles concurrently. She returned to defend her 400 m title at the 2011 CARIFTA Games, but was disqualified in the final. She also failed in her defence at the

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, trailing in fourth. However, she won 200 m and 4 × 400 metres relay silver medals at the 2012 CARIFTA Games. In her last age category competition, she won three gold medals (200 m, 400 m, 4 × 100 metres relay) at the 2013 CARIFTA Games and was given the Austin Sealy Award as the best athlete of the tournament.

Senior career

At the

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, Miller-Uibo did not finish her 400 m heat. She turned professional in 2013, signing a sponsorship deal with

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. She made her first global final that same year, taking fourth in the 200 m at the

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. The year after, Miller-Uibo won her first senior medal, finishing behind Francena McCorory and Kaliese Spencer in the 400 m at the

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. She made the 200 m final at the

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but ended the race in sixth. The 2015 season marked her first impact at the

, as she won the 400 m at the top level Athletissima and

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meets. Miller-Uibo won the silver medal in the 400 m at the 2015 World Championships that year. She also ran with the Bahamian women's 4 × 400 m relay team in the heats at that competition and set a Bahamian national record of 3:28.46 minutes. In 2016, Miller-Uibo won the Prefontaine Classic 400 m race. ;2016 Rio Olympic champion At the

, she won the gold medal in the 400 m, diving across the line to beat

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by 0.07 seconds and record a personal best time of 49.44 seconds. She was the flag-bearer for the Bahamas at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Miller-Uibo went on to win the gold medal again in the 400 m at the

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, held in

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in 2021.

At the 2017 Prefontaine Classic, Miller-Uibo became the first Bahamian woman to run under 22 seconds in the 200 m, improving her own national record to 21.91 seconds. On 4 June 2017, she set the

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world record of 21.76 s, greatly improving the previous record of 22.55 s set by

. At the 2017 World Championships in London, she won the bronze medal in the 200 m event and finished fourth in the 400 m final. That same year, Miller-Uibo became the first Bahamian ever to win a

title as she claimed both the 200 m and 400 m titles. Having dominated the 200 m during 2018 and 2019 and clocking a world-leading time in the 400 m in 2018, Miller-Uibo won the 400 m silver medal at the

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, running the tenth fastest time in history, a national record of 48.37 seconds.Senior Outdoor 400 Metres Women
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. In March 2022, she claimed her first world title as a senior, winning the women's 400 m event at the World Indoor Championships in

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with a time of 50.31 s, after her bronze indoor debut in 2014. Later that year in July, Miller-Uibo went on to secure her first senior world outdoor title at the World Championships Eugene 2022 in a time of 49.11 s, winning by nearly half a second in leading a Caribbean sweep. Afterwards, she revealed that she is looking forward to changing her main discipline to the 200 metres and possibly

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Personal life

Miller met Maicel Uibo, an Estonian decathlete who won silver at the 2019 World Championships in Georgia, and the pair married in 2017. On 4 February 2023, she announced her first pregnancy via

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. The baby, a son named Maicel Uibo Jr, was born on 20 April 2023.

Achievements

Personal bests

International competitions

Circuit wins and titles

champion:

(200 m & 400 m), Diamond blue

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(200 m),

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(2):

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, Eugene,

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(4): Shanghai (),

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(200 m, ), Brussels (WL ) :*

(6): Shanghai (200 m, MR SB), Eugene, Rabat (200 m, MR),

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(200 m, MR), Brussels (200 m) :*

(3): Monaco (200 m, SB), Birmingham (200 m), Zürich (200 m, WL DLR NR) :*

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(1): Monaco (200 m) :*

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, Monaco

National titles

* Bahamian National Championships ** 200 m: 2017,2021 ** 400 m: 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021 ** High jump: 2018

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller-Uibo, Shaunae 1994 births Living people Athletes from Nassau, Bahamas Bahamian Christians Bahamian female sprinters 21st-century Bahamian sportswomen Olympic female sprinters Olympic athletes for the Bahamas Olympic gold medalists for the Bahamas Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for the Bahamas Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for the Bahamas World Athletics Championships medalists Georgia Bulldogs women's track and field athletes Diamond League winners IAAF Continental Cup winners Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics World Athletics U20 Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships winners Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics