Tiffany Donnama James (born 31 January 1997) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the

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and the

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Youth and junior career

She won numerous gold and other medals at the

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and

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. At the 2013 World Youth Championships, she won the bronze medal in the

but was disqualified in the medley relay. Her relay team was again disqualified at the 2014 World Junior Championships, in addition to not reaching the individual

final at the same event. At the

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she reached the final in neither the

nor the relay. Her gold medal at the 2013 World Youth Championships, though, made her "the first Jamaican female to win gold in the event at a global meet". At her final World U20 Championships in 2016, she won the gold medal in the

and a silver medal in the

Senior career

In 2018, James started competing regularly for the Jamaican national relay team. She first ran in the heats at the 2018 World Indoor Championships, then at the

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, at the

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finishing second before winning silver medals at both the

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and the

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. Individually, she won the gold medal at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. In 2019, she again ran at the Penn Relays as well as the 2019 World Relays. Her individual successes were limited this year, not making it to the final at the 2019 NACAC U23 Championships, but she finished the season with three major medals in the relay: a bronze medal at the

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, followed by the 2019 World Championships where she helped win silver in the

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and bronze in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay. James missed most of 2020 and mostly competed in Jamaica and the US in 2021. In 2022, she ran for the relay team in the heats at the 2022 World Indoor Championships as well as the 2022 World Championships. She reprised her role in the final round of the

at the 2022 World Championships, in which her team finished fifth.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:James, Tiffany 1997 births Living people Jamaican female sprinters Place of birth missing (living people) Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Jamaica Pan American Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica World Athletics Championships medalists Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games World Athletics Indoor Championships winners 21st-century Jamaican sportswomen