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| Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2000-04-08) 8 April 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400mH: 54.94 (Freeport, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sanique Walker (born 8 April 2000) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes over 400 metres hurdles.[1]
Early life
She was educated at Vere Technical High School in Jamaica before later attending college in the United States at the University of Texas at Austin on a scholarship.[2][3]
Career
She finished third over 400 metres hurdles at the 2017 Jamaican Boys and Girls' Championships.[3] She finished runner-up over 400 metre hurdles to South African Zeney van der Walt at the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya running 58.27 seconds.[4] That year, she topped the U18 World Rankings with a best time of 57.27 seconds.[2]
The following year, she lowered her personal best to 57.19 seconds and competed at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland where she qualified for the semi-finals but had to withdraw with a hamstring injury.[5][6][2]
She finished fourth in the 400 metre hurdles at the 2025 Jamaican Athletics Championships in Kingston, running 55.38 seconds.[7] She was a silver medalist at the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, The Bahamas running a personal best in the 400 metres hurdles of 54.94 seconds.[8][9] She was named as a reserve for the 2025 World Championships but was unable to replace the injured Rushell Clayton because of what the JAAA described as "logistical challenges" but Walker attributed in the Jamaica Observer to the fact that she was not given the opportunity to take the mandatory SRY gene test required for all competing female athletes.[10]
References
- ^ "Sanique Walker". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ a b c "Sanique Walker off on scholarship to Texas". Track Alerts. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ a b "Walker upholds Vere tradition". Jamaica Gleaner. 7 Feb 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "Report: girls' 400m hurdles – IAAF World U18 Championships Nairobi 2017". World Athletics. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ "Preview: women's 400m hurdles – IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018". World Athletics. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ "IAAF World U20 Championships". World Athletics. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ "Jamaican Championships". World Athletics. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "Nacac Championships". World Athletics. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ "Taylor breaks national 800m record at NACAC Senior Championships". Radio Jamaica News Online. August 16, 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ Lowe, Andre (11 Sep 2025). "Sanique Walker disappointed by World Champs oversight". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 12 Sep 2025.
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