Shaunae Miller-Uibo

Shaunae Miller-Uibo
Shaunae Miller-Uibo in London 2017
nation	Bahamas
birthday	15th April 1994 (age 26)
place of birth	Nassau , Bahamas
size	185 cm
Weight	69 kg
Career
discipline	sprint
Best performance	200 meters 21.74 s 400 meters 48.37 s
society	Georgia Bulldogs
status	active
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × 0 × 0 × World championships 0 × 2 × 1 × Indoor world championships 0 × 0 × 1 × Commonwealth Games 1 × 0 × 0 × U20 world championships 1 × 0 × 0 × U18 world championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Olympic games gold Rio de Janeiro 2016 400 m  World championships silver Beijing 2015 400 m bronze London 2017 200 m silver Doha 2019 400 m  Indoor world championships bronze Sopot 2014 400 m  Commonwealth Games gold Gold Coast 2018 200 m  Junior World Championships gold Moncton 2010 400 m  Youth World Championships gold Lille 2011 400 m
last change: October 4th, 2019

Shaunae Miller-Uibo (* 15. April 1994 in Nassau as Shaunae Miller ) is a Bahamian sprinter and Olympic champion.

Athletic career

She won over 400 meters at the 2010 Junior World Championships in Moncton and at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Lille .

At the 2012 Olympic Games in London , she did not reach the finish line in the 400-meter run, and at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow she was fourth over 200 meters . In the same year she was starting NCAA indoor champion over 400 meters for the University of Georgia .

In 2014 she won bronze over 400 meters at the World Indoor Championships in Sopot . At the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow , she was sixth over 400 meters and seventh in the 4 x 400 meters relay .

In 2015 she set a national record over 200 meters at the Jamaica International Invitational with 22.14 s. At the World Championships in Beijing , she won silver in the 400 meter competition in 49.67 s behind Allyson Felix (49.26 s). In the 4 x 400 meter relay competition , the Bahamian quartet with Lanece Clarke , Christine Amertil , Katrina Seymour and Miller was eliminated despite a national record of 3: 28.46 minutes in advance.

At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , she was the flag bearer of her team at the opening ceremony. In the athletics competition of the Rio Games, she won the gold medal over the 400-meter distance in 49.44 s ahead of the American Allyson Felix (49.51 s). She reached the finish line with a " dive ", which she said was a fall that resulted from exhaustion.

At the Prefontaine Classic 2017 in Eugene Oregon, she finished second over 200 meters, improving her national record from 22.05 s to 21.91 s. On June 4, 2017, she set a new world record on a straight track with 21.76 seconds in a street race in Boston. At the World Championships in London 2017 , she stumbled over the 400 meters short of the finish line while being clearly in the lead and was only fourth. Then she won the bronze medal over 200 meters. At the Diamond League final in Zurich, Shaunae Miller-Uibo won the 200 meters in 21.88 s and again improved her national record. A week later she also won the 400 meters of the Diamond League in Brussels in 49.46 s (world best time).

At the Commonwealth Games 2018 in Gold Coast , she won the gold medal over the 200 meters in 22.09 s on April 12. On May 20, she set a new world record over 150 meters straight at the Boost Boston Games with 16.23 s (wind: −0.7 m / s). At the Diamond League Meeting in Monaco on July 20, she met Salwa Eid Naser and it was the fastest 400-meter run since September 2009 - Miller-Uibo won a new national and Diamond League record of 48.97 seconds, overtaking Tonique Williams-Darling as the national record holder after 14 years. On August 31, Miller-Uibo defended her title over 200 meters at the Diamond League final in Brussels in 22.12 seconds and thus remained unbeaten over 200 and 400 meters in 2018.

In 2019 she won the silver medal over 400 meters at the World Championships in Doha with a continental record of 48.37 s, faster was only the Bahraini Salwa Eid Naser , who was third on the all-time best list with 48.14 s.

In 2010, 2015 and 2016 Miller-Uibo became the Bahamian champion in the 400-meter run. In 2017 she secured the title over 200 meters and in 2018 in the shot put and high jump.

She has been married to her college boyfriend, the Estonian decathlete Maicel Uibo , since 2017 .

Personal bests

• 100 meters: 10.98 s, July 24, 2020 in Clermont
• 150 meters straight: 16.23 s, May 20, 2018 in Boston ( world record )
• 200 meters: 21.74 s, August 29, 2019 in Zurich ( Bahamian record )
  • 200 meters (hall): 23.26 s, February 9, 2013 in Blacksburg
  • in a straight line: 21.76 s on June 4, 2017 in Boston ( world record )
• 300 meters: 34.41 s, June 20, 2019 in Ostrava ( world best time )
  • 300 meters (hall): 35.45 s, February 3, 2018 in New York ( world best time )
• 400 meters: 48.37 s, October 3, 2019 in Doha ( North and Central America record )
  • 400 meters (hall): 50.88 s, March 9, 2013 in Fayetteville
• High jump: 1.70 m, June 22, 2018 in Nassau
• Shot put: 11.48 m, June 22, 2018 in Nassau

Web links

Commons : Shaunae Miller-Uibo  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Shaunae Miller-Uibo in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Shaunae Miller-Uibo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at the University of Georgia (English)

Footnotes

1. ^ IAAF: It's Miller time in Kingston . May 10, 2015
2. ^ IAAF: Report: women's 400m final - IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 . August 27, 2015
3. ^ Süddeutsche.de: Gold durch Hecht In: Süddeutsche.de , August 16, 2016
4. ↑ http://de.euronews.com/2016/08/17/shaunae-miller-mit-hechtsprung-zu-gold
5. ↑ https://www.diamondleague.com/fileadmin/IDL_Default/files/documents/2017/Brussels/Results.pdf
6. ↑ https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/result-women-s-200m-fnl-000100-.htm
7. ↑ http://www.adidasboostboston.com/events/may-20/womens-150m.php
8. ↑ https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/monaco-diamond-league-miller-uibo