Tina Clayton (athlete) explained

Tina Clayton (born 17 August 2004) is a Jamaican sprinter. She won gold medals for both the 100 metres and 4 × 100 m relay at both the 2021 and 2022 World Under-20 Championships. Clayton set a championship record in her individual event in 2022, while Jamaican women's relay team broke the world u20 record on both occasions with times of 42.94 s and 42.59 s respectively..^{[1] [2]}

Tina has a twin sister, Tia Clayton, who ran the anchor leg of those world records relays.

Biography

Tina Clayton attends Edwin Allen High School in Clarendon, Jamaica.^{[3] [4] [5]}

She won the girls 100 m and 4 × 100 m gold medals at the 2021 NACAC U18 Championships.^[6]

Clayton took the U20 100 m title at the 2022 CARIFTA Games in 11.22 seconds ahead of her twin sister, Tia Clayton, who earned the silver medal in 11.30.^[7] Jamaican women's 4 × 100 m relay team set there a world U20 record time which was not ratified because one of the four members of the quartet of Serena Cole, Tina Clayton, Brianna Lyston and Tia Clayton was not drug tested.^[8]

National Championships Results

Year	Competition	Place	Event	Position	Time	Notes
2019	Jamaican U18 Championships	Kingston	100m	bgcolor=silver	2nd	11.51	+1.2w
2021	Jamaican U20 Championships	Kingston	100m	bgcolor=gold	1st	11.25	0.0w
	Jamaican U20 Championships	Kingston	200m	bgcolor=gold	1st	23.61	-1.7w
2022	Jamaican U20 Championships	Kingston	100m	bgcolor=gold	1st	10.96	+1.0w
2023	Jamaican Championships	Kingston	100m	6th (semi-final)	11.44	-0.9w
2024	Jamaican Championships	Kingston	100m	6th (semi-final)	11.26	+1.5w

International competitions

2021	NACAC U18 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m	11.17
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 x 100 m relay	45.49
	World U20 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m	11.09
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 x 100 m relay	42.94
2022	CARIFTA Games	Kingston, Jamaica	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m	11.22
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 x 100 m relay	42.58
	World U20 Championships	Cali, Colombia	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m	10.95
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 x 100 m relay	42.59

Notes and References

1. Web site: Foster . Anthony . 2021-08-22 . Clayton twin leads Jamaica to 4×1 world record . live . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220314/https://trackalerts.com/clayton-twin-leads-jamaica-to-4x1-world-record/ . 2022-03-14 . 14 February 2022 . TrackAlerts.com.
2. Web site: Foster . Anthony . 2022-08-05 . Jamaica women set U20 4x100m world record in Cali . 2022-08-05 . TrackAlerts.com . en-US.
3. Web site: Tina Clayton proud of twin Tia's redemption . Daniel . Wheeler . May 16, 2021 . .
4. Web site: Graham . Raymond . 2021-08-20 . Clayton strikes gold in Nairobi . 2021-08-20 . The Gleaner.
5. Web site: 2021-08-03 . World U-20 Tina Clayton, Cole capture gold, silver for Jamaica in women's 100 metres . 2021-08-03 . The Gleaner.
6. News: NACAC – Teenagers Clayton, Reid and Hibbert lead Jamaica to top honours in San Jose. NACAC Athletics. 12 July 2021. 7 September 2021.
7. Web site: Clayton twins secure gold, silver for Jamaica in Girls U20 100m . Gladstone . Taylor . April 16, 2022 . .
8. Web site: 2022-06-01 . No new World Record for U20 4x100 Jamaicans . 2022-06-01 . . en.