ST. FORT Khalifa

Trinidad and Tobago

Athletics

Date of Birth: 13 Feb 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : CLERMONT, FL

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 4 x 100m Relay TTO Trinidad and Tobago

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 4 x 100m Relay Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	4 x 100m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5th (42.12)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	100m	4 x 100m
2017	London, GBR	Heats (11.44)	6th (42.62)
2015	Beijing, CHN	-	3rd

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 100m
2017	Nassau, BAH	Heats (DNF)

NACAC Championships

Year	Location	100m	4 x 100m
2018	Toronto, ON, CAN	6th (11.28)	DNS

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	100m
2018	1 x 7th, 1 x 8th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
7	2018	100m	Stockholm, SWE	11.35
8	2018	100m	Oslo, NOR	11.28

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Nickname:

Khali (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Hobbies:

Reading, watching television shows. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Nursing - Lake-Sumter State College, Leesburg, FL, USA

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Pure Athletics [Clermont, FL, USA]

Coach:

Lance Brauman [personal], USA

Injuries:

She suffered an Achilles injury in June 2019 that meant she did not compete for the remainder of that year. (guardian.co.tt, 28 Jun 2019)

A hamstring injury meant she did not compete in the 200m and the 4x100m relay at the 2016 World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. She returned to competitive action at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (fl.milesplit.com, 22 Jul 2016)

She suffered from hip pain at the 2016 CARIFTA Games in St George's, Grenada. (cbslocal.com, 08 Apr 2016)

Start:

She took up running at age 13 and joined a local club in Miramar, FL, United States of America. (trinidadexpress.com, 20 Jul 2015; Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Reason:

"I loved to run." (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Memorable:

Competing in the final of the 4x100m relay at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 26 Jul 2021)

Hero:

Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. (milesplit.com, 07 Sep 2015)

Influence:

Her parents. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Ritual:

She likes to drink a coffee and do her makeup before a race. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Philosophy:

"No one can win a race on paper. On any day anyone can be beaten." (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Award:

She received the First Citizens Sports Foundation 2015 Girls Youth of the Year award in Trinidad and Tobago. (teamtto.org, 31 Jan 2016)

General Interest

General
CHOOSING TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
She was born in the United States of America and grew up in Miami, Florida, while visiting Trinidad and Tobago from an early age. Her mother was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago and her father is from the United States of America. "I identify with the Trinidad and Tobago team extremely well and I do not see myself trying out for a US team. I love Trinidad and Tobago as well as my teammates." (cbslocal.com, 08 Apr 2016; trinidadexpress.com, 20 Jul 2015; milesplit.com, 07 Sep 2015)

TURNNG PRO
During her final year at high school in 2015/16 she signed a letter of intent to join the University of Los Angeles, California [UCLA] in 2016/17, but in early 2016 she decided not to attend UCLA and instead turn professional. It meant she gave up the remainder of her final year of eligibility to represent her high school, St Thomas Aquinas, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. After taking a year off from studying to focus on her professional career, she went on to study nursing at Broward College in 2018 and Lake-Sumter State College in 2020, both in Florida. (LinkedIn profile, 07 Dec 2020; sun-sentinel.com, 24 Mar 2016; flotrack.org, 23 Mar 2016)

Milestones

She became the youngest female athlete to win a medal in a relay event at the world championships when she received a bronze medal for the 4x100m event at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, People's Republic of China, at age 17 years and 197 days. She did not race in the final, but took part in the heats. (SportsDeskOnline, 29 Mar 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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