Sanique Walker
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| Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 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]
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.