Bouwahjgie Nkrumie
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| Nationality | Jamaican | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 February 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100m, 200m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bouwahjgie Nkrumie (born 16 February 2004) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competesin the 100 and 200 Meters . He is the current Jamaican U20 men's 100m record holder and the World Under-20 100m silver medallist.He is the first Jamaican U20 Athletes to break the 10- second barrier
Early life
[edit]Nkrumie is from Black River in St. Elizabeth Parish.[1] He attended Kingston College, Jamaica.[2]
Career
[edit]In April 2022, Nkrumie ran a new personal best time of 10.28s to win silver in the under-20 100 metres at the 2022 CARIFTA Games.[3] At the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in August 2022, Nkrumie was a double silver medallist. He finished second in the 100m, running a new national junior record time of 10.02.[4] He later also won silver as part of the Jamaican 4x100m relay team.[5]
On 29 March 2023 at the ISSA Boy’s and Girl’s Championship, he ran a new personal best of 9.99s for the 100m at the national stadium in Kingston.[6] This made him the first Jamaican junior in history to run under 10 seconds. He also became only the third junior in history to break the 10-second barrier, after Letsile Tebogo (9.91s) in 2022 and Trayvon Bromell (9.97s) in 2014.[7][8] Speaking after the event Nkrumie said that despite the time he had not executed his technique perfectly and felt he could go faster.[9]
Personal life
[edit]He is nicknamed “Dr Speed”.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ Reid, Paul. "Nkrumie eyes World Championships spot". Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ "KC's Bouwahjgie Nkrumie breaks Champs 100m record in semi-finals". Jamaica.loopnews. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Williams, Melton (16 April 2022). "Tina Clayton, DeAndre Daley strike gold in 100m at Carifta Games". Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Jacks, Bradley (2 August 2022). "Nkrumie runs spectacular 10.02 for 100m silver at World U-20 Championships". Sport Max. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ "J'can athletes sizzle in Cali". Jamaica Observer. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Smith, Racquel (29 March 2023). "Record Run: Bouwahjgie Nkrumie runs 9.99secs at Champs 2023; Alana Reid goes 10.92secs". World-track. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Gates, Zachary (30 March 2023). "Teen Jamaican sprint sensation does what Usain Bolt never did". nine.com. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Grassley, Todd (30 March 2023). "BOUWAHJGIE NKRUMIE, ALANA REID NEXT UP FOR JAMAICA AFTER SENSATIONAL 100S AT CHAMPS". Runnerspace.com. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Burnett, Ian (31 March 2023). "Nkrumie elated with historic 100m record despite imperfect execution". Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ "Dr Speed dips below 10 seconds to claim Champs title". Jamaican Gleaner. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- ^ "'Dr Speed' - KC's Nkrumie storms to Champs first sub-10 clocking". Jamaica Observer. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
