- Status: Active
- Height: ~157cm (5’3”)
- Age: 20
- Birthday: August 17, 2004
- Nationality: Jamaican
- Events: 60m, 100m, 200m
- Personal Bests:
- 100m: 10.86s
- 60m: 7.14s
- 200m: 23.09s
Tia Clayton Honors
- 2024 Olympic Games, Seventh Place in the 100-meter
- Bronze at the 2025 World Athletics Relay in the 4 x 100-meter
- 2 x World U20 Champion in the 4 x 100-meter relay
Sports Career of Tia Clayton | Tia Clayton Biography
Tia Clayton is one of the fastest currently active female sprinters in the world. She finished seventh at the Olympics as a teenager. Her twin sister, Tina Clayton, also competes in the short sprints for Jamaica. Together, they’ve been dubbed “the fastest twins in the world.”
Clayton got her start in athletics in 2017, when she ran 12.28 seconds into a negative wind in the 100-meter dash. She was still only 12 years old at the time. This time is faster than many college sprinters across North America.
The next year, still only 13, Clayton would run under 12 seconds 14 times and lower her personal best to 11.56 seconds. She would beat many girls years older than her. For instance, she would win the Kingston International U18 Meet against girls as old as 17. She would continue to improve over her teenage years, competing mostly in her home country of Jamaica.
In 2019, she would run a slightly windy 11.32 seconds and run a legal best of 11.39 seconds at the end of the summer at the Jamaican U18 Championships. The next season was largely disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but she would still drop her best to 11.29 seconds in February.
During the 2021 season, she wouldn’t better her personal best, but she would be part of the gold medal-winning Jamaican 4 x 100-meter team at the U20 World Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. Her twin sister would also be on this team.
She would once again drop her best time the next season, running 11.25 seconds twice in June in Jamaica. She would then help Jamaica defend their 4 x 100-meter title at the World U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. Once again, her sister, Tina, would also be on this team.
Tia Clayton would make another small improvement in her best time the next season when she ran 11.23 seconds at the Racers Grand Prix in Kingston. She would go to Europe to run in meets in Italy and Luxembourg, tying her personal best with a victory at the 5° Meeting Brazzal in Vicenza.
2024 Breakthrough Year | Tia Clayton Olympics
2024 would be a breakthrough year for the 19-year-old Clayton. She would run a personal best of 11.12 seconds at her first meeting of the season in March and then drop her best to 10.86 seconds at the Jamaican Championships. This massive personal best would qualify her for the Olympics.
Together with her sister, she would be the third youngest runner in the 100-meter to make it past the preliminary round behind Alessandra Gasparelli of San Marino and Mariandree Chacón of Guatemala.
She would also go on to win her first Diamond League Meeting with a windy 10.83 seconds at the Silesia Kamila Skolimowska Memorial. Her next Diamond League victory would be in Doha on May 16, 2025, when she ran a world-leading time of 10.92 seconds. Her sister would finish second, running 11.02 seconds.
Tia Clayton Personal Life and Other Facts
Tia Clayton has a twin sister, Tina, who is also a Jamaican sprinter. The sisters won the U20 World Championships in the 100-meter twice together.
Their mother, Tishawna, competed in the short sprints nationally during her school years.
Tia Clayton FAQS | Tia Clayton
How Old Is Tia Clayton? | Tia and Tina Clayton Age
Tia Clayton and her sister Tina Clayton were born on August 17, 2024. At the time of writing, they’re still only 20 years old.
Who Is Faster, Tia or Tina Clayton?
Tia Clayton has the faster personal best in the 100-meter between the two sisters, having run a legal 10.86 seconds compared to Tina Clayton’s best of 10.95 seconds. However, Tina Clayton won the U20 World Championships twice in the 100-meter.
What Medals has Tia Clayton Won? | Tia Clayton Diamond League?
Tia Clayton has won gold medals at two Diamond League events at the time of writing. She is still only 20 years old and will likely win many more prestigious events in the future.