Tamara Clark

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Tamara Clark
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1999-01-09) 9 January 1999 (age 24)
High Point, North Carolina, U.S.
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event 200 metres
Medal record
Women's athletics
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World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Budapest 4×100 m relay

Tamara Clark (born 9 January 1999) is an American track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. [1]

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High school

Clark attended High Point Central High School in High Point, North Carolina. She was a two-time North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) 4A outdoor state champion in the 100 meters and 200 meters in 2016 and 2017 and a two-time NCHSAA 4A indoor state champion in the 55 meters and 300 meters in 2016 and 2017. She won relay state championships in the indoor 4x200 and 4x400 relay in 2017 and outdoor 4x100 meter relay in 2017. Clark was also an AAU national champion in the 100 meters and 200 meters in 2016. [2]

College and professional career

Representing the University of Alabama, Clark received five All-American awards and swept the 100 and 200 meters at the 2021 SEC Championships before making her Diamond League debut in 2021 in the 200 metres in Monaco. [3] Clark finished in second place at the 2022 USATF Championships in the 200 metres to qualify for the 2022 World Athletics Championships, and cried with relief after missing out on a spot on the US Olympic team the year previous by one place. Clark was also named in the pool for the 4 x 100-meter relay for the event in Eugene, Oregon. [4] Clark won her heat in a time 22.27, edging former world champion Dina Asher-Smith into second, to qualify for the semi-finals, before then reaching the final and finishing sixth overall on her major event debut. [5]

She was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023. [6]

Personal records

Tamara Clark's current personal best in the 100m is 10.88. While in the 200m race, it is 21.92. [7]

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