Telecommunications giant, Globacom, on Thursday, unveiled women’s 100m hurdles World Record Holder, Tobi Amusan, as its Brand Ambassador.
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Oluwatobiloba Ayomide “Tobi” Amusan OON is a Nigerian track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles and also competes as a sprinter.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Oluwatobiloba Ayomide Amusan |
| Born | 23 April 1997 Ijebu Ode, Nigeria |
| Education | University of Texas at El Paso |
| Alma mater | Our Lady of Apostles Secondary School, Ijebu-Ode |
| Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) |
She is the current World, Commonwealth and African champion in the 100 m hurdles, as well as, the record holder in the three competitions.
Amusan became the first Nigerian world champion in an athletics event when she won the 2022 World Championships 100 m hurdles gold medal, setting the current world record of 12.12 seconds in the semifinal, followed up by a wind-assisted 12.06 s in the final to take a gold.
She won back to back Commonwealth and African titles in 2018 and 2022 in the 100m hurdles and is also a two-time African Games champion in the event.
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Telecommunications giant, Globacom, on Thursday, unveiled women’s 100m hurdles World Record Holder, Tobi Amusan, as its Brand Ambassador.
Amusan became the first Nigerian to win a gold medal in 100 metres hurdles at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and set a new world record of 12.12 seconds in the semifinal and 12.06 seconds in the final to take the gold medal.
She also won back-to-back African and commonwealth titles in 2018 and 2022 in the 100m hurdles event, a two-time African Games champion in the event.
She competed in the 100m hurdles at the Zurich Diamond League event, which she won in 12.29 seconds.
Amusan in her response said, “It is a proud day for me and I am grateful to God, m delighted to be associated with his illustrious company because I have always admired the company and I am delighted to have this opportunity to work with them.”
“ Globacom as we all know has a long history of rewarding excellence and empowering Nigerians and today I am happy to join the long list of sports stars like Anthony Joshua, Mikel Obi, Emmanuel Eminike, Osaze Odemwingie and many more.”
‘As a Glo ambassador, I hope to mentor and inspire young people to achieve their goals. Once again I am happy to be associated with Glo and to be its brand ambassador.”
Tobi Amusan World record
Tobi Amusan’s world record in the Women’s 100m Hurdles at the semifinals of the Athletics Championships in Oregon in July has been ratified by the World Athletics (previously known as IAAF).
A statement by the athletics body confirmed the status on Tuesday morning, September 20.
Impressive Amusan stunned the world when she crossed the finish line at 12.12 seconds to displace former world record holder, Kendra Harrison, who had set the world record in the 100 metres hurdles with a time of 12.20 seconds in 2016.
Amusan followed up with another blistering performance in the final with another sensational performance of 12.06 (2.5m/s) to win the final, but that was tagged wind-assisted.
The time of 12.12 seconds makes it the official world record to beat in the women’s hurdles.
She got another record-breaking gold medal for team Nigeria, this time at the commonwealth games in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Is married
The 25 years old talented athlete, Tobi Amusan is not yet married, she is also not in any publicly known relationship.
The young athlete Tobi is currently having no biological children.
The identity of Tobi’s parents is not known, however, Tobi always speaks fondly about her parents.
Her life revolved around school, house works, reading eating, and sleeping.