Tia-Adana Belle

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Tia-Adana Belle
Personal information
Born (1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 27)
Ellerton, Barbados
Education St. Augustine's University
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 400 metres hurdles
University team St. Augustine's Falcons
Coached byGeorge Williams

Tia-Adana Djena Belle (born 15 June 1996) is a Barbadian athlete competing in the 400 metres hurdles. [2] She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics without advancing from the first round. In addition, she won the silver medal at the 2013 World Youth Championships.

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She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [3]

Personal best

EventResultVenueDate
Outdoor
400 m hurdles54.18 Flag of the United States.svg Gainesville28 March 2019

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados
2011 CARIFTA Games (U17) Montego Bay, Jamaica 7th400 m58.02
2nd4 × 400 m relay3:44.61
2012 CARIFTA Games (U17) Hamilton, Bermuda 4th400 m59.93
3rd4 × 400 m relay3:56.87
Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships
(U18)
San Salvador, El Salvador 2nd400 m55.92
2nd400 m hurdles60.68
2013 CARIFTA Games (U20) Nassau, Bahamas 3rd400 m hurdles61.36
2nd4 × 400 m relay3:41.89
World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 2nd400 m hurdles58.42
2014 Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships
(U20)
Morelia, Mexico 1st400 m hurdles60.30
World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 9th (h)400 m hurdles 58.59
2015 Pan American Junior Championships Edmonton, Canada 3rd400 m hurdles60.03
Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 7th (h)4 × 400 m relay 3:31.72 1
NACAC Championships San José, Costa Rica 13th (h)400 m hurdles 61.05
2016 NACAC U23 Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 3rd400 m hurdles 57.16
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 27th (h)400 m hurdles 56.68
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 37th (h)400 m hurdles 58.82
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 12th (h)400 m hurdles 56.55
Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla, Colombia 12th (h)400 m hurdles 58.42
NACAC Championships Toronto, Canada 8th400 m hurdles 58.82
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 5th400 m hurdles 55.93
World Championships Doha, Qatar 35th (h)400 m hurdles 58.44
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 22nd (sf)400 m hurdles 59.26
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador, El Salvador 4th400 m hurdles 56.82

1Disqualified in the final

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References

  1. "Rio 2016 bio". Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  2. Tia-Adana Belle at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. "Athletics BELLE Tia-Adana". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-22. Retrieved 2021-08-22.