Tina Clayton (born 18 August 2004) is a

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n sprinter. She won gold medals for both the

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and

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at both the

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and 2022 World Under-20 Championships. Clayton set a championship record in her individual event in 2022, while Jamaican women's relay team broke the world u20 record on both occasions with times of 42.94 s and 42.59 s respectively.. Tina has twin sister,

Tia Clayton Tia Clayton (born 17 August 2004) is a Jamaican sprinter. She ran the anchor legs of the 4 × 100 m relays that broke the world under-20 records at both the 2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Tel ...

, who ran the anchor leg of those world records relays.

Biography

Tina Clayton attends Edwin Allen High School in Clarendon, Jamaica. She won the girls 100 m and 4 × 100 m gold medals at the 2021 NACAC U18 Championships. Clayton took the U20 100 m title at the 2022 CARIFTA Games in 11.22 seconds ahead of her twin sister,

, who earned the silver medal in 11.30. Jamaican women's 4 × 100 m relay team set there a world U20 record time which was not ratified because one of the four members of the quartet of

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, Tina Clayton,

Brianna Lyston Brianna Lyston (born 24 May 2004) is a Jamaican sprint athlete who holds the 200m under-13s world record in 23.72s. Lyston ran 22.53 (-2.2) at the 2022 Issa Boys and Girls Championship in Kingston, Jamaica. This made her the second fastest Unde ...

and Tia Clayton was not drug tested.

International competitions

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* 2004 births Living people People from Westmoreland Parish Jamaican female sprinters Twin sportspeople Jamaican twins World Athletics U20 Championships winners 21st-century Jamaican women {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub