Aliyah Abrams

Aliyah Abrams
Aliyah Abrams in 2022
Personal information
Full nameAliyah Nicola Abrams
NationalityGuyanese
Born (1997-04-03) 3 April 1997 (age 29)
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
CountryGuyana
SportAthletics
Event
400 metres
College teamSouth Carolina Gamecocks
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 400 m: 50.20 2023
  • Indoors
  • 400 m: 51.57i AR 2022

Aliyah Nicola Abrams (born 3 April 1997) is a Guyanese sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. She placed fifth in the 400 metres at the 2022 World Indoor Championships and set the South American indoor record. She is a three-time Olympian.

Career

Abrams joined the South Carolina Gamecocks track and field team in 2016. She represented Guyana at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 400 metres race; her time of 52.79 seconds in the heats did not qualify her for the semifinals. At the 2017 NCAA Indoor Championships, she finished ninth with the South Carolina 4 × 400 meters relay team and earned second-team All-America honors.

Abrams finished second in the 400 metres at the 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships. She then finished third with the 4 x 400 meter relay team at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships, and she also finished fifth in the 400 metres. She represented Guyana at the 2019 Pan American Games and finished seventh in the 400 metres final. She qualified for the 400 metres semifinals at the 2019 World Championships and placed 16th.

Abrams qualified in her specialist event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she was eliminated in the semi-finals. She was the opening ceremony flagbearer for Guyana at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. There, she finished 10th in the 400 metres semifinal and did not advance into the final. She them placed fifth in the 400 metres final at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade. She had set the South American indoor record of 51.57 seconds during the semifinals. She advanced into the semifinals at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and finished 18th with a time of 51.79.

At the 2023 World Athletics Championships, Abrams finished 26th in the heats and did not advance. She advanced into the final at the 2023 Pan American Games and finished fifth with a time of 52.66. She ran as part of the Guyana Mixed 4 × 400 m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 400 metres but did not advance out of her heat. She was chosen to be a flagbearer at the closing ceremony.

Abrams was a finalist in the 400 metres at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh, finishing sixth.

Personal life

Abrams was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Guyanese parents and grew up in Grayson, Georgia. Her sister is fellow athlete Jasmine Abrams. When they both competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, they were the first siblings to compete for Guyana at the Olympics.

Personal bests

References

  1. ↑ "Aliyah Abrams - Track and Field". University of South Carolina Athletics. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Aliyah Abrams". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Women's 400m - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Dicks Earns Bronze as Gamecocks Finish NCAA Indoor Championships". South Carolina Gamecocks. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  5. ↑ Zahn, Jennifer (9 March 2019). "Holloway Leads Gators To Title, Arkansas Dominates". FloTrack. FloSports. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Jonathas Claims 400m Crown to Close NCAA Outdoor Championships". South Carolina Gamecocks. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Women's 400 metres − Final − Results" (PDF). Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "400 Metres Women - Semi-Final" (PDF). IAAF. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  9. 1 2 "Aliya, Jasmine Abrams sets Guyana Olympic record". Stabroek News. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Keevin Allicock, Aliyah Abrams named Flag-bearers for Commonwealth Games". Guyana Chronicle. Georgetown, Guyana. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  11. ↑ "Athletics and Para Athletics Women's 400m Semi-Finals Results Summary" (PDF). Birmingham 2022. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "Results 400 Metres Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "Abrams finishes fifth in 400m final at World Indoor c/ships". Stabroek News. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "400 Metres Women - Semi-Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "Summary - 400 Metres Women - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  16. ↑ "Pan-Am Games 2023: Aliyah Abrams finishes fifth in 400m final". News Room Guyana. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  17. ↑ "Mixed 4x400m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  18. ↑ "Women's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  19. ↑ De Villiers, Ockert (8 August 2024). "Paris 2024 Olympics: The list of flagbearers at Sunday's Closing Ceremony". Paris 2024. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  20. ↑ "Smith claims 100m bronze as Abrams advances to final". stabroeknews.com. 19 November 2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  21. ↑ Thomas, Paul (23 July 2016). "Grayson's Aliyah Abrams is ready to compete for Guyana in the Olympics". Gwinnett Daily Post. Retrieved 23 May 2026.