Tobi Amusan Breaks Record With Nomination For 2023 Laureus World Sports Award

Nigeria’s World Record holder, Oluwatobiloba  Amusan has been nominated for the 2023 Laureus World Sports Awards.

With her nomination, she has become the first Nigerian male or female athlete to be nominated for the prestigious Laureus Award.

The sprint star was shortlisted in the World Breakthrough of the Year category alongside five other contestants like tennis stars, Carlos Alcaraz and Elena Rybakina; semi-finalist at Qatar 2022 World Cup Atlas Lions of Morocco; American figure skater Nathan Chen; and American professional golfer Scott Scheffler.

Amusan had a stellar performance on the track in 2022 winning every trophy available in the sport including breaking and setting new records.

Amusan’s beautiful season saw her defend her 100m hurdles title at the African Championships in Mauritius with a time of 12.57s before heading to Eugene, Oregon in July.

After winning the gold and world record at the Worlds, Amusan went to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham to successfully defend her title, winning her second consecutive gold medal in the 100m hurdles with a new Games Record of 12.30secs. She also helped power Nigeria’s women’s 4 × 100 m relay team to gold.

She competed in her specialist event at the Lausanne Diamond Race meet later that month, finishing second with a time of 12.60secs, behind reigning Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn.

She capped her very successful season by winning the 100m hurdles event at the Zürich Diamond League final event with a 12.29 secs performance to retain her title.

Amusan was rewarded with a National honour alongside Long Jumper Ese Brume for all these achievements in one calendar season.