Assinie Wilson
Jamaican sprinter (born 2002)
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Assinie Wilson (born 10 April 2002) is a Jamaican hurdler. He won the Jamaican Athletics Championships in the 400 metres hurdles in 2026 and won the bronze medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games. He competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.[1]
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| Nationality | Jamaican | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 April 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres hurdles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Titans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Gregory Little | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 400m: 45.51 (2023) 400m hurdles: 48.29 (2026) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
He was educated at Ferncourt High School in St. Ann, Jamaica and competed for the school at the ISSA Boys and Girls Athletics Championships.[2]
Career
In 2023, he was a member of Titans International Track Club.[3] He was a silver medalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2023 NACAC U23 Championships in Costa Rica, with a time of 49.70 seconds.[4] At the same Championships, he won a gold medal in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay.[5] He ran a personal best 48.50 seconds to finish third at the 2023 Jamaican Athletics Championships over 400 metre hurdles.[6] He was selected for the 400m hurdles at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[7]
In April 2024, he was selected as part of the Jamiacan team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.[8] He ran a personal best 48.36 for the 400 metres hurdles but was out-dipped by Jaheel Hyde into fourth place at the Jamaican Olympic Trials in June 2024.[9][10]
In March 2025, coached by Greg Little, alongside Malik James-King, he opened his 2025 season with a time of 48.68 seconds in the men’s 400m hurdles at the Velocity Fest 16 meet in Jamaica.[11] He was announced as a competitor at the inaugural Grand Slam Track event, in Kingston, Jamaica, held in April 2025.[12] In May 2025, month, he was named as a challenger again for the 2025 Grand Slam Track event in Philadelphia.[13] He finished second in the 400m hurdles on 7 June 2025, at the Racers Grand Prix, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meeting, in Kingston, Jamaica.[14] He was runner-up to Roshawn Clarke in the 400 metres hurdles final at the 2025 Jamaican Athletics Championships in 48.42 seconds before placing seventh at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic on 5 July.[15][16] He was named in the Jamaican squad for the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, The Bahamas, winning the bronze medal in the 400m hurdles.[17][18] He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in the men's 400 metres hurdles in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025.[19][20]
In May, he ran at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay in Gaborone, Botswana.[21][22] In June, he won over 400 metres hurdles at the Josef Odložil Memorial in Prague, and won his first senior national title at the 2026 Jamaican Athletics Championships.[23][24] On 31 July, he won the bronze medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[25][26]
Statistics
| Grand Slam Track results[27] | |||||
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| Slam | Race group | Event | Pl. | Time | Prize money |
| 2025 Kingston Slam | Long hurdles | 400 m hurdles | 7th | 53.24 | US$12,500 |
| 400 m | 6th | 46.70 | |||
| 2025 Philadelphia Slam | Long hurdles | 400 m hurdles | 6th | 49.68 | US$20,000 |
| 400 m | 5th | 46.24 | |||
