Bouwahjgie Nkrumie
Jamaican athlete
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Bouwahjgie Nkrumie (born 16 February 2004) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes primarily in the 100 metres and 200 metres. He is the former Jamaican U20 men's 100m record holder, and the World Under-20 100m silver medallist. He is the first Jamaican U20 athlete to break the 10-second barrier.
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| Nickname | Dr. Speed [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Jamaican | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 February 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Events | 100m, 200m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Racers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Glen Mills | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
Nkrumie is from Black River in St. Elizabeth Parish.[2] He attended Kingston College, Jamaica.[3]
Career
2022
In April 2022, Nkrumie ran a new personal best time of 10.28s to win silver in the under-20 100 metres at the 2022 CARIFTA Games.[4] At the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in August 2022, Nkrumie was a double silver medallist. He finished second in the 100m, running a new national junior record time of 10.02.[5] He later also won silver as part of the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team.[6]
2023
On 29 March 2023 at the ISSA Boy's and Girl's Championship, he ran a new personal best of 9.99s for the 100m at the national stadium in Kingston.[7] This made him the first Jamaican junior in history to run under 10 seconds. He also became only the third junior in history to break the 10-second barrier, after Letsile Tebogo (9.91s) in 2022 and Trayvon Bromell (9.97s) in 2014.[8][9] Speaking after the event Nkrumie said that despite the time he had not executed his technique perfectly and felt he could go faster.[10] He won the silver medal over 100 metres at the 2023 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, in August 2023.[11]
2025
He ran 10.06 seconds to qualify for the final of the 100 metres at the Jamaican Athletics Championships in June 2025, before placing sixth in the final.[12][13] He was named in the Jamaican squad for the 2025 NACAC Championships in Nassau, The Bahamas.[14]
2026
Nkrumie ran a personal best 6.57 seconds for the 60 metres (+1.4) at the 2026 Gibson McCook Relays in Kingston.[15][16] In July 2026, he won the gold medal in the 100 metres at the 2026 NACAC U23 Championships.[17] Later at the championships he won the gold medal as part of the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team.[18] He was named in the Jamaica team for the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games.[19]