Karimah Davis
American sprinter (born 1998)
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Karimah Davis (born 23 November 1998) is an American sprinter.[1]
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| Nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 November 1998 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 200m 22.62 (2023) 400m 51.03 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Early life
Davis is from Palm Beach County in Florida. She was a dancer before focusing on athletics at high school. As a sophomore, Davis won county, district and regional titles in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres races. As a junior, she won all those titles again, but also the state championship in the 400 metres.[2] In 2016, she committed to attend Florida State University.[3] She later also attended the University of Kentucky before transferring to the University of South Carolina.[4]
Career
NCAA
Competing for the University of Kentucky, she was a member of the women’s 4x400m relay team which broke the collegiate record in their race at the SEC championships in 2022, alongside Dajour Miles, Abby Steiner and Alexis Holmes.[5] The same quartet also won the NCAA title in June 2022.[6]
For Kentucky, she placed eighth in the 200 metres at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships. She was also a member of Kentucky’s 4x100 relay team alongside Victoria Perrow, Anthaya Charlton and Masai Russell who were silver medalists, running a time of 42.46 seconds.[7]
Professional career
In February 2025, she finished fifth in the 400 metres at the US Indoor Championships in New York.[8] She was subsequently selected for the United States relay pool at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, for the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay in March 2025.[9]
In April 2025, she won the 200 metres at the Gamecock Invitational in a time of 23.00 seconds.[10] Later that month, she ran a personal best 51.03 seconds for the 400 metres at the Tom Jones Invitational in Gainesville.[11] She was named in the American team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China in May 2025.[12] She competed for the United States in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay, running a split of 50.56 seconds as the team won their heat to secure a place at the 2025 World Championships.[13] In the final she ran a split of 50.03 seconds as the United States won the silver medal in the event behind Spain.[14]
In May 2026, she ran at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay in Gaborone, Botswana.[15][16]