Tamari Davis
American sprinter (born 2003)
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Tamari Davis (born February 15, 2003) is an American track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter.
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| Born | February 15, 2003 Gainesville, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Gainesville High School | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Empire Athletics (adidas) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Gary Evans | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Early life
A native of Gainesville, Florida, Davis attended Gainesville High School, and Oak Hall School. On January 30, 2020, at the age of 16, Tamari signed a professional contract with Adidas.[1]
Career
In her sixth race as a professional, in February 2021, she lowered her career best at 60 metres down to 7.18 seconds, at the East Coast Invitational beating an international field including Veronica Campbell-Brown.[2] Davis’ previous best was 7.19 from 2020 which was the world best U18 time.[3]
On July 24, 2020 in Clermont, Florida, Davis ran 100 m in 11.15 seconds which placed her 10th on the year list worldwide for 2020.[4]
In 2022, at the US trials, she finished fourth in the 100 m. The following year, she improved on that, to finish third overall in the 100 m of the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships held in Eugene, Oregon.[5] She was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, she qualified for the final of the 100 metres and finished in ninth place.[6][7]
In April 2024, she was selected as part of the American team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.[8] In May 2024, she finished runner-up in the 100 metres at the 2024 Doha Diamond League.[9] On July 12, 2024, she finished second in the 100 metres in 10.99 seconds at the 2024 Herculis Diamond League event in Monaco.[10]
She was included in the a United States relay pool for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[11]
At the Grand Slam Track in Miami on 2 May 2025, she ran a wind-assisted 10.79 metres for the 100 metres to finish second in the race in the short sprints category behind Melissa Jefferson-Wooden.[12] The following month she finished runner-up to Jefferson-Wooden again at the 2025 Philadelphia Slam in the 100 metres.[13] She reached the semi-finals of the 100 metres at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, running her heat in 11.18 seconds (-1.5 m/s). After running her semi-final in 10.96 seconds (+1.1) she returned to place fifth in the final in 10.97 (+0.4).[14]
Statistics
| Grand Slam Track results[15] | |||||
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| Slam | Race group | Event | Pl. | Time | Prize money |
| 2025 Miami Slam | Short sprints | 100 m | 2nd | 10.79 | US$30,000 |
| 200 m | 2nd | 22.05 | |||
| 2025 Philadelphia Slam | Short sprints | 200 m | 3rd | 22.59 | US$50,000 |
| 100 m | 2nd | 11.03 | |||
