Global InformationTyra Gittens information
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Tyra Gittens |
| Nationality | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Born | 6 June 1998 Tunapuna–Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and Field |
| Event(s) | Long jump, High jump, Heptathlon |
| Turned pro | 2022 |
Tyra Gittens (born 6 June 1998) is an Olympic athlete from Trinidad and Tobago.[1] Gittens set 6 national records for Trinidad and Tobago indoor records in Pentathlon 4746 points, high jump 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in), and long jump 6.68 m (21 ft 11 in), Trinidad and Tobago outdoor records in Heptathlon 6418 points, high jump 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in), and long jump 6.96 m (22 ft 10 in).[2]
Her hometown is Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, and she went to high school in Nashville at The Ensworth School before attending Texas A&M University to complete a BA Degree and University of Texas at Austin to pursue a master's degree.[3]
In July 2017, Gittens broke her own national junior heptathlon record in winning the Pan American Combined Events Cup in Ottawa, Canada, gaining 5,490 points in the seven-discipline event to improve on the 5,337-point standard she had established in 2016.[4]
Competing in the long jump at the 2022 World Athletics Championships Gittens finished 19th in the qualifying heats with a best jump of 6.44m.[5] Gittens has had an ongoing Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) for treatment for ADHD. However, a failure to complete the application for a renewal of the TUE correctly led to a positive test for methylphenidate/ritalinic acid at the World Championships and a six-month doping violation ban.[6]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Trinidad and Tobago
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| 2022 | Commonwealth Games | Birmingham, Great Britain | 11th | Long jump | 6.27 m (20 ft 7 in) | |
| 14th | High jump | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||
| World Athletics Championships | Eugene, United States | 19th | Long jump | 6.44 m (21 ft 2 in) | ||
| 2021 | Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | 10th | Long jump | 6.60 m (21 ft 8 in) | |
| 2018 | NACAC Championships | Toronto, Canada | 4th | Long Jump | 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in) | |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | Barranquilla, Colombia | 8th | Heptathlon | DNF | ||
| 2017 | Pan American U20 Championships | Trujillo, Peru | 4th | heptathlon | 5229 points | |
| 3rd | Long Jump | 6.22 m (20 ft 5 in) | ||||
| CARIFTA Games U20 | Willemstad, Curaçao | 1st | heptathlon | 4854 points | ||
| 2nd | long jump | 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in) | ||||
| Canadian Athletics Championships U20 | Ottawa, Canada | 1st | heptathlon | 5490 points | ||
| 2016 | New Balance Nationals Outdoor | Greensboro, North Carolina | 2nd | heptathlon | 5164 points[7] | |
| 2015 | AAU Junior Olympic Games | Norfolk, Virginia | 2nd | Heptathlon | 4904 points | |
| 1st | High Jump | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||
| 5th | Long Jump | 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in) | ||||
- ^ "Tyra GITTENS | Profile". worldathletics.org.
- ^ Trinidad and Tobago outdoor records National Association of Athletics Administrations of Trinidad & Tobago
- ^ "Tyra Gittens - Track and Field". Texas A&M Athletics - 12thMan.com.
- ^ "Golden Gittens breaks T&T record". Team TTO | Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee.
- ^ "Gittens misses spot in Worlds long jump final". 23 July 2022.
- ^ Porter, Wayne (April 3, 2023). "T&T's Tyra Gittens completes 6-month ban". Retrieved April 4, 2023.
- ^ 2016 New Balance Nationals Outdoor results