Aliyah Abrams

Aliyah Abrams (born 3 April 1997) is a Guyanese sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.^[1] She placed fifth in the women's 400m at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade.

Aliyah Abrams

Aliyah Abrams in 2022
Personal information
Nationality	Guyanese
Born	(1997-04-03) 3 April 1997 (age 28) Brooklyn, New York, United States
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country	Guyana
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 metres
College team	South Carolina Gamecocks
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	400 m: 50.20 2023 Indoors 400 m: 51.57i AR 2022

Abrams represented Guyana at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the women's 400 metres race; her time of 52.79 seconds in the heats did not qualify her for the semifinals.^[2][3]

She qualified in her specialist event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she was eliminated in the semi-finals.^[4]

She ran as part of the Guyana Mixed 4x400m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.^[5] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024.^[6]

Her sister is fellow athlete Jasmine Abrams.^[4]

Personal bests

• 100 metres – 11.52 (+1.6 m/s Columbia, United States 2019)
• 200 metres – 23.33 (+0.3 m/s Charleston, United States 2019)
  • 300 metres indoor – 37.09 (Louisville, United States 2022) South American best
• 400 metres – 51.13 (Austin, United States 2019)
  • 400 metres indoor – 51.57 (Belgrade, Serbia 2022) South American record