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Rosey Effiong
American athlete From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rosey Effiong (born 8 May 2001) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metres. She has won gold medals in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the World Athletics Championships and World Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]
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Early life
From Dallas, Texas, she attended DeSoto High School. Effiong began at the University of Arkansas and ran for the Arkansas Razorbacks from 2020.[2][3]
Career
Competing at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Eugene, Oregon, she finished fifth in the final of the 400 m.[4][5] She was subsequently selected for the USA relay pool for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023 and competed in the mixed 4 × 400 m relay.[6] She won a gold medal as the USA team set a new world record time of 3:08.80.[7] The world record time set by Effiong, Alexis Holmes, Matthew Boling and Justin Robinson was ratified by World Athletics in November 2023.[8]
She met the 2024 Paris Olympics standard running 50.75 seconds for the 400 m at the SEC Championship in Gainesville, Florida on 11 May 2024.[9]
She was runner-up to Alexis Holmes over 400 metres at the 2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.[10] She was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025, where she qualified for the final.[11][12] She also won gold in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay.[13] She qualified for the final of the 400 metres at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, placing eighth overall in 51.29 seconds.[14]
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