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Aliyah Abrams
Aliyah Abrams in 2022
Personal information
Full nameAliyah Nicola Abrams
NationalityGuyanese
Born (1997-04-03) 3 April 1997 (age 29)
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
CountryGuyana
SportAthletics
Event
400 metres
College teamSouth Carolina Gamecocks
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 400 m: 50.20 2023
  • Indoors
  • 400 m: 51.57i AR 2022

Aliyah Nicola Abrams (born 3 April 1997) is a Guyanese sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. She placed fifth in the 400 metres at the 2022 World Indoor Championships and set the South American indoor record. She is a three-time Olympian.

Career

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Abrams joined the South Carolina Gamecocks track and field team in 2016.[1] She represented Guyana at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 400 metres race; her time of 52.79 seconds in the heats did not qualify her for the semifinals.[2][3] At the 2017 NCAA Indoor Championships, she finished ninth with the South Carolina 4 × 400 meters relay team and earned second-team All-America honors.[4]

Abrams finished second in the 400 metres at the 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships.[5] She then finished third with the 4 x 400 meter relay team at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships, and she also finished fifth in the 400 metres.[6] She represented Guyana at the 2019 Pan American Games and finished seventh in the 400 metres final.[7] She qualified for the 400 metres semifinals at the 2019 World Championships and placed 16th.[8]

Abrams qualified in her specialist event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she was eliminated in the semi-finals.[9] She was the opening ceremony flagbearer for Guyana at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[10] There, she finished 10th in the 400 metres semifinal and did not advance into the final.[11] She them placed fifth in the 400 metres final at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade.[12] She had set the South American indoor record of 51.57 seconds during the semifinals.[13] She advanced into the semifinals at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and finished 18th with a time of 51.79.[14]

At the 2023 World Athletics Championships, Abrams finished 26th in the heats and did not advance.[15] She advanced into the final at the 2023 Pan American Games and finished fifth with a time of 52.66.[16] She ran as part of the Guyana Mixed 4 × 400 m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[17] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 400 metres but did not advance out of her heat.[18] She was chosen to be a flagbearer at the closing ceremony.[19]

Abrams was a finalist in the 400 metres at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh, finishing sixth.[20]

Personal life

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Abrams was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Guyanese parents and grew up in Grayson, Georgia.[21] Her sister is fellow athlete Jasmine Abrams. When they both competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, they were the first siblings to compete for Guyana at the Olympics.[9]

Personal bests

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References

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  1. ↑ "Aliyah Abrams - Track and Field". University of South Carolina Athletics. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Aliyah Abrams". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Women's 400m - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Dicks Earns Bronze as Gamecocks Finish NCAA Indoor Championships". South Carolina Gamecocks. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  5. ↑ Zahn, Jennifer (9 March 2019). "Holloway Leads Gators To Title, Arkansas Dominates". FloTrack. FloSports. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Jonathas Claims 400m Crown to Close NCAA Outdoor Championships". South Carolina Gamecocks. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Women's 400 metres − Final − Results" (PDF). Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "400 Metres Women - Semi-Final" (PDF). IAAF. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  9. 1 2 "Aliya, Jasmine Abrams sets Guyana Olympic record". Stabroek News. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Keevin Allicock, Aliyah Abrams named Flag-bearers for Commonwealth Games". Guyana Chronicle. Georgetown, Guyana. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  11. ↑ "Athletics and Para Athletics Women's 400m Semi-Finals Results Summary" (PDF). Birmingham 2022. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "Results 400 Metres Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "Abrams finishes fifth in 400m final at World Indoor c/ships". Stabroek News. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "400 Metres Women - Semi-Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "Summary - 400 Metres Women - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  16. ↑ "Pan-Am Games 2023: Aliyah Abrams finishes fifth in 400m final". News Room Guyana. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  17. ↑ "Mixed 4x400m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  18. ↑ "Women's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  19. ↑ De Villiers, Ockert (8 August 2024). "Paris 2024 Olympics: The list of flagbearers at Sunday's Closing Ceremony". Paris 2024. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  20. ↑ "Smith claims 100m bronze as Abrams advances to final". stabroeknews.com. 19 November 2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  21. ↑ Thomas, Paul (23 July 2016). "Grayson's Aliyah Abrams is ready to compete for Guyana in the Olympics". Gwinnett Daily Post. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
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