Jeneba Tarmoh

Jeneba Tarmoh ( born September 27, 1989) is an American sprinter.

At the Track World Junior Championships, she won three gold medals in Beijing 2006 in the 4 x 100 - meter relay, 2008 in Bydgoszcz over 100 m and in the relay competition.

In 2010 she was U23 NACA champion in the 100 m, 2011, she was about 200 m third at the U.S. Championships and was eliminated at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu in the run- off.

Ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, there was a controversy, as in the U.S. elimination fights Tarmoh and Allyson Felix is s a dead heat for third place in 11.07 delivered. The U.S. Association of USA Track & Field, who had made no provision for such a case, finally decided to put a duel for third place for the Olympics, the Tarmoh but canceled. In London Tarmoh was used in the flow of the 4 x 100 - meter relay and won gold after the U.S. team won the final.

2013 it was about 200 meters at the U.S. Championships third parties. At the World Championships in Moscow, she was over this distance in five. Again she started in advance of the 4 x 100 - meter relay and was at this time to win the silver medal.

Personal Best

  • 60 m (Hall ): 7.22 s, February 11, 2012 Fayetteville
  • 100 m: 10.93 s, June 21, 2013, Des Moines
  • 200 m: 22.28 s, June 26, 2011 Eugene Hall: 22,88 s, February 26, 2011 Lincoln
2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics 4 × 100 metres relay 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2013 World Championships in Athletics 60 metres Fayetteville (Arkansas) Des Moines, Iowa Eugene (Oregon)
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