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Jasmine Jones

Jasmine Mari Jones[1] (born November 30, 2001) is an American track and field athlete.[2] She was the silver medalist in the 400 m hurdles at the 2025 World Championships and competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics, finishing fourth in the final.

Jasmine Jones
Jones at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials
Personal information
Full nameJasmine Mari Jones[1]
Born (2001-11-30) November 30, 2001 (age 24)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60 m hurdles: 7.77 (Boston, 2024)
100 m hurdles: 12.64 (Eugene, 2024)
400 m hurdles 52.08 (Tokyo, 2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  United States
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 Tokyo400 m hurdles
Pan American U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 San José100 m hurdles

Jones previously won the gold medal at the 2019 Pan American U20 Championships in the 100 m hurdles and was runner-up in the 60 m hurdles at the 2024 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Early life

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Daughter of Henry Jones, an NFL All-Pro safety for the Buffalo Bills from 1991 to 2000, and Joanna Cox Jones, an NCAA D1 sprinter, Jones attended Greater Atlanta Christian School and won a national age-group title, over 400 m hurdles, in 2016.[3] She was named the Georgia female track and field athlete of the year in 2019.[4]

Career

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Early career

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Jones won gold in the 100 m hurdles at the 2019 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships in Miramar, Florida in June.[5] She then won gold in the same event at the 2019 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica in July 2019.[6]

Jones ran track at college for USC Trojans with whom she claimed an NCAA Outdoors title in the 4 × 100 m relay in her first year of 2021.[7] The following year, she was runner-up in the NCAA Outdoors 100 m hurdles in a personal best time of 12.66 seconds.[8]

2024: Olympic debut

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Jones finished as runner-up in the 60 m hurdles at the US National Indoors Championships in New Mexico in February 2024, running a personal best time of 7.82 seconds.[9][10] Competing at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, she won the 60 metres hurdles final in a personal best time of 7.77 seconds.[11][12]

She won the 400 m hurdles at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June 2024 in 53.15 seconds.[13] Later that month, she ran a personal best 52.77 seconds to finish third in the 400 metres hurdles at the US Olympic trials.[14]

Jones placed fourth at the 2024 Olympic Games in the 400 m hurdles with a time of 52.29 seconds, which was a personal best as well as a US collegiate record.[15]

2025: World Championships silver medalist

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Announced for the inaugural season of the Michael Johnson founded Grand Slam Track,[16] She was the slam winner at the 2025 Philadelphia Slam in the long hurdles category after finishing second in both the 400 metres hurdles and 400 metres races.[17] She ran 53.18 seconds to finish second to Femke Bol in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 London Athletics Meet, part of the 2025 Diamond League, on July 19.[18]

She placed third in the final of the 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[19] She also placed third in the 400 metres hurdles on August 16 in the Diamond League at the 2025 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, in Poland.[20]

Jones was selected for the American team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, winning the silver medal in the 400 metres hurdles, running a personal best time of 52.08 seconds.[21][22]

Competition results

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International championships

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Representing the  United States
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResult
2019 Pan American U20 Championships San José, Costa Rica 1st 100 m hurdles 13.20
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 4th 400 m hurdles 52.29
2025 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 2nd 400 m hurdles 52.08

National championships

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
2021 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships Fayetteville, Arkansas − (h) 60 m hurdles DNF
NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships Eugene, Oregon 11th 100 m hurdles 12.94
1st 4 × 100 m relay 42.82
U.S. Olympic Trials Eugene, Oregon − (h) 100 m hurdles DNF
2022 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships Birmingham, Alabama 3rd (h)1 60 m hurdles 7.93
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.03
NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships Eugene, Oregon 2nd 100 m hurdles 12.66
10th 4 × 100 m relay 43.32
16th 4 × 400 m relay 3:35.52
2023 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships Albuquerque, New Mexico 4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.58
2024 U.S. Indoor Championships Albuquerque, New Mexico 2nd 60 m hurdles 7.78
NCAA Division I Indoor Championships Boston, Massachusetts 1st 60 m hurdles 7.77
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.62
NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships Eugene, Oregon 4th 100 m hurdles 12.64
1st 400 m hurdles 53.15
U.S. Olympic Trials Eugene, Oregon 3rd 400 m hurdles 52.77
2025 U.S. Championships Eugene, Oregon 3rd 400 m hurdles 53.23

1 Did not start in the final

Circuit performances

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Grand Slam Track results[23]
SlamRace groupEventPl.TimePrize money
2025 Philadelphia SlamLong hurdles 400 m hurdles2nd54.65US$100,000
400 m2nd52.73

References

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  1. 1 2 "Jasmine Jones". Olympedia. Retrieved February 3, 2026. Full name: Jasmine Mari Jones
  2. ↑ "Jasmine JONES - Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Jasmine Jones of Greater Atlanta Christian GA 1st Place Girls 15-16 400 Hurdles – USATF National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships 2016". Runnerspace. August 1, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Jasmine Jones Named Gatorade GA Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year". GreaterAtlanticChristianSchool. June 21, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Boling wins sprint double at USA U20 Championships". World Athletics. June 24, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Briana Williams captures Pan Am U20 100 m gold". radiojamaicanewsonline.com. July 19, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  7. ↑ "JASMINE JONES CHAMPION WOMEN'S 4X100M RELAY – NCAA D1 OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2021". DyeStat. June 13, 2021. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  8. ↑ "JASMINE JONES 2ND PLACE WOMEN'S 100M HURDLES – NCAA D1 OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2022". Runnerspace. June 12, 2022. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  9. ↑ Harrington, Joe (February 17, 2024). "2024 USA INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS". FloTrack.org. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  10. ↑ Johnson, Weldon (February 16, 2024). "Grant Holloway Breaks 60 m Hurdle World Record, Tia Jones Equals It at USATF Indoors". Lets Run. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Texas Tech and Arkansas win men's, women's titles at 2024 NCAA DI indoor track and field championships". ncaa. March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Williams, Ramsden and Neugebauer among winners at NCAA Indoor Championships". World Athletics. March 10, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  13. ↑ Mulkeen, John (June 8, 2024). "Pryce, Long and Jones impress in sprints at NCAA Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  14. ↑ Henderson, Jason (July 1, 2024). "World 400 m hurdles record for Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  15. ↑ Athletics, USC (August 8, 2024). "Cockrell Earns Silver Medal & Jones Takes 4th in Women's 400m Hurdles at Paris Olympics". USC Athletics. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Grand Slam Track Adds Ten New Talents to Its Star-Studded Roster". FloTrack. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
  17. ↑ Collett, Jasmine (June 2, 2025). "MELISSA JEFFERSON-WOODEN RUNS HISTORIC 100M AT GRAND SLAM TRACK". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved June 2, 2025.
  18. ↑ "Alekna, Alfred and Tsegay take down meeting records in London". World Athletics. July 19, 2025. Retrieved July 19, 2025.
  19. ↑ "USA Championships". World Athletics. August 1, 2025. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  20. ↑ "Results - Silesia Diamond League Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2025". Watch Athletics. August 16, 2025. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  21. ↑ "Day seven round-up: global gold medallists maintain reign in Tokyo". World Athletics. September 19, 2025. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  22. ↑ "USA TRACK & FIELD NAMES TEAM FOR 2025 WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Dyestat. September 2, 2025. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
  23. ↑ "Grand Slam Track Results". Grand Slam Track. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
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