Aliyah Abrams

{{Short description|Guyanese sprinter (born 1997)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}

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|name = Aliyah Abrams

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|image = Women's 400m final at 2022 World Indoor Championships - Aliyah Abrams.jpg

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|caption = Aliyah Abrams in 2022

|nationality = Guyanese

|birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|4|3}}

|birth_place= Brooklyn, New York, United States

|height = {{convert|1.63|m|abbr=on}}

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|country = Guyana

|sport = Athletics

|event = 400 metres

|collegeteam = South Carolina Gamecocks

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|400 m: 50.20 2023

|Indoors

|400 m: 51.57i {{AthAbbr|AR|South American}} 2022

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Aliyah Abrams (born 3 April 1997) is a Guyanese sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.{{Cite web|url=https://gamecocksonline.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/aliyah-abrams/6742|title=Aliyah Abrams - Track and Field|website=University of South Carolina Athletics|date=22 June 2018 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-24}} She placed fifth in the women's 400m at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade.

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.{{cite web|title=Aliyah Abrams |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/aliyah-abrams |website=Rio 2016 |accessdate=September 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903235723/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/aliyah-abrams |archive-date=September 3, 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=Women's 400m - Standings |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athletics-standings-at-womens-400m |website=Rio 2016 |accessdate=September 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821005948/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athletics-standings-at-womens-400m |archive-date=August 21, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

She qualified in her specialist event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she was eliminated in the semi-finals.{{Cite web|date=2021-07-06|title=Aliya, Jasmine Abrams sets Guyana Olympic record|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2021/07/06/sports/aliya-jasmine-abrams-sets-guyana-olympic-record/|access-date=2021-07-17|website=Stabroek News|language=en-US}}

She ran as part of the Guyana Mixed 4x400m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.{{cite web|website=Watch Athletics|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5395/mixed-4x400m-results-world-athletics-relays-championships-2024 |accessdate=12 May 2024|title= Mixed 4x400m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024|date=5 May 2024}} She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5840/women-s-400m-hurdles-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics#google_vignette|date=8 August 2024|accessdate=29 August 2024|website=Watch Athletics|title= Women's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics}}

Her sister is fellow athlete Jasmine Abrams.