Andrenette Knight
{{Short description|Jamaican athlete (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Use Jamaican English|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Andrenette Knight
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| nationality = Jamaican
| sport = Athletics
| event = 400m hurdles
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|11|19|df=yes}}
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| pb = 400m hurdles: 53.26 (Székesfehérvár, 2023)
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{{MedalSport | Women's athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{JAM}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | NACAC Championships}}
{{MedalSilver | 2022 Freeport|4×400 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver | 2022 Freeport|Mixed 4×400 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games (Junior)}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Fort-de-France|4×400 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Fort-de-France|400m hurdles}}
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Andrenette Knight (born 19 November 1996) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes over 400m hurdles.{{cite web|title=A.Knight|website=World Athletics|accessdate=22 August 2023|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/jamaica/andrenette-knight-14512625}}
Career
Knight attended Vere Technical High School in Hayes, Jamaica where she ran in the relay team with Shericka Jackson. She then studied at the University of Virginia and left the collegiate system with a personal best of 55.75 seconds for the 400m hurdles. In 2022, she lowered this to 53.39 in Nashville.{{cite web|url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20230810/knight-learns-muhammad-inspired-jackson|website=Jamaica Gleaner|accessdate=21 August 2023|title= Knight learns from Muhammad, inspired by Jackson|date=10 August 2023 |first=Hubert |last=Lawrence}} Knight won two relay silver medals at the 2022 NACAC Championships.{{cite web|website=Sports Star|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/athletics/world-athletics-championships-2023-women-400m-hurdles-preview-gold-medal-contenders-bol-muhammad-knight/article67171520.ece/|date=17 August 2023|title= World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women's 400m hurdles|accessdate=22 August 2023}}
In 2023, she finished as runner-up at the Jamaican national championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/knight-runs-400m-hurdles-pb-in-hungary-leads-jamaican-sweep/amp/|website=Jamaica Observer|title= Knight runs 400m hurdles PB in Hungary, leads Jamaican sweep|first=Paul|last= Reid|date=18 July 2023}} She ran a personal best of 53.26s at the Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix in July 2023.{{cite web|url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20230728/personal-best-tells-knight-shes-making-progress|website=Jamaica Gleaner|accessdate=21 August 2023|title=Personal best tells Knight she's making progress|date=28 July 2023 |first=Hubert|last= Lawrence}} She was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, and qualified for the final of the 400m hurdles.{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4560/women-s-400m-hurdles-results-world-athletics-championships-2023|title= Women's 400m Hurdles Results: World Athletics Championships 2023|date=22 August 2023|accessdate=22 August 2023|website=Watch Athletics}}{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/budapest23/news/news/jamaican-team-budapest-23#|website=World Athletics|accessdate=17 July 2023|title= Defending champions Fraser-Pryce and Jackson lead Jamaican team for WCH Budapest 23|date=3 August 2023}}
In February 2024, she was selected to run for Jamaica at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.{{cite web|url= https://www.sportsmax.tv/athletics/athletics-regional/item/141224-ackeem-blake-shashalee-forbes-lead-jamaica-s-19-member-team-to-world-indoors|website=Sportsmax|accessdate=24 February 2024|title= Ackeem Blake, Shashalee Forbes lead Jamaica's 19-member team to World Indoors|date= 23 February 2024}} She was part of the 4x400m relay team which reached the final in Glasgow.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5149/women-s-4x400m-hurdles-results-world-athletics-indoor-championships-2024|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=3 March 2024|title= Women's 4x400m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024|date=3 March 2024}} In June 2024, she finished third in the 400m hurdles at the 2024 Diamond League event in Stockholm.{{cite web|url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2024/06/2024-stockholm-diamond-league-results-2024-bauhaus-galan-results/|website=Letsrun|accessdate=3 June 2024|title= 2024 Stockholm Diamond League Results – 2024 Bauhaus Galan Results|first=Robert|last=Johnson
|date=2 June 2024}} She competed in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5862/women-s-4x400m-relay-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 December 2024|title=Women's 4 x 400 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=10 August 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsmax.tv/athletics/athletics-regional/item/149220-jaaa-announces-star-studded-team-for-2024-paris-olympic-games|website=Sportsmax.tv|accessdate=8 July 2024|title= JAAA announces star-studded team for 2024 Paris Olympic Games|first=Leighton|last=Levy|date=7 July 2024}}
She was runner-up to Femke Bol in 53.90 in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, part of the 2025 Diamond League.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|accessdate=28 May 2025|url= https://worldathletics.org/news/report/rabat-2025-chebet-el-bakkali-bol|title= Chebet storms to second on world 3000m all-time list with 8:11.56 in Rabat |date=25 May 2025}} In May 2025, she was named as a challenger for the long hurdles category at the 2025 Grand Slam Track event in Philadelphia.{{cite web|url=https://citiusmag.com/articles/grand-slam-track-full-athletes-field-philadelphia-racers-challengers|website=Citiusmag.com|access-date=28 May 2025|title= Grand Slam Track Announces Full Athletes Field For Philadelphia: Full Racers, Challengers Competing|first=Chris|last=Chavez|date=May 23, 2025}} She was the winner of the 400 metres hurdles at the Diamond League event at the 2025 Golden Gala in Rome on 6 June 2025.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/news/report/rome-golden-gala-2025-chebet-habz-bromell-allman|website=World Athletics|accessdate=7 June 2025|title= Chebet goes No.2 all time with 14:03.69 5000m in Rome|date=6 June 2025}}
Statistics
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References
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External links
- {{World Athletics}}
- [https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6594839/Virginia/Knight_Andrenette Andrenette Knight - University of Virginia track results] at TFRRS
- [https://virginiasports.com/player/andrenette-knight/ Andrenette Knight - University of Virginia track profile] at Virginia Cavaliers
- [https://goaztecs.com/sports/womens-track-and-field/roster/andrenette-knight/4137 Andrenette Knight - San Diego State University profile] at San Diego State Aztecs
- {{Olympics.com|andrenette-knight}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/andrenette-knight_1890624 Andrenette Knight] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- {{Instagram|andrenette_knight}}
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Category:Jamaican female hurdlers
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica
Category:Olympic athletes for Jamaica
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:20th-century Jamaican women
Category:21st-century Jamaican sportswomen
Category:Virginia Cavaliers women's track and field athletes
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