Natalliah Whyte
{{short description|Jamaican sprinter}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Natalliah Whyte
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| nationality = Jamaican
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|8|9|df=y}}
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| country = Jamaica
| sport = Track and field
| event = Sprinting
| collegeteam=Auburn Tigers{{Cite web|url=https://auburntigers.com/sports/xctrack/roster/natalliah-whyte/4256|title=Natalliah Whyte - XC/Track|website=Auburn University Athletics}}
Florida Atlantic Owls{{Cite web|url=https://fausports.com/sports/womens-track-and-field/roster/natalliah--whyte/5457|title=Natalliah Whyte - Women's XC/Track & Field|website=Florida Atlantic University Athletics}}
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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's athletics}}
{{MedalCountry|{{JAM}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2019 Doha|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{Medal|Silver|2022 Eugene|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{Medal|Silver|2022 Birmingham|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition | NACAC Championships}}
{{MedalBronze | 2022 Freeport|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|Summer Youth Olympics }}
{{MedalGold|2014 Nanjing|200 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|Carifta Games
Junior (U20)}}
{{Medal|Gold |2015 Basse-Terre | 100 m}}
{{Medal|Gold |2015 Basse-Terre | 4 × 100 m relay}}
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Natalliah Whyte (born 9 August 1997) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who specializes in sprint.{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/jamaica/natalliah-whyte-271765
|title=Natalliah Whyte Athlete Profile |website=iaaf.org |accessdate=5 October 2019}} She represented the Jamaica at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, winning a gold medal in 4 × 100 metres relay.{{cite web|url=
https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-athletics-championships-doha-2019-6033/results/women/4x100-metres-relay/final/result
|title=4x100 Metres Relay women. IAAF World Athletics Championships, DOHA 2019 |website=iaaf.org |accessdate=5 October 2019}}
In 2014, she competed in the girls' 200 metres event at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China.{{Cite web|title=Athletics Results Book|url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/211434/files/Results_Book_Athletics_V1.0.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026234354/http://doc.rero.ch/record/211434/files/Results_Book_Athletics_V1.0.pdf|archive-date=26 October 2016|access-date=17 August 2020|website=2014 Summer Youth Olympics}}
Career
She won gold with team Jamaica in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2019 World Championships, and was also a 100 metres finalist.{{cite web |url=https://sportsmax.tv/index.php/athletics/athletics-international/item/48750-jamaica-s-4x100-relay-women-live-up-to-favourite-tag-in-doha |title=Jamaica's 4x100 relay women live up to favourite tag in Doha |author=Paul-Andre Walker |publisher=SportsMax |date=5 October 2019 |accessdate=25 February 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/iaaf-world-athletics-championships-doha-2019-6033/news/report/women/4x100-metres-relay/final |title=Report: women's 4x100m – IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 |author=Jon Mulkeen |publisher=IAAF |date=5 October 2019 |accessdate=25 February 2022}}
She attended Auburn University, competing for the Auburn Tigers from 2017 to 2018, before transferring to Florida Atlantic University. She now trains at MVP International in Florida, an extension of the Jamaica-based MVP Track Club. She is coached by Henry Rolle who originally recruited her to Auburn.
References
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{{Footer World Champions 4 x 100 m Women}}
{{Footer Youth Olympic Champions Athletics 200m Girls}}
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Category:Jamaican female sprinters
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Category:Auburn Tigers women's track and field athletes
Category:Florida Atlantic Owls women's track and field athletes
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:World Athletics Championships winners
Category:Youth Olympic gold medalists for Jamaica
Category:Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:21st-century Jamaican sportswomen
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Jamaica
Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics
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