Niesha Burgher
{{Short description|Jamaican athlete}}
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| name = Niesha Burgher
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| sport = Athletics
| event = Sprint
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|8|8|df=yes}}
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| pb =100m: 11.06 (El Paso, 2024)
200m: 22.39 (Kingston, 2024)
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Niesha Burgher (born 8 August 2002) is a Jamaican sprinter. She finished third at the Jamaican national championships over 200 metres in 2024.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/jamaica/niesha-burgher-14685513 |accessdate=1 July 2024|website=World Athletics|title=Niesha Burgher}}
Early life
From St. Thomas, Jamaica, she started running competitive meets whilst still in primary school. She attended Western Texas College in Snyder, Texas, and the University of Texas at El Paso.{{cite web|url=https://eu.elpasotimes.com/story/sports/college/utep/2024/05/31/neisha-burgher-stamps-herself-as-a-utep-all-time-great-in-senior-season/73899395007/|website=elpasotimes|accessdate=1 July 2024|title= Neisha Burgher stamps herself as a UTEP all-time great in senior season|first=Bret|last=Blomquist}}{{cite web|url= https://www.theprospectordaily.com/2023/01/25/track-and-field-continue-strong-start-at-mlk-meet/|website=Theprospectordaily|accessdate=1 July 2024|title= Track and field continue strong start at MLK meet|date=25 January 2023}}
Career
In January 2023, in her debut race for UTEP, she broke Tobi Amusan's school record in the indoor 200 metres, running 23.20 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7196150?eventId=10229575|website=World Athletics|accessdate=1 July 2024|title= Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational|date=21 January 2023}}{{cite web|url= https://eu.elpasotimes.com/story/sports/2023/02/02/faces-off-the-field-utep-tracks-niesha-burgher/69860714007/|website=elpasotimes|accessdate=1 July 2024|title= Faces off the field: UTEP track's Niesha Burgher|first=Bret|last=Blomquist}}
She placed third in the 200 meters at the 2024 Jamaican Championships on 30 June 2024, running a personal best time of 20.39 seconds.{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsmax.tv/athletics/athletics-regional/item/148906-shericka-jackson-and-bryan-levell-crowned-200m-champions-at-jamaica-national-championships|website=Sportsmax|title= Shericka Jackson and Bryan Levell crowned 200m champions at Jamaica National Championships|first=Leighton|last=Levy|date=June 30, 2024|accessdate=1 July 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://kvia.com/sports/2024/06/30/uteps-niesha-burgher-is-headed-to-her-first-olympic-games-paris-2024/|website=kvia.com|accessdate=1 July 2024|title= UTEP’s Niesha Burgher is headed to her first Olympic Games, Paris 2024|first=Bea|last=Martinez|date=30 June 2024}} In July 2024, she was officially selected for the Jamaican team at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 200m, where she made it to the semi-finals.{{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=July 7, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/ATH/OG2024_ATH_C73B1_ATHW200M--------------SFNL000200--.pdf|title=Women's 200m Results - Semi-final 2/3|date=5 August 2024|access-date=24 August 2024|website=olympics.com}}
On 24 April 2025, she was named in the Jamaican team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China in May 2025. {{cite web|url= https://trackalerts.com/2025/04/blake-is-back-thompson-fraser-pryce-and-jackson-headline-jamaicas-world-relays-team/|title=Blake Is Back! Thompson, Fraser-Pryce, and Jackson Headline Jamaica’s World Relays Team|website=Track Alerts|accessdate=24 April 2025|date=24 April 2025|first=Anthony|last=Foster}}
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Category:Jamaican female sprinters
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:UTEP Miners women's track and field athletes
Category:21st-century Jamaican sportswomen
Category:Western Texas College alumni
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Jamaica
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