Nishion Ebanks

{{Short description|Jamaican athlete (born 2000)}}

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| sport = Athletics

| event = Sprint

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|4|13|df=yes}}

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| pb =60 m: 6.54 s (2025)
100 m: 10.32 s (2023)

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Nishion Ebanks (born 13 April 2000) is a Jamaican sprinter.{{cite web|title= Nishion Ebanks|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/jamaica/nishion-ebanks-14828414 |website=World Athletics|accessdate=1 March 2025}}

==Career==

He is a member of the MVP Track Club based in Jamaica and ran by sprint coach Paul Francis.{{cite web|url= https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20240115/we-are-thankful-says-mvps-paul-francis |date=15 January 2024|website=Jamaica Gleaner|title= We are thankful, says MVP’s Paul Francis|accessdate=12 March 2025}} He ran a personal best for the 100 metres of 10.32 seconds at the 2023 Jamaican Track and Field Championships in Kingston, Jamaica.{{cite web|date=6 July 2023|title= Yohan Blake false-starts; 3 surprised sub-10s at Jamaica Trials on Day 1|url= https://world-track.org/2023/07/yohan-blake-false-starts-jamaica-trials/|website=World Track|accessdate=12 March 2025}}

In January 2025, he set a 60 metres personal best of 6.54 seconds at the Central Hurdles, Relays & Field Events Meet at the GC Foster College in St. Catherine. This came despite the race being run into a -2.1m/s headwind.{{cite web|url= https://sportsmax.tv/athletics/thompson-clayton-record-impressive-60m-wins-at-central-hurdles-relays-field-events-meet-at-gc-foster-college|website=SportsMax|accessdate=12 March 2025|title= Thompson, Clayton record impressive 60m wins at Central Hurdles, Relays & Field Events Meet at GC Foster College|first=Bradley|last=Jacks|date=18 January 2025}}

On 1 March 2025, he placed second in the 60 metres final at the Jamaican World Athletics Indoor Championships qualifier at GC Foster College in a time of 6.57 seconds.{{cite web|url= https://sportsmax.tv/athletics/tia-clayton-outpaces-shericka-jackson-ackeem-blake-rusheen-mcdonald-impress-at-world-indoor-qualifiers |website=SportsMax|access-date=15 March 2025|title= Tina Clayton Outpaces Shericka Jackson, Ackeem Blake, Rusheen McDonald Impress at World Indoor Qualifiers|first=Leighton|last= Levy|date=2 March 2025}}{{cite web|website=Jamaica Loopnews|url= https://jamaica.loopnews.com/content/tina-clayton-rohan-watson-win-60m-finals-world-indoors-qualifier#|date=1 March 2025|accessdate=12 March 2025|title= Tina Clayton and Rohan Watson win 60m finals at World Indoor qualifier|first=Melton|last=Williams}} He was named in the Jamaican team for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025.{{cite web|website=SportsMax|accessdate=15 March 2025|url= https://sportsmax.tv/athletics/ackera-nugent-and-wayne-pinnock-lead-jamaicas-squad-for-world-athletics-indoor-championships-in-nanjing#:~:text=Ackera%20Nugent%20and%20Wayne%20Pinnock,Indoor%20Championships%20in%20Nanjing%20-%20Sportsmax&text=Jamaica%20has%20named%20a%20solid,2025%2C%20in%20Nanjing%2C%20China.|title= Ackera Nugent and Wayne Pinnock Lead Jamaica’s Squad for World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing|first=Leighton|last= Levy|date=15 March 2025}}

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