Tamara Clark
{{Short description|American sprinter}}
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| nationality = American
| sport = Track and field
| event = 200 metres
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|1|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place = High Point, North Carolina, U.S.
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{{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|the {{Flagu|United States}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Budapest|4 × 100 m relay}}
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Tamara Clark (born 9 January 1999) is an American track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter.{{Cite web |title=Tamara CLARK {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/tamara-clark-14596381 |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=Worldathletics.org}}
High school
Clark attended High Point Central High School in High Point, North Carolina. She was a two-time North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) 4A outdoor state champion in the 100 meters and 200 meters in 2016 and 2017 and a two-time NCHSAA 4A indoor state champion in the 55 meters and 300 meters in 2016 and 2017. She won relay state championships in the indoor 4 × 200 and 4 × 400 relay in 2017 and outdoor 4 × 100 meter relay in 2017. Clark was also an AAU national champion in the 100 meters and 200 meters in 2016.[https://rolltide.com/sports/xctrack/roster/tamara-clark/6981 Tamara Clark - Track & Field, Cross Country]. University of Alabama Athletics. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
College and professional career
Representing the University of Alabama, Clark received five All-American awards and swept the 100 and 200 meters at the 2021 SEC Championships before making her Diamond League debut in 2021 in the 200 metres in Monaco.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-04 |title=College standout Tamara Clark added to star-studded Monaco 200m field {{!}} World-Track and Field |url=https://world-track.org/2021/07/college-standout-tamara-clark-added-to-star-studded-monaco-200m-field/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=World-track.org |language=en-US}} Clark finished in second place at the 2022 USATF Championships in the 200 metres to qualify for the 2022 World Athletics Championships, and cried with relief after missing out on a spot on the US Olympic team the year previous by one place. Clark was also named in the pool for the 4 × 100-meter relay for the event in Eugene, Oregon.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-15 |title=Veteran Talent and Rising Stars Make Up the Women's U.S. 200M Team |url=https://www.womensrunning.com/culture/people/women-200m-team/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=Womensrunning.com |language=en}} Clark won her heat in a time 22.27, edging former world champion Dina Asher-Smith into second, to qualify for the semi-finals, before then reaching the final and finishing sixth overall on her major event debut.{{Cite news |title=Masilingi streaks to 200m heat victory |url=https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?page=read&id=114391 |access-date=2022-07-19 |newspaper=The Namibian |language=en}}
She was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023.{{cite web|url= https://www.letsrun.com/news/2023/08/usatf-announces-2023-world-championship-roster/|website=letsrun.com|accessdate=8 August 2023|date=7 August 2023|first=Jonathan|last=Gault|title= USATF Announces 2023 World Championship Roster}}
In April 2024, she was selected as part of the American team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.{{cite web|website=USATF| title= USA TRACK & FIELD ANNOUNCES FULL TEAM FOR WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS BAHAMAS 24|url= https://www.usatf.org/news/2024/usa-track-field-announces-full-team-for-world-athl |date=17 April 2024|accessdate=18 April 2024}}
Personal records
Tamara Clark's current personal best in the 100 m is 10.88. While in the 200 m race, it is 21.92.{{cite web|url= https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/tamara-clark|website=usatf.org|accessdate=21 August 2023|title=Tamara Clark}}
Statistics
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References
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{{Footer World Champions 4 x 100 m Women}}
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Category:High Point Central High School alumni
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States
Category:American female sprinters