Kia Davis (born May 23, 1976, in Monrovia) is a Liberian-American sprinter.[1] She is a multiple-time national record holder in the sprint and hurdles, a three-time USA Track & Field national indoor finalist for the 60 m hurdles, and holds a dual citizenship for Liberia and the United States in order to compete internationally for her categories. She also won the silver medal, as a member of the U.S. team, in the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow, Russia.[2]
Davis represented her nation Liberia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in two sprint categories. For her first event, 400 metres, Davis ran in the fifth heat against six other athletes, including American sprinter Sanya Richards, who eventually won the bronze medal in the final. She finished the race only in last place by sixty-three hundredths of a second (0.63) behind Kazakhstan's Olga Tereshkova, with a time of 53.99 seconds.[3] Three days later, Davis competed for her second event, 200 metres, where she finished the first heat in sixth place by fifteen hundredths of a second (0.15) ahead of Suriname's Kirsten Nieuwendam, outside her personal best time of 24.31 seconds. Davis, however, failed to advance into the next round for all of her participating events.[4]
Davis currently resides in Chester, Pennsylvania, and works as an assistant head coach for the Pittsburgh Panthers Track and Field team, focusing on the sprint and hurdles.
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^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
^Surber, Tom (12 March 2006). "Walker, Davis win gold at World Indoor Championships". USA Track & Field. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
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davis, born, 1976, monrovia, liberian, american, sprinter, multiple, time, national, record, holder, sprint, hurdles, three, time, track, field, national, indoor, finalist, hurdles, holds, dual, citizenship, liberia, united, states, order, compete, internation. Kia Davis born May 23 1976 in Monrovia is a Liberian American sprinter 1 She is a multiple time national record holder in the sprint and hurdles a three time USA Track amp Field national indoor finalist for the 60 m hurdles and holds a dual citizenship for Liberia and the United States in order to compete internationally for her categories She also won the silver medal as a member of the U S team in the women s 4 400 m relay at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow Russia 2 Kia DavisPersonal informationNationality Liberia United StatesBorn 1976 05 23 23 May 1976 age 47 Monrovia LiberiaHeight1 70 m 5 ft 7 in Weight54 kg 119 lb SportSportAthleticsEvent s SprintAchievements and titlesPersonal best s 200 m 23 12 s 2007 400 m 51 55 s 2008 Medal record Women s athleticsRepresenting United StatesWorld Indoor Championships2006 Moscow 4 400 m relayDavis represented her nation Liberia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where she competed in two sprint categories For her first event 400 metres Davis ran in the fifth heat against six other athletes including American sprinter Sanya Richards who eventually won the bronze medal in the final She finished the race only in last place by sixty three hundredths of a second 0 63 behind Kazakhstan s Olga Tereshkova with a time of 53 99 seconds 3 Three days later Davis competed for her second event 200 metres where she finished the first heat in sixth place by fifteen hundredths of a second 0 15 ahead of Suriname s Kirsten Nieuwendam outside her personal best time of 24 31 seconds Davis however failed to advance into the next round for all of her participating events 4 Davis currently resides in Chester Pennsylvania and works as an assistant head coach for the Pittsburgh Panthers Track and Field team focusing on the sprint and hurdles References edit Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Kia Davis Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 21 December 2012 Surber Tom 12 March 2006 Walker Davis win gold at World Indoor Championships USA Track amp Field Retrieved 21 December 2012 Women s 400m Round 1 Heat 4 NBC Olympics Archived from the original on 21 August 2012 Retrieved 21 December 2012 Women s 200m Round 1 Heat 1 NBC Olympics Archived from the original on 21 August 2012 Retrieved 21 December 2012 External links editKia Davis at World Athletics nbsp Profile Pittsburgh Panthers NBC 2008 Olympics profile nbsp This biographical article relating to Liberian athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kia Davis amp oldid 1183957796, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
