14 Facts About Nia Ali

Nia Ali was born on October 23,1988 and is an American track and field athlete, who specializes in the 100 m hurdles, heptathlon, and other events.

Nia Ali is the 2016 Olympic Silver Medalist in the 100-meter hurdles, the 2019 World champion in the 100-meter hurdles, and twice in a row world indoor champion in 60 meters hurdles.

In college, Nia Ali was the 2011 NCAA leader and NCAA champion for the USC Trojans in the 100 m hurdles in a time of 12.63.

Nia Ali formerly competed for the Tennessee Volunteers where she was Southeastern Conference champion in the heptathlon and at USC she was an All-American in the heptathlon.

Nia Ali was selected to represent the US in Shenzhen, China for the World University Games where she won the Gold Medal in a time of 12.85.

At the 2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Nia Ali took third in the 100 m hurdles to qualify for the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.

At the World Championships, Nia Ali was a semi-finalist in the 100 m hurdles, ultimately finishing 10th.

At the 2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Nia Ali took eighth in the 100 m hurdles.

Nia Ali won the 60 meters hurdles at the 2013 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico in a personal best of 7.93 and repeated the year later with a new personal best of 7.80, which qualified her for the 2014 World Indoor Championships where she took the gold medal running 7.80 a second time.

In 2015, Nia Ali took a year off to give birth to her son with hurdler Michael Tinsley.

Nia Ali returned to the 2016 World Indoor Championships to successfully defend her gold medal.

Nia Ali placed third in the 100 hurdles in a time of 12.55 at the 2016 United States Olympic Trials behind Team USA teammates Brianna Rollins, Kristi Castlin to qualify to represent the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.

In 2019, Nia Ali won the gold medal in the 100m hurdles at the IAAF world championships in Doha, Qatar with a personal-best time of 12.34.

Nia Ali has a son, Titus Maximus, with American Olympian Michael Tinsley, an American track and field athlete specializing in the 400-metre hurdles.