Jasmine Camacho-Quinn

About

Hurdler who made history at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as the first Puerto Rican of Afro-Latino descent and the second representative of Puerto Rico to win a gold medal. After claiming a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, she also became the only Puerto Rican athlete to have won two Olympic medals.

Before Fame

In 2016, she won the gold medal in the 100 m hurdles at the NCAA Division I Championships and also competed at the Rio Olympics the same year.

Trivia

In 2020, she set her personal best and an Olympic record of 12.26 seconds, a time that ranks among the ten fastest in history.

Family Life

Her parents, James Quinn and María Milagros Camacho, were athletes at what is now Charleston Southern University, where he ran hurdles and she competed in sprints and the long jump. Her brother is former NFL player, Robert Quinn.

Associated With

She was pictured with Bad Bunny on her 29th birthday.