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Rosey Effiong

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Rosey Effiong
Effiong at the 2025 World Indoor Championships
Personal information
Nationality United States
Born (2001-05-08) 8 May 2001 (age 25)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)200 m: 22.85 (Baton Rouge, 2023)
400 m: 49.72 (Eugene, 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  United States
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest 4 × 400 m mixed
Gold medal – first place 2025 Tokyo 4 × 400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2025 Nanjing 4 × 400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2026 Toruń 4 × 400 m relay

Rosey Effiong (born 8 May 2001) is an American sprinter. She is the reigning American champion over 400 metres indoors, having won the title at the 2026 USA Indoor Championships. She has won gold medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the World Athletics Championships and World Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]

Early life

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Her parents, Daniel Effiong and Tina Chikezie, were both international sprinters in the for Nigeria. Growing up in the United States, Effiong joined the North Texas Cheetahs club team in high school, where her contemporaries included future olympian Jasmine Moore.[2] She attended DeSoto High School in Dallas, Texas. Effiong began at the University of Arkansas and ran for the Arkansas Razorbacks from 2020.[3][4]

Career

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Competing at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Eugene, Oregon, she finished fifth in the final of the 400 m.[5][6] She was subsequently selected for the USA relay pool for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023 and competed in the mixed 4 × 400 m relay.[7] She won a gold medal as the USA team set a new world record time of 3:08.80.[8] The world record time set by Effiong, Alexis Holmes, Matthew Boling and Justin Robinson was ratified by World Athletics in November 2023.[9]

She met the 2024 Paris Olympics standard running 50.75 seconds for the 400 m at the SEC Championship in Gainesville, Florida on 11 May 2024.[10]

She was runner-up to Alexis Holmes over 400 metres at the 2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.[11] She was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025, where she qualified for the final.[12][13] She also won gold in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay.[14] She qualified for the final of the 400 metres at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, placing eighth overall in 51.29 seconds.[15] She was subsequently selected for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where she ran in the women's x 400 metres relay.[16][17]

On 1 March 2026, she won the 400 metres at the 2026 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, running 51.53 seconds, winning ahead of Bailey Lear and Paris Peoples.[18] She was selected to represent the United States at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, but did not advance to the semi-finals of the individual 400 metres.[19][20] Later at the championships, she won the gold medal with the women's 4 × 400 m relay team.[21]

References

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  1. ^ "Rosey Effiong". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  2. ^ McArvel, Nick (22 April 2026). "After a standout collegiate career, Rosey Effiong laces up for her next race: The road to LA 2028 - Exclusive". Olympics.com. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  3. ^ "UA women run roughshod over 400". The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. February 11, 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Rosey Effiong". Arkansas Razorbacks. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone coasts to 400 win at US track and field championships in her newest event". The Hamilton Spectator. July 8, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  6. ^ "USA Track and Field (USATF) Outdoor Championships 2023 women's 400m results". Watchathletics. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  7. ^ Gault, Jonathan (7 August 2023). "USATF Announces 2023 World Championship Roster". letsrun.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  8. ^ "USA breaks mixed 4x400m world record in Budapest". World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  9. ^ "ratified:%20USA%E2%80%99s%20world%20mixed%204x400m%20record". World Athletics. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  10. ^ Hutchison, Katelyn (13 May 2024). "SEC Track And Field Championships Produce World Leading Times And Olympic Performances". Forbes.com. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  11. ^ Jampol, Noah (23 Feb 2025). "Nikki Hiltz Completes 1500/3000 Sweep, Resurgent Nia Akins Wins 800". Lets Run. Retrieved 24 Feb 2025.
  12. ^ Hall, Dan (14 March 2025). "USATF Announces 56 Athletes For Team USA At 2025 World Indoor Championships". Flotrack. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  13. ^ "Five things to look forward to on day two in Nanjing". World Athletics. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  14. ^ "USA's women win 4x400m to claim final title of WIC Nanjing 25". World Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  15. ^ "USA Championships". World Athletics. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  16. ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 20 Sep 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  17. ^ "USA TRACK & FIELD NAMES TEAM FOR 2025 WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Dyestat. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  18. ^ "HILTZ FOUR-PEAT HIGHLIGHTS FINAL DAY OF USATF INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". usatf.org. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  19. ^ "USA TRACK & FIELD NAMES TEAM FOR 2026 WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". usatf.org. March 13, 2026. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  20. ^ Binder, Doug (21 March 2026). "Anthony Saves Best For Last, Wins Men's 60 Meters; Jackson Wins First World Indoor Title In Shot Put". DyeStat. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  21. ^ "USA wins women's 4x400m to claim final gold of WIC Kujawy Pomorze 26". World Athletics. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
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