Tobi Amusan is Africa's highest ranked and fifth-best female athlete in the world

Amusan has to dominate her event for many years

Tobi Amusan is Africa's highest ranked and fifth-best female athlete in the world

Funmilayo Fameso 23:30 - 19.12.2022

Tobi Amusan gets her highest ranked career position for the year ending.

At the moment, there are three constant things in nature - Death, taxes, and Tobi Amusan attaining new career feats. The World Record holder added another feather to her cap, being ranked the fifth-best female athlete in 2022.

The World Athletics body ranked each athlete according to the points they amassed from their performances during the season, using the scoring tables of athletics.

Amusan ranks fifth best athlete in the world in year 2022
Tobi Amusan

How Tobi Amusan is ranked fifth best athlete in the world

With Amusan, she got her most points from her World Record (WR) time of 12.12s at the World Championships in Oregon, her Commonwealth Games record-winning time of 12.30s, and her Diamond League title-winning time of 12.29s.

The 12.12s equals a 10.67s performance in the 100m, 21.68s in the 200m, and 48.38s in the 400m. Also, the 12.29s equals 10.78s in the 100m, 21.90s in the 200m, and 48.96s in the 400m.

Fraser-Pryce tops 2022 list ahead of Tobi Amusan

Meanwhile, Jamaica’s sprints legend, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce tops the list, swiftly followed by her compatriot, Sharicka Jackson. Venezuela’s Triple Jump queen, Yulimar Rojas occupies the third position, and USA’s Sydney McLaughlin in fourth.

Fraser-Pryce is year 2022 highest ranked female athlete in the world
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Netherland’s 400m Hurdles sensation Femke Bol is sixth, Ethiopia’s middle distance runner Gudaf Tsegay is seventh, High Jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine is eighth, Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon is ninth, and Shot Put thrower Chase Ealey occupies the tenth position.

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