Natricia Hooper
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| Born | 28 November 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | Triple jump: 14.10 m (Clemson, 2022) NR | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Natricia Hooper (born 24 November 1998) is a triple jumper from Guyana. She is the Guyanese national record holder. She won a bronze medal in the triple jump at the 2025 South American Championships.[1]
NCAA
[edit]Hooper grew up in Guyana but moved to the United States in 2017. She attended Essex County College in New Jersey before gaining a scholarship to the University of Florida, joining in early 2019. She finished third at the 2019 SEC Indoor Championships with a personal best jump, before suffering an ACL knee ligament injury which required surgery. After recovering her fitness she broke the Guyanese national record at the SEC Championships with her first round jump of 13.92m, before returning the fifth round and making a jump of 13.93m. She qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2021.[2][3] In January 2022, she set a new Guyanese national record with a jump of 14.10 metres competing indoors in Clemson.[4]
Professional career
[edit]She won the triple jump at the 2017 CARIFTA Games in Curacao with a jump of 13.08 metres.[5] She finished eighth in the triple jump at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia with a personal best 13.15 metres.[6]
In April 2022, she set a new Guyanese national outdoor record for the triple jump with a leap of 14.03m.[7]
She jumped 14.05 metres at the Florida Relays in April 2025.[8] She won a bronze medal in the triple jump at the 2025 South American Championships in Argentina with a jump of 13.64m, later that month.[9][10]
Personal life
[edit]Her sister Natrena Hopper has represented Guyana in the high jump in international athletics competition.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Natricia Hooper". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "Guyanese Natricia Hooper and the path to Eugene". Newsroom.gy. June 6, 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "Hooper smashes national triple jump record". stabroeknews.com. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "Hooper resets National Triple jump record". kaieteurnewsonline.com. Jan 30, 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "Hooper, Caesar strike gold at CARIFTA". stabroeknews.com. April 16, 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES: George out of 200m; Hooper jumps PB". Newsroom.gy. April 10, 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "Hooper erases triple jump outdoor national record". stabroeknews.com. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ Levy, Leighton (6 April 2025). "Habiba Harris Impresses, Charisma Taylor Triumphs, and Hooper Hits Big in the Triple Jump at Florida Relays". SportsMax. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "Hooper secures bronze for Guyana at South American Championships". Newsroom.gy. April 26, 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "Hooper claims Triple Jump Bronze as Guyana opens South American Championships campaign". stabroeknews.com. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "AAG names six for Commonwealth Games". Stabroeknews. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
