Kishawna Niles


Kishawna Niles is a Barbadian sprinter. She became Barbadian national champion over 100 metres in 2023. She won a bronze medal over 100 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships.

Career

In 2022, she ran for Velocity Management. She was a silver medalist in the relay at the 2022 CARIFTA Games in Kingston, Jamaica. She also finishes sixth in the individual 100 metres race at the Games.
She ran 11.78 seconds for the 100 metres at the Barbadian U20 Championships in March 2023. She won the senior Barbadian national championships title over 100 metres in July 2023, running 11.83 seconds.
She moved to train with the MVP Club in Jamaica. She became Barbados U20 national record holder for the 100 metres with a run of 11.33 seconds in 2024. She qualified fastest for the final at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the women's 100 metres, running 11.39 seconds. She won bronze in the final, running 11.37 seconds.
She set a 60 metres personal best of 7.12 seconds competing in Jamaica on 1 March 2025. She reached the semi-finals of the 60 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing.

Personal life

She attends University of Technology, Jamaica.