Khalifa St. Fort, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Trinidadian sprinter
Date of Birth: 13-Feb-1998
Place of Birth: Trinidad and Tobago
Profession: sprinter
Nationality: Trinidad and Tobago
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Khalifa St. Fort
- Khalifa Halima St.
- Fort (born 13 February 1998) is a track and field sprinter who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago.
- She competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. Born in the United States to Tamika St.
- Fort, a native of San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, she grew up in Miami, Florida and attended St.
- Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale.
- She took up track and field at the age of thirteen, joining Miramar Optimist track and field club.
- While at high school she struggled to improve her sprinting and her father contacted Ato Boldon, a four-time Olympic medalist for Trinidad and Tobago, for assistance.
- Boldon decided to coach St.
- Fort and after a month she improved her best from 12.3 to 11.5 seconds, making her one of the top ranked sprinters for her age group globally.St.
- Fort's first international competition came at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics, where the 100 m was seen as a duel between her and America's Candace Hill (who had recently broken the World youth best).
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- Fort produced three personal bests at the competition, running 11.39, 11.24, then 11.19 seconds in the final to secure the silver medal behind Hill.
- A 100 m gold followed at the 2015 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in the absence of Hill.
- Her last major outing of the year was a senior debut at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics.
- She was chosen as the relay alternate and competed in the heats of the 4×100 metres relay, where she broke the Trinidad and Tobago national record with a time of 42.24 seconds, anchoring a team of Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Michelle-Lee Ahye and Reyare Thomas.
- In the final, she was replaced by Semoy Hackett and the team improved the record further in their bronze medal-winning run.
- The 17-year-old St.
- Fort received a bronze medal as the heats runner.
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