Anavia Battle is a young star of American sprinting. At Ohio State University, she won Big Ten championships in 100m and 200m, winning the esteemed Big Ten Track Athlete of the Year award. Her personal bests are 11.17 seconds in 100m and 21.95 seconds in 200m. She also represented Team USA at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, finishing sixth in the 200m semifinal.

Sustaining this in 2025, Anavia Battle shocked the world by beating two-time World Champion Shericka Jackson at the Diamond League in Xiamen with a new meet record of 22.41 seconds. But behind this budding American talent, there are her parents, who supported her in all her thick and thin. Let’s dive deep into Anavia Battle’s parents and siblings.

Who are Anavia Battle’s parents?

Anavia Battle was born and raised in Inkster, Michigan, and was raised by a single mother, Antoinette Booze Battle. Her father’s name has not been disclosed in the public domain, nor has Anavia ever mentioned him herself. Apart from her mother, Anavia has been very close to her grandma. Talking about her grandmother, Anavia recalled after the Tokyo Olympic trials, “My grandma always told me if I’m going to do something, be the best at it. Back then, I didn’t really take that in. I was just running to have an extracurricular activity.”

Booze-Battle said, “Society says coming from a Black American single-parent home, my children were not supposed to succeed. I’m proud to say they beat the odds. Look at where they are today.” Anavia was the youngest of four children raised in a single-parent home in Inkster. In her childhood journey, she was very close to her siblings, and even now, she shares a great bond with them all.

Who are Anavia Battle’s siblings?

Anavia has three siblings: one sister, Mintoria, and two brothers, Antoine and Montel, who are all very close to her. Anavia is not the only one to be racing in her family; her brother Montel also raced for Mississippi State University. While details about her other siblings, Mintoria and Antoine, are not available, Anavia shared a loving bond with them as well.

That’s not all; Anavia Battle’s granddad, Clyde Battle, also ran track when he was in high school and even in college. Anavia doesn’t shy away from crediting her brother for introducing her to track. As she put it (according to Wayne Dispatch), “I would beat the boys, and I was just out there having fun.” When she first raced with the boys in the street, and that too big for her size, she understood it’s not going to be easy. But she still defeated the boys, despite them being bigger in size — and that’s commendable, right? Battle also added, “Then I started running in seventh grade just to be a part of something. Then I was like, ‘Oh, I’m kind of fast.”

Anavia won both the 200- and 100-meter dashes in the Junior Olympics and also in the 2017 high school state championships. This shows that she was full of talent from her early career days, and it brings up a question. Where does she get this talent from?

What is Anavia Battle’s parents’ nationality?

The young prodigy Anavia Battle is an American citizen, and as far as her parents’ nationality is concerned, the information is not in the public domain. But the information available revealed that Anavia is from a family of African American descent with roots tracing deep into the United States. She was raised in a single-parent home as the youngest of four children, and her family has a rich athletic tradition.