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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1994-07-16 ) 16 July 1994 (age 31) , Saint Ann , Jamaica
- Height
- 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
- Weight
- 61 kg (134 lb)
- Country
- Jamaica
- Sport
- Track and field
- Event
- Sprint
- Team
- Puma & MVP Track Club
- Coached by
- Paul Francis
- Olympic finals
- 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m, Bronze 4 × 400 m, Silver 2020 Tokyo 100 m, Bronze 4 × 100 m, Gold 4 × 400 m, Bronze
- World finals
- 2015 Beijing 400 m, Bronze 4 × 400 m, Gold 2017 London 400 m, 5th 2019 Doha 400 m, Bronze 4 × 100 m, Gold 4 × 400 m, Bronze 2022 Eugene 100 m, Silver 200 m, Gold 4 × 100 m, Silver 2023 Budapest 100 m, Silver 200 m, Gold 4 × 100 m, Silver
- Highest world ranking
- 1st (200 m, 2023)
- Personal bests
- 100 m : 10.65 ( Kingston 2023) 200 m : 21.41 National record</span>"}]]}'>NR 2nd all time ( Budapest 2023) 400 m : 49.47 ( Doha 2019) Indoors 60 m : 7.04 Indoors</span>"}]]}'>i ( Belgrade 2022)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Jackson
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Jamaica
- Place of birth
- Saint Ann Parish
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Jamaica
- Mass
- 61
- Image
- Shericka Jackson at Doha 2019 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 173
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- date of birth
- 1994-07-16
- start of work period
- 2009-00-00
- Commons category
- Shericka Jackson
- sports discipline competed in
- 200 metres
- personal best
- 10.73
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Encyclopedic overview
Shericka Jackson (born 16 July 1994) is a Jamaican sprinter competing in the 60 m, 100 m, 200 m, and 400 metres. In the 100 m, she is the sixth fastest woman of all time (tied with Marion Jones and Sha'Carri Richardson), while in the 200 m, she is the second fastest woman in history.
Jackson started her career as a 400 m sprinter, winning individual bronze medals at the 2015 World Championships, 2016 Rio Olympics, and 2019 World Championships. At these competitions, she won silver in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2016 Olympics, then gold and bronze respectively at the 2015 and 2019 World Championships. At the 2019 Championships, she also won gold in the 4 × 100 m relay.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shericka Jackson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.