JamaicaBiography
Jamaican Olympic and World champion. One of the most celebrated sprinters of all-time. Eight-time Olympics, 12-time World medallist. Has won more 100 metres global titles from any other women in history of athletics.
Discovered by coach Stephen Francis at the University of Technology. Worked with Francis' MVP Team and got a berth for Jamaican 2007 World Championships squad as a reserve relay member. Before Beijing Olympics, she had a boom at Jamaican Trials, clocked 10.85 to came second. In China, she recorded 10.78 personal best in the Olympics final, led Jamaican triple in 100 meters women ahead of silver-equaled teammates Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart. With this unprecedented gold, she became the first Caribbean woman to win Olympic 100m gold.
Shelly-Ann Fraser won the World Championship title in Berlin and also anchored her team to gold in relay. In London Olympics, she performed outstanding races to had second 100 metres Olympics gold, silver in 200 metres, and 4x100 metres as a member of NR broken relay team.
The small-sized Jamaican continued domination of sprints event in World Championships while added three more 100 meters gold to her tally in Moscow, Beijing and Doha. In 2013, she also completed a sprint-treble in World Champs, a rare feat for women.
Apart from her Olympics and World successes, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce also won World Indoor, Pan American and Commonwealth Games gold medals in her career. Won total of five Diamond League season titles in 2012, 2013 and 2015.
PERSONAL BESTS:
60m indoor: 6.98 - 2014
100m: 10.60 (1.7) - 2021
200m: 21.79 (0.8) - 2021
TRIVIA
♦ Nicknamed as The Pocket Rocket because of her size (1.60m tall).
♦ As a result of her petite size, she needs nearly 50 steps to complete a 100 meters races. Her average step size during sprinting is about two meters.
♦ Graduated from University of Technology in Kingston.
♦ Married to Jason Pryce in 2014. Gave birth a baby boy named Zion in 2017.
♦ Obsessed with hairs. She opened a hair and beauty center in Kingston, Chic Hair Ja.
♦ UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Jamaica.
♦ In 2019, selected as one of the 100 Influential Women of the World by BBC.
♦ A devout Christian.