Shericka Jackson

Shericka Jackson (born 16 July 1994)^[3] is a Jamaican sprinter competing in the 60 m, 100 m, 200 m, and 400 metres. In the 100 m, she’s the fifth fastest woman of all time, while in the 200 m, she’s the second fastest woman in history.

Shericka Jackson

Jackson at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha
Personal information
Born	(1994-07-16) 16 July 1994 (age 30) Saint Ann, Jamaica
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	Jamaica
Sport	Track and field
Event	Sprint
Team	Puma & MVP Track Club
Achievements and titles
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)[2]
Personal bests	100 m: 10.65 (Kingston 2023) 200 m: 21.41 NR (Budapest 2023) 400 m: 49.47 (Doha 2019) Indoors 60 m: 7.04i (Belgrade 2022)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Jamaica Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m relay 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×400 m relay 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m 2020 Tokyo 100 m 2020 Tokyo 4×400 m relay World Championships 2015 Beijing 4×400 m relay 2019 Doha 4×100 m relay 2022 Eugene 200 m 2023 Budapest 200 m 2022 Eugene 100 m 2022 Eugene 4×100 m relay 2023 Budapest 100 m 2023 Budapest 4×100 m relay 2015 Beijing 400 m 2019 Doha 400 m 2019 Doha 4×400 m relay Diamond League 2022 200 m 2023 100 m 2023 200 m Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast 200 m Pan American Games 2019 Lima 400 m NACAC Championships 2018 Toronto 200 m 2022 Freeport 100 m 2018 Toronto 4×100 m relay World Athletics Relays 2017 Nassau 4×200 m relay 2014 Nassau 4×400 m relay 2019 Yokohama 4×200 m relay

Jackson started her career as a 400 m sprinter, winning individual bronze medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics, 2015 World Championships and 2019 World Championships. At these competitions, she won silver in the 4 x 400 m relays 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 x 100 m relay.

After Jackson shifted to shorter sprints in 2021 she won bronze in the 100 m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, then added a gold and bronze for the 4 x 100 m and 4 x 400 m relays respectively. That year, she achieved a sub-10.80 s personal best in the 100 m and sub-22 s in the 200 m. With her sub-49.5 s best in the 400 m, she became one of few women to reach such marks at those events. At the 2022 World Championships, she won a silver in the 100 m, gold in the 200 m setting national record, and a silver for the 4 x 100 m relay. She was the 2022 Diamond League 200 m champion.

Jackson is the first athlete in World Championship history to win medals in the 100, 200 and 400 metres, including the 4x100 and 4x400 metres relays. She is also the second athlete in history, behind Marita Koch to win medals in the 100, 200, 400, 4x100 and 4x400 metres at the World Championships and/or the Olympic Games.

Background

Jackson was born in Jamaica. She participated in track and field at Steer Town Academy and Vere Technical schools. She represented Jamaica at age 14 in the CARIFTA Games in 2008.^[4]

Career

Jackson at the Meeting de Paris in 2018, part of the Diamond League.

Since 2008 Shericka Jackson had been winning age-group gold medals at the CARIFTA Games, and then CACAC Junior Championships. She placed in the 200 m finals of the 2010 Youth Olympics, 2011 World Youth Championships (third), and the 2012 World Junior Championships.

Her greater progress in the 400 m came at the age of 21, in 2015, when she first went under 51 seconds in June and finally under 50 seconds in August.^[3]

2021

Under the guidance of renowned coach Stephen Francis, Jackson switched to the 100 m and 200 m sprints for the 2021 season, running personal bests of 10.77 s and 21.82 s respectively at the Jamaica Olympic Trials in Kingston.

She came third in the 100 m at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics with even better career best of 10.76 s, just behind fellow country woman Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who clocked 10.74 s. The Jamaicans swept the medal stand in the event for the second time in history as Elaine Thompson-Herah took the gold medal in 10.61 s.^[5] In the 200 m, she failed to advance out of the heats after she slowed down before the finish line and was passed by Dalia Kaddari for the third automatic advancement spot by four one-thousandths of a second; her time of 23.26 s was not fast enough to earn one of the advancement-by-time places.^[6][7]

2022

Jackson continued to impress in the shorter sprints throughout the 2022 season winning three medals at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon. At the Jamaican trials, she won the sprint double, clocking 10.77 s in the 100 m and 21.55 s in the 200 m; her time at the latter elevated her to third on the respective world all-time list.^[3] At the World Championships, Jackson won the silver medal at the 100 m in a personal best of 10.73 s, making her the joint seventh-fastest woman of all time, and copped the gold medal in the 200 m in a championship and national record of 21.45 s, making her the fastest woman alive and second fastest woman of all time at the event. With this 200m title, Jackson became the first athlete in World Championship history to win 100, 200 and 400 metres medals.^[3] In the 4 x 100 m relay final, Jackson ran a spectacular split of 9.72 s on the anchor leg, but wasn't able to pass the American sprinter Twanisha Terry. Consequently, she and the Jamaican team consisting of Kemba Nelson, Elaine Thompson-Herah and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce earned the silver medal in a season's best of 41.18 s, the sixth fastest time in history.^[3] At the Monaco Diamond League on 10 August, Jackson lowered her 100 m personal best to 10.71 s to finish second behind Fraser-Pryce (10.62 s) and just ahead of Marie-Josée Ta Lou of the Ivory Coast who ran an African record of 10.72 s. With her result Jackson became the sixth-fastest woman and third-fastest Jamaican woman of all time.^[3][8][9]

2023

Jackson continued her good form into 2023, where she won three medals at the World Championships, including a gold medal in the 200 metres^[10] in which she clocked 21.41 s, the second fastest time in history.^[3] She also won a silver medal in the 100 m, finishing behind Sha'Carri Richardson. She won another silver medal in the 4x100 m relay final, along with her teammates Natasha Morrison, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shashalee Forbes.^[3][11] Before the World Championships, Jackson had set a 100 m personal best of 10.65 s at the Jamaican trials, moving her up to joint fifth on the all-time top list. She also won the Jamaican women's 200 m title, in a time of 21.71 s.^[3] Jackson finished her season at the Eugene Diamond League where she became the Diamond League champion over both the 100 m and 200 m.^[3]

2024

On 19 May 2024, Jackson won the 200 m at the Marrakesh Diamond League in a time of 22.82 s.^[12] She placed a disappointing fifth over 200 m at the Bislett Games, ending her two-year unbeaten streak in the event.^[13] Jackson won the Jamaican Championship titles in the 100 m and 200 m with times of 10.87 s and 22.29 s respectively.^[14] She was selected for the Jamaican team for the 2024 Paris Olympics but had to withdraw through injury.^[15][16]

Achievements

Shericka Jackson won the 200 m with the championship record and took silver in the 100 m at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene.

Information from World Athletics profile.^[3]

Personal bests

Event	Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Venue	Date	Notes
60 metres	7.23	-1.2	Spanish Town, Jamaica	5 February 2022
60 metres indoor	7.04	—	Belgrade, Serbia	18 March 2022
100 metres	10.65	+1.0	Kingston, Jamaica	7 July 2023	5th of all time
200 metres	21.41	+0.1	Budapest, Hungary	25 August 2023	NR, 2nd of all time
400 metres	49.47	—	Doha, Qatar	3 October 2019

International competitions

Representing  Jamaica

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time
2008	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis	1st	400 m	54.52
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:39.62
2009	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia	1st	200 m	23.62
			1st	400 m	53.48
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	45.05
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:38:09
2010	CARIFTA Games (U18)	George Town, Cayman Islands	1st	200 m	23.64 w
			2nd	400 m	53.71
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	45.98
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:44.02
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U18)	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	1st	200 m	24.23
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	45.67
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:43.08
	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	4th	4 × 100 m relay	44.68 [n 1]
	Youth Olympic Games	Republic of Singapore	4th	200 m	24.08
2011	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Montego Bay, Jamaica	2nd	200 m	23.48
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	44.08
	World Youth Championships	Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France	3rd	200 m	23.62
			1st	Medley relay	2:03.42
2012	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Hamilton, Bermuda	3rd	200 m	24.03
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	45.18
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	San Salvador, El Salvador	2nd	200 m	23.87
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:37.21
	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	8th	200 m	23.53
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.97
2013	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd	200 m	22.84
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:34.36
2014	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:23.26
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	3rd	400 m	49.99
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:19.13 WL
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3rd	400 m	49.85
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:20.34
2017	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	4 × 200 m relay	1:29.04 CR NR
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	5th	400 m	50.76
			DNF	4 × 400 m relay	DNF
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	2nd	200 m	22.18
	World Cup	London, United Kingdom	1st	200 m	22.35
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	42.60
	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	1st	200 m	22.64
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	43.33
2019	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	3rd	4 × 200 m relay	1:33.21
	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	1st	400 m	50.73
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	3rd	400 m	49.47 PB
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	41.44 WL
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:22.37
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	100 m	10.76 PB
			29th (h)	200 m	23.26
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	41.02 NR
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:21.24 SB
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	6th	60 m	7.04
	World Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	2nd	100 m	10.73 PB
			1st	200 m	21.45 CR NR
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	41.18 SB
	NACAC Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	1st	100 m	10.83
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	100 m	10.72
			1st	200 m	21.41 CR
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	41.21

Circuit wins and titles

• Diamond League champion 100 m: 2023
• Diamond League champion 200 m: 2022,^[17] 2023
  • 2018: Paris Meeting (200 m)
  • 2019: London Anniversary Games (400 m)
  • 2021: Stockholm Bauhaus-Galan (200 m)
  • 2022: Rome Golden Gala (200 m, MR SB), Chorzów Kamila Skolimowska Memorial (200 m, MR), Brussels Memorial Van Damme (100 m), Zürich Weltklasse (200 m)
  • 2023: Rabat Meeting International (200 m, MR SB), Monaco Herculis (200 m), Zürich (200 m), Brussels (200 m, DLR MR), Eugene Prefontaine Classic (100m & 200 m, MR )

National titles

• Jamaican Athletics Championships
  • 200 metres: 2018, 2022, 2023
  • 400 metres: 2017, 2019
  • 100 metres: 2022, 2023

Notes

1. Time from the heats; Jackson was replaced in the final

References

1. "Rio 2016 bio". Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
2. "World Rankings | Women's 200m".
3. "Shericka JACKSON – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
4. "Shericka Jackson Biography". olympics.com. 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
5. Reid, Paul A (31 July 2021). "Thompson-Herah smashes Flo-Jo's Olympic record, leads Jamaican sweep in women's 100m". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
6. "Jamaica's Shericka Jackson out of 200m after rookie heats blunder". NBC. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
7. "Tokyo Olympics: Shericka Jackson 200m heat results, Jamaica runner's unforgivable act". 2 August 2021.
8. Jeffery, Nicole (10 August 2022). "Kipyegon and Fraser-Pryce continue hot streak in Monaco". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
9. Bailey, Robert (11 August 2022). "Fraser-Pryce happy for consistency: Sets new world lead, takes aim at personal best". The Gleaner. Kingston. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
10. Dennehy, Cathal (25 August 2023). "Jackson and Lyles retain 200m titles, Rojas and Kitaguchi snatch gold in final round". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
11. Turnbull, Simon (26 August 2023). "USA sets championship record to win women's 4x100m in Budapest". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
12. de Villiers, Ockert (19 May 2024). "Diamond League Rabat/Marrakech 2024: Shericka Jackson gets 200m season off to a winning start". olympics.com. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
13. "Gebrhiwet threatens world 5000m record in Oslo". World Athletics. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
14. Francis, Noel (30 June 2024). "National championships round-up: Nugent and Thompson impress in Jamaica". World Athletics. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
15. Pells, Eddie (4 August 2024). "Jamaica's Shericka Jackson a no-show at 200 meters and won't race for individual medal at Olympics". AP News. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
16. "#ParisOlympics: Shericka Jackson pulls out of 200m". Jamaica Observer. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
17. "World Leaders by Ingebrigtsen & Korir Highlight 2022 Diamond League Final". LetsRun.com. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.

External links

• Shericka Jackson at World Athletics
• Shericka Jackson at Diamond League
• Shericka Jackson at Olympics.com
• Shericka Jackson at Olympedia