Who is Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce?
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, (born December 27, 1986) is a Jamaican sprinter, who specializes in the 100 m. Born in Kingston, Jamaica.
Fraser is the reigning Olympic
champion over 100 m, clocking a time of 10.78.[2] The 2009 World 100 m
champion, she is only the second female sprinter to hold both World and Olympic
100 m titles simultaneously (after Gail Devers), and is the fourth fastest
woman in history over 100 m with a time of 10.70 seconds.[3] She attended the
Wolmer's High School for Girls and represented her school in many athletic
occasions.
2008 Beijing
Olympics
Fraser, who
trained for the Olympics with teammate Asafa Powell, became the first Jamaican
woman in history to win an Olympic gold medal in the 100 m sprint. In her first
round heat, she placed first in a time of 11.35 to advance to the second round.
She then improved her time to 11.06 seconds, finishing first in her heat. In
the semifinals Fraser again finished in front, outsprinting Kerron Stewart and
Muna Lee in 11.00 seconds.
In the final,
Jamaican sprinters finished in the top three positions in the race, with a
photographic tie for second place by Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart. (Both
women were awarded silver medals; no bronze medal was awarded). Fraser's time
of 10.78 seconds was a personal best and 0.20 seconds faster than her Jamaican
teammates. Fraser's Olympic time was the second-fastest 100 m ever recorded by
a Jamaican woman, a mere 0.04 seconds (1/25 of a second) shy of Merlene Ottey's
10.74 record.
Together with
Sheri-Ann Brooks, Aleen Bailey and Veronica Campbell-Brown, Fraser also took
part in the 4 x 100 m relay. In its first round heat, Jamaica placed first in
front of Russia, Germany and China. The Jamaica relay's time of 42.24 seconds
was the first time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this
result, Jamaica qualified for the final, replacing Brooks and Bailey with
Simpson and Stewart. Jamaica did not finish the race due to a mistake in the
baton exchange.
2009 Berlin
World Championships
Fraser (right)
celebrating victory in Berlin with Kerron Stewart
Fraser took
the 100 m Jamaican title in June 2009, winning with a world-leading time of
10.88 s against a strong headwind (−1.5 m/s). This made her the number one
Jamaican qualifier for the 2009 World Championships. Fraser took full
advantage, holding off a late surge (and personal best) from compatriot Kerron
Stewart, who had a slow start, to win by two one-hundredths of a second in a
time of 10.73. – the fourth fastest time in the event's history and a Jamaican
national record.
She later ran
the second leg on the Jamaican 4x 100 m relay team. Fraser ran an outstanding
back-straight, outrunning athletes like Chandra Sturrup of the Bahamas, Anne
Mollinger of Germany and Kelly-Ann Baptiste of Trinidad and Tobago, with a
successful change over to Aleen Bailey. The Jamaican team eventually claimed
the gold medal in a time of 42.06 with the Bahamas claiming silver and Germany
claiming bronze.
2010:
Off-the-track
Fraser was
named as the first UNICEF National Goodwill Ambassador for Jamaica on February
22. On February 23, she was named Grace Goodwill Ambassador for Peace for 2010
in a partnership with Grace Foods and not-for-profit Organisation PALS (Peace
and Love in Society). On May 23, at the Shanghai meet in the IAAF Diamond
League, Fraser tested positive for a banned substance after using medication
for toothache. In October 2010, she was subsequently suspended for six months.
2012 JAAA/Supreme Ventures National Championships for
the Olympics
In the
women's 100, defending Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won in a
Jamaican-record 10.70 seconds -- equaling the seventh-fastest time ever -- with
Veronica Campbell-Brown in second and Kerron Stewart third. Fraser-Pryce's form
hadn't been great for much of this year, but she got back into the flow with a
10.92 in New York earlier this month. She won easily over Campbell-Brown, who
finished 0.12 seconds behind, at 10.82.
"I
always had faith because of my training," Fraser-Pryce said. "I came
out here to do my best. I did my best. It worked out. I'm going to the
Olympics."
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