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Jamaica At The 2015 World Championships In Athletics
Jamaica competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22–30 August 2015. Medalists The following competitors from Jamaica won medals at the Championships Results (q – qualified, NM – no mark, SB – season best) Men ;Track and road events ;Field events Women ;Track and road events ;Field events ;Combined events – Heptathlon Sources Jamaican team {{Nations at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics Nations at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics World Championships in Athletics The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the World Championships in Athletics) are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations). Alongside the Ol ... Jamaica at the World Championships in Athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing
} Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 million residents. It has an administrative area of , the third in the country after Guangzhou and Shanghai. It is located in Northern China, and is governed as a municipality under the direct administration of the State Council with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.Figures based on 2006 statistics published in 2007 National Statistical Yearbook of China and available online at archive. Retrieved 21 April 2009. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighboring Tianjin to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jingjinji megalopolis and the national capital region of China. Beijing is a global city and one of the world's leading centres for culture, diplomacy, politics, finance, busi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerron Stewart
Kerron Stewart (born 16 April 1984) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She is the 2008 Jamaican national champion in the 100 m clocking 10.80s. She defeated World Champion Veronica Campbell-Brown in the process and now is the 2008 Summer Olympics silver medalist after she tied with Sherone Simpson in a time of 10.98s. She also earned a bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics with a time of 22.00s. She was born in Kingston and retired after the 2018 season. Stewart holds one of the fastest non-winning times for the women's 100 metres. In the 2009 World Athletics Championships from Berlin, she ran 10.75 seconds only to finish second to compatriot, Shelly-Ann Fraser who ran a 10.73 race. Stewart also anchored the Jamaican 4x100 m relay team to victory in a time of 42.06. Junior career She won the U18 100m at the 2000 Carifta Games. She also represented Jamaica at the Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 World Championships In Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 Metres Relay
The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 29 and 30 August. Summary The Jamaican team announced their intention to win this race early in the championships by placing all four of their relay team members in the top six of the final of the 400 metres. The American squad had two women in that same race, one of them the winner Allyson Felix. Their ace in the hole was having the top two in the world, prior to the American championships, fail to make the individual event but were available for the relay. Both Olympic Champion Sanya Richards-Ross and World Indoor Champion Francena McCorory demonstrated their occasional ability to run excellent 350 meter races in that meet, their flailing last 50 metres is why they didn't qualify for the individual race. All the other teams ran their season best just to make the finals, Bahamas and Japan set National Records and still failed to qualify. In the final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrisann Gordon
} Chrisann Gordon (born 18 September 1994) is a Jamaican sprinter. She competed in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing. She also competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics in the 4 × 400 metres relay when Jamaica won silver. Competition record 1Did not finish in the final Personal bests Outdoor *100 metres – 11.87 (+0.8 m/s, Kingston 2011) *200 metres – 23.28 (+2.0 m/s, El Paso 2015) * 400 metres – 50.13 (Kingston, Jamaica 2017) *800 metres - 1:59.52 (Nashville, Tennessee 2022) Indoor *200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ... – 23.90 (Albuquerque 2015) * 400 metres – 51.69 (Birmingham 2016) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Chrisann 1994 births Living people Jamaican female sprin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Le-Roy
Anastasia Le-Roy (born 11 September 1987) is a Jamaican track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ... athlete, who specializes in the 400 metres. Le-Roy, in recent times has positioned herself as a key member of Jamaica's 4 x 400 metres women team and helped them in setting a games' record of 3 minutes 23.82 seconds (3:23.82) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Personal bests *All information taken from IAAF profile. Competition record 1: Competed only in the heat. 2: Disqualified in the final References External links * Living people 1987 births Sportspeople from Manchester Parish Jamaican female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novlene Williams-Mills
Novlene Hilaire Williams-Mills (''maiden name, née'', Williams; born 26 April 1982), is a retired Jamaican track and field athlete. She won the bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, 2007 World Championships. She is also a three-time Olympic silver medallist in the 4×400 metres relay. In 2015 she won relay gold alongside her Jamaican teammates. Early life Williams-Mills was born in Saint Ann, Jamaica, Saint Ann, Jamaica. She is a graduate of Ferncourt High School, located in Claremont, Jamaica, Claremont, St. Ann Parish, Jamaica. She attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, Gainesville, Florida, where she was a member of coach Tom Jones' Florida Gators track and field team. She graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree in 2004. In March 2020, Williams-Mills announced that she was pregnant with Twins. Athletics career At the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, she won (together with Shericka Williams, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephenie Ann McPherson
Stephenie Ann McPherson (born 25 November 1988) is a Jamaican track and field athlete, who specializes in the 400 metres. She has won a bronze medal in the event at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, 2013 World Championships, and then placed in the finals of both the Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympics and the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Tokyo Olympics and all four following World Athletics Championships, World Championships between 2015 and 2022, consecutively. McPherson earned also a bronze at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships, 2022 World Indoor Championships. She added medals in the 4 x 400 metres relays, taking a silver at the 2016 Olympics, a gold in 2015 World Championships in Athletics, 2015 in Beijing, and a bronze in 2019 World Athletics Championships, 2019. In June 2021, McPherson went sub-50 seconds for the first time since 2013, the only year in which she had achieved it, setting her new personal best. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shericka Jackson
Shericka Jackson, OD (born 16 July 1994) is a Jamaican Sprint (running), sprinter competing in the 100 metres, 100 m, 200 metres, 200 m, and 400 metres, 400 metres. She is the fastest woman alive and second fastest woman of all time in the 200 metres since 2022. Jackson started her career as a 400 m sprinter, winning bronze at the Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympics, 2015 World Championships in Athletics, 2015 World Championships and 2015 World Championships in Athletics, 2019 World Championships. At the same competitions, she added medals in the 4 x 400 metres, 4 x 400 m relays, taking a silver, gold and bronze, respectively. She earned also the gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres, 4 x 100 m relay at the 2019 World Championships. After Jackson shifted to shorter sprints in 2021 she won bronze in the 100 m at the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Tokyo Olympics, adding a gold and bronze for the 4 x 100 m and 4 x 40 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Day
Christine Day (born 23 August 1986) is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She represented Jamaica at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the individual 400m and in the 4x400 metre relay. Day was eliminated in the semifinals of the individual 400m but she and teammates Rosemarie Whyte, Shericka Williams and Novlene Williams-Mills won bronze in the relay. Day won a bronze medal at the 2014 Glasgow in the women's 400m behind teammates Stephanie McPherson and Novlene Williams-Mills. She along with Williams-Mills, McPherson and Anastasia Le-Roy won gold in the 4 x 400 metres women team and helped them in setting a games' record of 3 minutes 23.82 seconds (3:23.82) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev .... International compet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 World Championships In Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 Metres Relay
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 29 August. Summary Heats Jamaica ran Rasheed Dwyer to rest Usain Bolt in the heats. The United States employed a rare strategy of running the main team and not resting any runners. The US won the first heat with Great Britain second while resting Chijindu Ujah. Jamaica won the second heat. China set an Asian Continental Record in their heat. Final race The United States managed a clean handoff two times between Trayvon Bromell, Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay, while Jamaica stiff between Nesta Carter and Asafa Powell. Around the final turn, Nickel Ashmeade made up ground on Gay. The final baton change between Mike Rodgers Michael Rodgers (born April 24, 1985) is an American professional track and field sprinter who specializes in the 100 m and the 60 m. He won the gold medal in the 100m relay in Doha 2019. He is also the Pan-Am Games Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasheed Dwyer
Rasheed Dwyer (born 29 January 1989) is a Jamaican athlete specializing in the sprinting events. His two biggest successes to date are winning the gold in 200 metres at the 2011 Summer Universiade and also winning the gold (200 metres) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He studied at the G.C. Foster College in Spanish Town. Dwyer also represented Jamaica in the 200 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ..., placing seventh in the final. Achievements Personal bests *100 Metres – 10.10 (Kingston 2016) *200 Metres – 19.80 (Toronto 2015) References 1989 births Living people Jamaican male sprinters Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nickel Ashmeade
Nickel Ashmeade (born 7 April 1990) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 meters. Nickel Ashmeade ran the third leg for Jamaica's 4 × 100 m team at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow which won the gold medal. Nickel Ashmeade finished 5th at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in the 100 m in Moscow and 4th in the 200 m. Career A St. Jago High School teammate of Yohan Blake, Ashmeade first enjoyed success in the sprints as a junior athlete: at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships he beat compatriot Dexter Lee to the 100 m title, was runner-up to Ramone McKenzie over 200 m, and teamed up with the pair to bring Jamaica the 4×100 meter relay title. Another medal haul came for the young Jamaican at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics, where he was second to Lee in the 100 m, ran a 200 m best of 20.76 seconds for the bronze medal, and helped the national team to another bronze i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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