Salcia Venecia Slack (born 10 December 1989) is a Jamaican

athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...

who specialises in the

heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

. She represented her country at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without finishing the competition. Her biggest success to date is the fifth place 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 ...

. Her personal bests in the combined events are 6141 points in the heptathlon (Tucson 2015) and 4181 points in the pentathlon (Birmingham, AL 2015). She has a son, Bendray.2014 CWG profile
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Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *

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 ...

– 23.92 (0.0 m/s) (Tucson 2015) * 800 metres – 2:14.34 (Tucson 2015) *

100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten Hurdling, hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first h ...

– 13.68 (0.0 m/s) (Tucson 2015) *

High jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

– 1.68 (Alamosa 2014) * Long jump – 6.32(+0.4 m/s) (Grand Valley 2015) * Triple jump – 13.22 (+1.4 m/s) (Albuquerque 2015) *

Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

– 14.99 (Tucson 2015) * Javelin throw – 44.87 (Alamosa 2014) *

Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

– 6141 (Tucson 2015) *

400m hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Summer Olympics, Olympic athletics (sport), athletics programme since 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900 for men and since 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 for women. On a s ...

- 58.24 (Grand Valley 2015) Indoor * 800 metres – 2:15.73 (Pittsburgh University 2016) *

60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds ( Susanna K ...

– 8.37 (Birmingham 2015) *

– 1.69 (Chadron 2016) * Long jump – 6.21 (Gunnison 2016) *

– 14.00 (Golden 2015) *

Pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words ''pente'' (five) and -''athlon'' (competition) ( gr, πένταθλον). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of t ...

– 4181 (Birmingham 2015)

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* 1989 births Living people Jamaican heptathletes Jamaican sportswomen World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica People from Saint James Parish, Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Jamaica Competitors at the 2015 Summer Universiade {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub