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Shericka Williams (born 17 September 1985 in Black River, St. Elizabeth) is a Jamaican former sprinter. Together with
Novlene Williams Novlene Hilaire Williams-Mills (''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. She is also a three-time Olympic silver medalli ...
,
Ronetta Smith Ronetta Smith (born 2 May 1980) is a Jamaican sprinter. Career A 400m runner with a personal best of 51.23 (set in May 2005), Smith has never reached an international final in an individual race. However, she was a part of the J ...
and
Lorraine Fenton Lorraine Fenton (born Lorraine Graham on 8 September 1973 in Manchester) is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialized in the 400 metres. Career Her career highlight came when she won the Olympic silver medal in 2000, being the first Jamaican ...
she won a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the
2005 World Championships in Athletics The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland (6 August 2005 – 14 August 2005), the site of the first IAAF ...
. She also competed in the individual contest, but was knocked out in the semifinal. Two years later, she won another silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay event at the
2007 World Championships in Athletics The 11th World Championships in Athletics, () under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007. 200 of the IAAF's 212 member federat ...
, this time with Shereefa Lloyd, Davita Prendagast and
Novlene Williams Novlene Hilaire Williams-Mills (''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. She is also a three-time Olympic silver medalli ...
. The team set a national record in that race, finishing second to the
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in a time of 3:19.73. At the
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in
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, Williams won the silver medal in the
400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...
in a personal-best time of 49.39 seconds. She also won bronze in the
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with Shereefa Lloyd, Rosemarie Whyte and
Novlene Williams Novlene Hilaire Williams-Mills (''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. She is also a three-time Olympic silver medalli ...
. At the
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, she only competed in the 4 × 400 m relay, winning a silver medal with the Jamaican team of
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 ...
, Rosemarie Whyte and
Novlene Williams Novlene Hilaire Williams-Mills (''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. She is also a three-time Olympic silver medalli ...
. She was also part of the Jamaican 4 × 400 m team that won gold at the
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with a
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record.


Personal bests

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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 ...
– 22.50 (2008) *
400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...
– 49.32 (2009)


References


External links

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IAAF "Focus on Athletes" article
1985 births Living people Jamaican female sprinters People from Saint Elizabeth Parish Olympic athletes of Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Jamaica Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics World Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) IAAF Continental Cup winners Olympic female sprinters 21st-century Jamaican women Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub