Sherone Simpson (born 12 August 1984) is a Jamaican

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sprint athlete.Athlete biography: Sherone Simpson
beijing2008.cn, ret: 27 Aug 2008 She is a

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ist in the

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from the

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and

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ist in 2005 World Championships and now is the silver medalist in the individual event at the

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, after she tied for second with

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 defeate ...

in a photo finish. On 14 July 2013, Simpson announced that she had tested positive for the drug

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. In April 2014, the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission announced that she would be suspended for 18 months over doping charges, expiring in December that year. However, after appealing to the

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(CAS), the suspension was lifted on 14 July 2014.

Biography

With her personal best of 10.82 seconds in the

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, Simpson is ranked 7th among Jamaican women, behind

Elaine Thompson-Herah Elaine Sandra-Lee Thompson-Herah OD ( née Thompson; born June 28, 1992) is a Jamaican sprinter who competes in the 60 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres. Regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time, she is a five-time Olympic cham ...

(10.54),

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Order of Distinction, OD, Order of Jamaica , OJ (née Fraser; born December 27, 1986) is a Jamaican track and field Sprint (running), sprinter competing in the 60 metres, 60 metres, 100 metres, 100 m and 200 m ...

(10.60),

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(10.74),

(10.75), Veronica Campbell Brown (10.76) and

Shericka Jackson Shericka Jackson, OD (born 16 July 1994) is a Jamaican sprinter competing in the 100 m, 200 m, and 400 metres. She is the fastest woman alive and second fastest woman of all time in the 200 metres since 2022. Jackson started her c ...

(10.76). Simpson's 200 m personal best of 22.00 seconds ranks her 9th among Jamaican women behind

Grace Jackson Grace Jackson-Small (born 14 June 1961) is a Jamaican former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 and 200 metres. She won an Olympic silver medal in the 200 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and is a former Jamaican record-holder ...

Veronica Campbell-Brown Veronica Campbell-Brown CD ( Campbell; born 15 May 1982) is a retired Jamaican track and field sprinter, who specialized in the 100 and 200 meters.

, Juliet Cuthbert,

and

. She has run this time on two occasions. Simpson is coached by Stephen Francis in

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, where she attends the

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. She is also a graduate of Manchester High. Simpson won the gold medal in the women's 200 m at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, beating Olympic champion

Veronica Campbell Veronica Campbell-Brown CD ( Campbell; born 15 May 1982) is a retired Jamaican track and field sprinter, who specialized in the 100 and 200 meters.

and completing a Jamaican sweep of 100–200 m gold medals. Jamaica also won both sprint

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gold medals. At the

in Beijing she competed at the 100 m sprint. In her first round heat she placed third behind

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and Jade Bailey in a time of 11.48 to advance to the second round. There she improved her time to 11.02 seconds to win her heat in front of Muna Lee and

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. With 11.11 seconds in her semi final race she placed fourth and earned her spot in the Olympic final. In a remarkable race with fellow Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser taking the gold, Simpson and Kerron Stewart both finished in 10.98 seconds to share the silver medal and to complete the Jamaican sweep. Together with Fraser, Stewart,

Sheri-Ann Brooks Sheri-Ann Brooks (born 11 February 1983 in Kingston) is a Jamaican sprinter, who specializes in the 100 metres. She is the first child of Mr. Error Brooks and Mrs. Donna Brooks. Brooks represented the Jamaica at the 2008 Summer O ...

, Aleen Bailey and Veronica Campbell-Brown she also took part in the 4 × 100 m relay. In their first round heat (without Simpson and Stewart) they placed first in front of

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and

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. Their time of 42.24 seconds was the first time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they qualified for the final, in which they replaced Brooks and Bailey with Simpson and Stewart. Eventually they did not finish their race, due to a mistake in the baton exchange.

Brief suspension

On 14 July 2013, Simpson informed that a urine sample she supplied after competing in the Jamaican national championships in June 2013 had tested positive for the banned stimulant

, along with

Asafa Powell Asafa Powell, CD (born 23 November 1982) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres. He set the 100 metres world record twice, between June 2005 and May 2008 with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds. Powell has consiste ...

. On 10 April 2014, both athletes received an 18-month suspension from competing, which was set to expire in December that year. However, after appealing to the

(CAS), both athletes' suspensions were lifted on 14 July 2014. CAS stated that: "They put forward that the offence committed was minor because it was caused by contamination of the food supplement Epiphany D1 by the banned substance oxilofrine and requested that the suspensions be reduced to three months."

Personal bests

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