Shevon Nieto (née Stoddart; born 21 November 1982) is a former

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. She won the bronze medal at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships and finished fifth at the

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. At the

2006 Central American and Caribbean Games The 20th edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games was held in the city of Cartagena, Colombia. The tournament began on July 15 and ended on July 30. Host city *Main host city **Cartagena de Indias *Subsites: **Barranquilla, Colombia ( ...

she won a silver medal in

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. She also competed at the

2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

and the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final. She made her 2nd Olympic team in 2008 held in Beijing, China and represented Jamaica in the 400 hurdles. In 2015, she made her 3rd World Championship team in Beijing, China representing Jamaica in the 400 hurdles. Her personal best time is 54.47 seconds, achieved in June 2005 in

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. She attended the University of South Carolina on a track scholarship. Shevon is also a singer and participant in the

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. In 2017, she married Olympic high jumper

Jamie Nieto Jamie Earl "James" Nieto (born November 2, 1976 in Seattle, Washington) is an American high jumper and actor. His personal best jump is 2.34 (7' 8"), achieved at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. He was the 2004 and 2012 USA Olympic Trials Cha ...

, who suffered a serious injury during a coaching mishap, leaving him partially paralyzed. In 2020, she sang an original song dedicated to her husband on ''

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''.

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1982 births Living people Jamaican female hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games South Carolina Gamecocks women's track and field athletes World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Jamaica Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games America's Got Talent contestants 21st-century Jamaican women singers Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Commonwealth Games competitors for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Jamaica {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub