Stephenie Ann McPherson (born 25 November 1988) is a Jamaican

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athlete, who specializes in the

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. She has won a bronze medal in the event at the 2013 World Championships, and then placed in the finals of both the

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and the

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and all four following World Championships between 2015 and 2022, consecutively. McPherson earned also a bronze at the 2022 World Indoor Championships. She added medals in the

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s, taking a silver at the 2016 Olympics, a gold in

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, and a bronze in

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. 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

McPherson was the silver medalist from the 2014 World Indoor Championships as a member of the

4 x 400 metres 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...

relay team. She took two gold medals at the

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winning the individual 400 m and the 4x400 m relay. Within that same year, she added the gold medal at the Continental Cup as a part of team America in the 4×400 m relay. In 2022, McPherson won her second global medal after a bronze at the 2013 World Championships, taking also a bronze for the women's

at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia with a national indoor record of 50.79 seconds. Thus, she improved on her fourth place from the 2016 World Indoors. McPherson also anchored Jamaican women's 4 x 400 relay, winning

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along with teammates Junelle Bromfield,

Janieve Russell Janieve Russell (born 14 November 1993) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes mainly in the 400 metres hurdles and the 400 metres sprint. She won an Olympic bronze medal in the 4×400m relay in Tokyo 2021, where she also finished ...

, and

Roneisha McGregor Roneisha McGregor (born 9 October 1997) is a Jamaican sprinter. Competing in finals of 4 × 400 metres relays, she won a bronze medal in the women's relay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and a silver in the mixed relay at the 2019 World Champi ...

Achievements

All information taken from World Athletics profile.

Personal bests

International competitions

Circuit wins and titles

Diamond League The Diamond League is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions comprising fourteen of the best invitational athletics meetings. The series sits in the top tier of the World Athletics (formerly known as the IAAF) one-day mee ...

winner (400 m):

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. (400 metres wins) **

: Birmingham British Grand Prix **

: Oslo Bislett Games **

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London Anniversary Games The London Diamond League, formerly known as the London Grand Prix and subsequently as the Anniversary Games, is an annual athletics event held in London, England. Previously one of the five IAAF Super Grand Prix events, it is now part of the Dia ...

: Paris Meeting **

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: Gateshead British Grand Prix * Continental Tour – gold level ** 2021 (400 m): Székesfehérvár Gyulai István Memorial

National titles

Jamaican Athletics Championships The Jamaican Athletics Championships is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association, which serves as the national championship for the sport in Jamaica.Living people 1988 births Jamaican female sprinters Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica World Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Jamaica Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Jamaica Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Jamaica Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Westmoreland Parish Diamond League winners IAAF Continental Cup winners Jamaican Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Olympic female sprinters World Athletics Indoor Championships winners 20th-century Jamaican women 21st-century Jamaican women Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games