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Shericka Williams (born 17 September 1985 in Black River, St. Elizabeth) is a Jamaican former sprinter. Together with Novlene Williams, Ronetta Smith and Lorraine Fenton she won a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the
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. 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
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, this time with
Shereefa Lloyd Shereefa Lloyd (born 2 September 1982 in Clarendon Park, Jamaica) is a Jamaican sprinter, who specializes in the 400 metres. She attended and competed for Texas Tech under coach Wes Kittley. At the 2007 World Championships Lloyd won a bron ...
, Davita Prendagast and Novlene Williams. 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
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in a personal-best time of 49.39 seconds. She also won bronze in the 4 × 400 m relay with
Shereefa Lloyd Shereefa Lloyd (born 2 September 1982 in Clarendon Park, Jamaica) is a Jamaican sprinter, who specializes in the 400 metres. She attended and competed for Texas Tech under coach Wes Kittley. At the 2007 World Championships Lloyd won a bron ...
, Rosemarie Whyte and Novlene Williams. 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. 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 programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is o ...
– 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