Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce facts for kids

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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Fraser-Pryce in 2014
Personal information
Nationality	Jamaican
Born	27 December 1986 (1986-12-27) Kingston, Jamaica
Residence	Kingston, Jamaica
Height	1.52 m
Weight	52 kg
Sport
Country	Jamaica
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Sprint
Club	MVP Track & Field Club
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	60 m (i): 6.98 100 m: 10.70 =NR 200 m: 22.09
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 3 1 World Championships 9 2 0 World Indoor Championships 1 0 0 World Athletics Final 1 1 0 Pan American Games 1 0 0 Commonwealth Games 1 0 0 CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) 1 0 1 CAC Junior Championships (U17) 1 0 0 Women's athletics Competitor for Jamaica Olympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing 100 m Gold 2012 London 100 m Silver 2012 London 200 m Silver 2012 London 4×100 m relay Silver 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m relay Bronze 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m World Championships Gold 2009 Berlin 100 m Gold 2009 Berlin 4×100 m relay Gold 2013 Moscow 100 m Gold 2013 Moscow 200 m Gold 2013 Moscow 4×100 m relay Gold 2015 Beijing 100 m Gold 2015 Beijing 4×100 m relay Gold 2019 Doha 100 m Gold 2019 Doha 4×100 m relay Silver 2007 Osaka 4×100 m relay Silver 2011 Daegu 4×100 m relay World Indoor Championships Gold 2014 Sopot 60 m World Athletics Final Gold 2008 Stuttgart 100 m Silver 2009 Thessaloniki 100 m Commonwealth Games Gold 2014 Glasgow 4×100 m relay NACAC Championships Silver 2018 Toronto 4×100 m relay Pan American Games Gold 2019 Lima 200 m

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, OD (née Fraser, born 27 December 1986) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter. Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, Fraser-Pryce ascended to prominence in 2008 when at 21 years old, the relatively unknown athlete became the first Caribbean woman to win 100 m gold at the Olympics. In 2012, she successfully defended her title, becoming the third woman to win two consecutive 100 m gold medals at the Olympics. Fraser-Pryce took a break from athletics in 2017 to have her first child. At the 2019 World Championships, at the age of 32, she became the oldest woman and second mother in history to win 100 m gold at a global championship.

Fraser-Pryce is the only sprinter, male or female, to be crowned world champion over 100 m four times (2009, 2013, 2015 and 2019). Since 2008, she has won four of the five world 100 m titles she has contested, as well as two of the last three Olympic 100 m titles. She is the second female sprinter to hold world and Olympic 100 m titles simultaneously—and the first woman to hold dual titles on two separate occasions. In 2013 she became the first female sprinter to win gold medals in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m in a single World Championship, and also became the first woman to hold world titles at 60 m, 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay simultaneously.

With over a decade of dominance in the sport, Fraser-Pryce has won more global 100 m titles than any other female sprinter in history. Nicknamed the "Pocket Rocket" for her petite frame (she stands 5 feet tall) and explosive block starts, she is ranked fourth on the list of the fastest 100 m female sprinters of all time, with a personal best of 10.70 seconds. Due to her achievements and consistency, many publications and sports analysts, including former Olympian Michael Johnson, refer to Fraser-Pryce as the greatest female sprinter of all time. World Athletics calls her “the greatest female sprinter of her generation".

Images for kids

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  Fraser (right) celebrating victory in Berlin with Kerron Stewart

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  Fraser-Pryce at the 2013 World Championships

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  Fraser-Pryce in 2015