Shericka Jackson

Under the guidance of renowned coach Stephen Francis, Jackson switched to the 100 m and 200 m sprints for the 2021 season, running personal bests of 10.77 s and 21.82 s respectively at the Jamaica Olympic Trials in Kingston.

She came third in the 100 m at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics with even better career best of 10.76 s, just behind fellow country woman Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who clocked 10.74 s. The Jamaicans swept the medal stand in the event for the second time in history as Elaine Thompson-Herah took the gold medal in 10.61 s.[3] In the 200 m, she failed to advance out of the heats after she slowed down before the finish line and was passed by Dalia Kaddari for the third automatic advancement spot by four one-thousandths of a second; her time of 23.26 s was not fast enough to earn one of the advancement-by-time places.[4][5]

Jackson continued to impress in the shorter sprints throughout the 2022 season winning three medals at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon. At the Jamaican trials, she won the sprint double, clocking 10.77 s in the 100 m and 21.55 s in the 200 m; her time at the latter elevated her to third on the respective world all-time list.[2] At the World Championships, Jackson won the silver medal at the 100 m in a personal best of 10.73 s, making her the joint seventh-fastest woman of all time, and copped the gold medal in the 200 m in a championship and national record of 21.45 s, making her the fastest woman alive and second fastest woman of all time at the event. With this 200m title, Jackson became the first athlete in World Championship history to win 100, 200 and 400 metres medals. [2] In the 4 x 100 m relay final, Jackson ran a spectacular split of 9.72 s on the anchor leg, but wasn't able to pass the American sprinter Twanisha Terry. Consequently, she and the Jamaican team consisting of Kemba Nelson, Elaine Thompson-Herah and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce earned the silver medal in a season's best of 41.18 s, the sixth fastest time in history.[2] At the Monaco Diamond League on 10 August, Jackson lowered her 100 m personal best to 10.71 s to finish second behind Fraser-Pryce (10.62 s) and just ahead of Marie-Josée Ta Lou of the Ivory Coast who ran an African record of 10.72 s. With her result Jackson became the sixth-fastest woman and third-fastest Jamaican woman of all time.[2][6][7]

• Diamond League champion 100 m: 2023
• Diamond League champion 200 m: 2022,[8] 2023
  • 2018: Paris Meeting (200 m)
  • 2019: London Anniversary Games (400 m)
  • 2021: Stockholm Bauhaus-Galan (200 m)
  • 2022: Rome Golden Gala (200 m, MR SB), Chorzów Kamila Skolimowska Memorial (200 m, MR), Brussels Memorial Van Damme (100 m), Zürich Weltklasse (200 m)
  • 2023: Rabat Meeting International (200 m, MR SB), Monaco Herculis (200 m), Zürich (200 m), Brussels (200 m, DLR MR), Eugene Prefontaine Classic (100m & 200 m, MR )

• Jamaican Athletics Championships
  • 200 metres: 2018, 2022, 2023
  • 400 metres: 2017, 2019
  • 100 metres: 2022, 2023