Shericka Jackson

 ( 1994 Births ) 

At the World Championships, Jackson won a shock bronze medal in the 400 m, running 49.99 s, her first sub-50 clocking. In the 4×400 m relay, Jackson was part of the Jamaican quartet that won gold over the United States.

The following year, in June, Jackson ran her first sub-51 clocking of the season to win at the Racers Grand Prix in 50.72 s. At the Jamaican Championships, she finished third over 400 m to secure her place at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

At the Olympics, Jackson took the bronze medal over 400 m, finishing behind Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Allyson Felix in 49.85 s. She had previously ran a new personal best of 49.83 s in the heats. She followed her strong performance up by winning a silver medal in the 4×400 m relay. On 9 September, at the Diamond League Final in Brussels, she finished fourth over 400 m in 50.73 s.

Jackson continued her strong form by winning over 400 m at the Jamaican Championships in a season's best of 50.05 s. At the World Championships in London, she finished fifth in the 400 m final in 50.76 s. She once again improved her 200 m personal best to 22.46 s at the ISTAF Berlin meet on 27 August. At the Diamond League Final in Brussels, Jackson finished fifth over 400 m clocking a time of 51.16 s.

In 2018, she competed at the Commonwealth Games held on the Gold Coast in April, winning a silver medal over 200 m, running a personal best of 22.18 s. At the Jamaican Championships, Jackson dropped down in distance to finish third over 100 m in a personal best of 11.13 s, before winning the 200 m in a time of 22.28 s. She followed it up by recording her first ever Diamond League win in Paris, emerging victorious over 200 m in a personal best of 22.05 s.

At the inaugural Athletics World Cup held in London, Jackson won gold over 200 m in 22.35 s and silver in the 4×100 m relay. In August, she competed at the NACAC Championships, also winning gold over 200 m and silver in the 4×100 m relay. At the Diamond League Final, she finished fourth in the 200 m in 22.72 s. Jackson also finished fourth over the same distance at the Continental Cup in Prague, clocking 22.62 s.

In May 2019, Jackson competed at the World Relays in Yokohama, winning a bronze medal in the 4×200 m relay. Later that year in June, she finished second over her specialist 400 m distance at the Rome Diamond League, running a time of 51.05 s. She competed at the Jamaican Championships later that month, winning the 400 m in a new personal best of 49.78 s. She followed it up with a strong performance to win at the London Diamond League in 50.69 s.

At the Pan American Games in Lima, Jackson won the 400 m in 50,78 s, pulling away from Paola Moran and Courtney Okolo in the last 100 m to secure her victory. She followed her success up by competing at the World Championships in Doha, winning a bronze medal in the 400 m in a new personal best of 49.47 s. In the relay, Jackson anchored Jamaica to win her first World Championship gold medal, whilst also winning her second bronze medal of the Championships in the relay.

She came third in the 100 m at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics with another personal 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. In the 200 m, she failed to advance out of the heats after she eased down before the finish line and was passed by Dalia Kaddari for the third automatic qualifying spot by four-thousandths of a second; her time of 23.26 s was not fast enough to earn one of the non-automatic qualifying places. She recovered from her disappointment to win the gold medal in the relay, with the Jamaican quartet running 41.02 s, the second-fastest time ever at the time. Jackson also ran in the women's relay, winning a bronze medal.

In her first post-Olympic race, Jackson equalled her 100 m personal best of 10.76 s to finish third at the Prefontaine Classic on 21 August, in a Jamaican 1-2-3 with Elaine Thompson-Herah and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. She followed it up with another third place at the Lausanne Diamond League in 10.92 s, finishing behind Thompson-Herah and Fraser-Pryce. Over 200 m, at the Memorial Van Damme on 3 September, she was edged out by Christine Mboma, clocking a time of 21.95 s. At the Diamond League Final, Jackson ran a new 200 m personal best of 21.81 s, narrowly finishing behind Mboma.

At the World Championships in Eugene, Jackson won silver over 100 m in a new personal best of 10.73 s, being part of a Jamaican 1-2-3 as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won gold in 10.69 s and Elaine Thompson-Herah won bronze in 10.81 s. She went on to win over 200 m in 21.45 s, setting a new Championship record and moving her up to second on the all-time lists. She also competed in the , winning a silver medal behind the United States.

On 6 August, Jackson won the 200 m at the Silesia Diamond League in 21.84 s. Two days later, she also won over the same distance at the Gyulai István Memorial, running a time of 22.02 s. She improved her 100 m personal best to 10.71 s in finishing second behind Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce at the Herculis on 10 August. At the 2022 NACAC Championships in Freeport, Jackson won gold in the 100 m, running a Championship record of 10.82 s. She won again at the Brussels Diamond League on 2 September, running 10.73 s over 100 m, her second-fastest time. At the Diamond League Final in Zürich, she finished second behind Fraser-Pryce in the 100 m, running 10.81 s, but she recovered to win the 200 m in 21.80 s.

At the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Jackson a silver medal over 100 m, running 10.72 s to finish behind Sha'Carri Richardson who ran 10.65 s. In the 200 m, she retained her gold medal in 21.41 s, the second-fastest time ever and a new Jamaican record. Jackson also competed in the relay, anchoring Jamaican to the silver medal behind the United States, who were anchored by Richardson.

After the Championships, she secured victory in the 200 m at the Zürich Diamond League, running a time of 21.82 s to win over second-placed Daryll Neita. She won again at the Brussels Diamond League, clocking a new Diamond League record of 21.48 s, her third-fastest time ever and the fourth fastest overall. At the Diamond League Final in Eugene on 16 September, Jackson won over 100 m, clocking 10.70 s to win by 0.05 s from Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith. She returned the following day to also take home the 200 m title, running a meeting record of 21.57 s. Jackson ended the season with six out of the top ten fastest 200 m times of the year.

The following year, she opened her outdoor season over 300 m at the Miramar Invitational on 5 April, finishing second behind Julien Alfred in a personal best of 36.13 s. She competed at the World Relays in Guangzhou, winning a bronze medal in the . On 25 May, she won over 100 m at the Rabat Diamond League, clocking a time of 11.04 s. Jackson improved her 200 m season's best to 22.53 s to win at the Racers Grand Prix in Kingston on 7 June.