Shericka Jackson

Shericka Jackson
	Jackson in 2018
Personal information
Nationality	Jamaican
Born	16 July 1994 (age 27); Saint Ann, Jamaica
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country	Jamaica
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Sprint
Team	Puma
Achievements and titles
World finals	2015 Beijing; 400 m, Bronze; 4×400 m, Gold; 2017 London; 400 m, 5th; 2019 Doha; 400 m, Bronze; 4×100 m, Gold; 4×400 m, Bronze;
Olympic finals	2016 Rio de Janeiro; 400 m, Bronze; 4×400 m, Silver; 2020 Tokyo; 100 m, Bronze; 4×100 m, Gold; 4×400 m, Bronze;
Personal best(s)	100 m: 10.76 (Tokyo/Eugene 2021); 200 m: 21.82 (Kingston 2021); 400 m: 49.47 (Doha 2019);
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Jamaica
Olympic Games
World Championships
Commonwealth Games
Pan American Games
NACAC Championships

Jackson in the foreground during 400 m semi-finals of the 2019 World Championships

Shericka Jackson (born 16 July 1994)^[2] is a Jamaican sprinter specialising in the 400 metres and, since 2021, in shorter distances. In her longtime signature event of 400 m, she won bronze medals at the 2016 Olympics, 2015 World Championships and 2019 World Championships. At the same competitions, Jackson added medals in the 4 x 400 m relays, taking a silver, a gold and a bronze, respectively. She earned also a gold medal in the 4 x 100 m relay at the 2019 World Championship. In the 2021 season, she won a bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

In 2021, Jackson first achieved sub-10.8-second and sub-22-second personal bests in the 100 m and 200 m respectively at the Jamaica Olympic Trials, and then improved to 10.76 s in the former distance at the 2020 Olympics (a time matched at the 2021 Prefontaine Classic). Having 400 m best below 49.5 s, she is one of few women to reach such marks at all those events simultaneously.

Career[]

Since 2008, Jackson had been winning gold medals in different age categories at the CARIFTA Games, and then CACAC Junior Championships. She placed in the 200 metres finals of the 2010 Youth Olympics, 2011 World Youth Championships (3rd), and the 2012 World Junior Championships.

Her greater progress in the 400 m came at the age of 21 in 2015, when she first went sub-51-second in June and finally sub-50-second in August.

Jackson switched to the 100 metres and 200 metres 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 2020 Tokyo Olympics with even better PB of 10.76 s, just behind fellow country woman Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who clocked 10.74. The Jamaicans swept the medal stand in the event for the second time in history as Elaine Thompson-Herah took a gold medal in 10.61.^[3]

In the 200 metres, 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 seconds was not fast enough to earn one of the advancement-by-time places.^[4]^[5]

Achievements[]

Information from World Athletics profile.^[2]

Personal bests[]

Event	Time (s)	Wind	Venue	Date	Notes
100 metres	10.76	-0.6 m/s	Tokyo, Japan	31 July 2021	#11 all-time^[6]
200 metres	21.81		, Swiss	9 September 2021
400 metres	49.47		Doha, Qatar	3 October 2019

International competitions[]

Representing Jamaica
Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2008	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis	1st	400 m	54.52
2008	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis	1st	4×400 m	3:39.62
2009	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia	1st	200 m	23.62
			1st	400 m	53.48
			1st	4×100 m	45.05
			1st	4×400 m	3:38:09
2010	CARIFTA Games (U18)	George Town, Cayman Islands	1st	200 m	23.64 w
			2nd	400 m	53.71
			1st	4×100 m	45.98
			1st	4×400 m	3:44.02
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U18)	Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.	1st	200 m	24.23
			1st	4×100 m	45.67
			1st	4×400 m	3:43.08
	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	4th	4×100 m	44.68 ^{[n 1]}
	Youth Olympic Games	Singapore	4th	200 m	24.08
2011	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Montego Bay, Jamaica	2nd	200 m	23.48
	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Montego Bay, Jamaica	1st	4×100 m	44.08
	World Youth Championships	Lille, France	3rd	200 m	23.62
	World Youth Championships	Lille, France	1st	Medley relay	2:03.42
2012	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Hamilton, Bermuda	3rd	200 m	24.03
	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Hamilton, Bermuda	2nd	4×100 m	45.18
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	San Salvador, El Salvador	2nd	200 m	23.87
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	San Salvador, El Salvador	1st	4×400 m	3:37.21
	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	8th	200 m	23.53
	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	4×400 m	3:32.97
2013	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd	200 m	22.84
2013	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	4×400 m	3:34.36
2014	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd	4×400 m	3:23.26
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	3rd	400 m	49.99
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	1st	4×400 m	3:19.13 WL
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3rd	400 m	49.85
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2nd	4×400 m	3:20.34
2017	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	4×200 m	1:29.04 CR NR
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	5th	400 m	50.76
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	DNF	4×400 m	DNF
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	2nd	200 m	22.18
	World Cup	London, United Kingdom	1st	200 m	22.35
	World Cup	London, United Kingdom	2nd	4×100 m	42.60
	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	1st	200 m	22.64
	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	2nd	4×100 m	43.33
2019	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	3rd	4×200 m	1:33.21
	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	1st	400 m	50.73
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	3rd	400 m	49.47 PB
			1st	4×100 m	41.44 WL
			3rd	4×400 m	3:22.37
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	100 m	10.76 PB
			29th (h)	200 m	23.26
			1st	4×100 m	41.02 NR
			3rd	4×400 m	3:21.24 SB

Circuit wins[]

Diamond League meetings
- 2018 (1) (200 m): Paris Meeting
- 2019 (1) (400 m): London Anniversary Games
- 2021 (1) (200 m): Stockholm Bauhaus-Galan
Continental Tour – gold level
- 2021 (1) (200 m): Székesfehérvár Memorial

National titles[]

Jamaican Athletics Championships
- 200 m (1): 2018
- 400 m (2): 2017, 2019

Notes[]

^ Time from the heats; Jackson was replaced in the final

References[]

^ Rio 2016 bio
^ ^a ^b "Shericka JACKSON – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ Reid, Paul A (31 July 2021). "Thompson-Herah smashes Flo-Jo's Olympic record, leads Jamaican sweep in women's 100m". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^ "Jamaica's Shericka Jackson out of 200m after rookie heats blunder". NBC. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
^ "Tokyo Olympics: Shericka Jackson 200m heat results, Jamaica runner's unforgivable act". 2 August 2021.
^ "100 m Women - Senior Outdoor | until 2021-07-31". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 July 2021. Change filters for other age / territorial / time range

External links[]

Shericka Jackson at World Athletics
Shericka Jackson at Diamond League
Shericka Jackson at Olympics.com
Shericka Jackson at Olympedia

[heats-7] Time from the heats; Jackson was replaced in the final

[1] Rio 2016 bio

[WAprofile-2] "Shericka JACKSON – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[3] Reid, Paul A (31 July 2021). "Thompson-Herah smashes Flo-Jo's Olympic record, leads Jamaican sweep in women's 100m". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 31 July 2021.

[4] "Jamaica's Shericka Jackson out of 200m after rookie heats blunder". NBC. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

[5] "Tokyo Olympics: Shericka Jackson 200m heat results, Jamaica runner's unforgivable act". 2 August 2021.

[WAtoplists-6] "100 m Women - Senior Outdoor | until 2021-07-31". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 July 2021. Change filters for other age / territorial / time range

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