Sherone Simpson

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Medal record
Sherone Simpson
Women's Athletics
Competitor for  Jamaica
Olympic Games
Gold	2004 Athens	4x100 m relay
World Championships
Silver	2005 Helsinki	4x100 m relay
Commonwealth Games
Gold	2006 Melbourne	200 m
Gold	2006 Melbourne	4 x 100 m

Sherone Simpson (born August 12, 1984) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica. She is a gold medalist in the 4 x 100 meter relay from the 2004 Olympics and silver medallist from the 2005 World Champoinships.

Simpson is coached by Stephen Francis in Kingston, Jamaica, where she attends the University of Technology. She is also a graduate of Manchester High.

Simpson won the gold medal in the women's 200 m at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, beating Olympic champion Veronica Campbell and completing a Jamaican sweep of 100-200 m gold medals. Jamaica also won both sprint hurdles gold medals.

With her personal best of 10.82 seconds in the 100 m, Simpson is ranked second among Jamaican women, behind Merlene Ottey. Simpson's 200 m personal best of 22.00 seconds ranks her fourth among Jamaican women behind Merlene Ottey, Grace Jackson and Juliet Cuthbert. She has run this time on two occasions.

[edit] Personal Bests

Event	Time	Wind	Place	Date
100 m	10.82	-0.7	Kingston, Jamaica	June 24, 2006
200 m	22.00	-0.3	Stockholm, Sweden	July 25, 2006
		+1.3	Kingston, Jamaica	June 25, 2006
400 m	51.25		Kingston, Jamaica	March 22, 2008

[edit] External links

• IAAF profile for Sherone Simpson
• Sherone Simpson Pictures

Sporting positions
Preceded by Allyson Felix	Women's 200m Best Year Performance 2005	Succeeded by Allyson Felix