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| After clocking 10.82 seconds in the Jamaica National Championships 2006, Sherone has become Jamaica's second fastest female 100m sprinter. She is second sprinter ]. | After clocking 10.82 seconds in the Jamaica National Championships 2006, Sherone has become Jamaica's second fastest female 100m sprinter. She is second to sprinter ]. | ||
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Sherone Simpson (born August 12, 1984) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica. She is an Olympic gold medalist in the 4 x 100 meter relay race from 2004 Olympic Games. At the 2005 World Championships in Athletics she won (together with Daniele Browning, Aleen Bailey and Veronica Campbell) a silver medal.
Sherone Simpson (coached by Stephen Francis) outlasted Olympic champion Veronica Campbell to register a stunning victory in the women's 200 metres final at the 2006 XVIII Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia. The Manchester High graduate, now attending University of Technology in Jamaica, better known as a 100m sprinter, clocked 22.59 to win her first major individual gold. This win by Sherone Simpson was to complete the Jamaican clean sweep of the sprints by taking golds in men and women 100m and 200m wa well as men's 110 m hurdles and women's equivalent the 100m hurdles.
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After clocking 10.82 seconds in the Jamaica National Championships 2006, Sherone has become Jamaica's second fastest female 100m sprinter. She is second to sprinter Merlene Ottey.
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