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| Nationality | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 October 2002 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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Gabrielle Matthews (born 14 October 2002) is a Jamaican sprinter. She finished runner-up over 200 metres at the Jamaican Athletics Championships in 2025. [1]
She attended Hydel High School in St Catherine Parish, [2] before later attending Queen's School, Jamaica. [3]
In May 2024, as a sophomore at the University of Mississippi she won the women's 400 metres hurdles title in a personal best time of 55.12 seconds at the Southeastern Conference Championships in Gainesville, Florida, to become the first female athlete win the title for the university. [4] She was a member of the Ole Miss women's 4 x 100 metres relay team alongside Akilah Lewis, McKenzie Long, and Jahniya Bowers, running the third leg, as they won the NCAA Outdoor Championships in June 2024 in a time of 42.34 seconds. It was the first national title in a relay, male or female, for the programme. [5] [6] She also reached the final of the 400 metres hurdles at the championships, placing seventh overall. [7] [8] She was a finalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2024 Jamaican Athletics Championships, placing eighth overall. [9] [10]
The following year, she transferred to the University of Florida. [11] Competing for the Florida Gators, she reached the final of the 200 metres at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in June 2025, with a personal best 22.59 seconds in the semi-final before placing eighth in the final. [12] [13] Later that month, she qualified from her 200 metres semi-final behind Ashanti Moore at the 2025 Jamaican Athletics Championships before returning the following day to claim second place overall, again behind Moore. [14] [15] She was named in the Jamaican squad for the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, The Bahamas, winning the bronze medal in the 200 metres. [16] [17] She was selected for the Jamaican team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [18]
