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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 21, 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 60 metres 100 metres 200 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Melissa Jefferson (born February 21, 2001) is an American track and field sprinter. She attends and competes at Coastal Carolina University. [1]
Jefferson won the Indoor 60m NCAA Championship in 2022. [2]
She won the 100 metres 2022 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships to qualify for the 2022 World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, Oregon. Jefferson reached the final and finished eighth. [3] [4] [5] She was part of the winning team in the 4 x 100 metres relay. [6]
She was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023. [7]
In April 2024, she was selected as part of the American team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas. [8]
Gabrielle Lisa Thomas is an American track and field athlete in 100 and 200 meter sprint. She won the bronze medal in the 200 m and a silver as part of the women's 4 × 100 m relay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. On August 25, 2023, she claimed the 200m silver medal in the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest with a time of 21.81 seconds. She would also go on to win gold as part of Team USA in the women's 4x100m relay final with a championship record of 41.03 seconds.
Carmelita Jeter is a retired American sprinter, who competed in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. For over a decade, between 2009 and 2021, Jeter was called the "Fastest woman alive" after running a 100 m personal best of 10.64 seconds at the 2009 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. In the 100 m, she was the 2011 world champion and the 2012 silver medalist. She is also a three-time Olympic medallist.
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