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| Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 March 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shiann Salmon (born 31 March 1999) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles and 400 metres. [1] She represented Jamaica at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, competing in women's 400 metres hurdles. [2]
Salmon competed at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships, placing second in the Women's 400 meters hurdles event and third in the Women's 400 meters relay. [1]
In 2019 Salmon finished second at the Jamaican Championships, qualifying her for the 2019 World Championships, where she made the semi-finals. She won the 400 m hurdles and the 400 m mixed relay gold medals in the 2021 NACAC U23 Championships. [3] [4]
In 2022, Salmon ran a new personal best of 53.82 s over 400 m hurdles to place second at the Jamaican Championships thus qualifying her for the 2022 World Championships where she made the semi-finals. She also competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, winning silver medals in the 400 m hurdles and Women's 4x400 m relay. [5]
At the 2023 World Championships, Salmon won a silver medal in the Women's 4x400 m relay, for her run in the heats. [6]
In 2024, Salmon finished third over 400 m hurdles at the Jamaican Championships, and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. She ran a personal best of 53.13 s to qualify for the final, where she finished sixth. [7] She won her first Diamond League at the Athletissima in Zurich, in a new personal best of 52.97 s, her first time under the 53-second barrier. [8]
| Grand Slam Track results [9] | |||||
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| Slam | Race group | Event | Pl. | Time | Prize money |
| 2025 Kingston Slam | Long hurdles | 400 m hurdles | 6th | 55.89 | US$25,000 |
| 400 m | 4th | 52.25 | |||
| 2025 Miami Slam | Long hurdles | 400 m hurdles | 4th | 54.62 | US$25,000 |
| 400 m | 5th | 52.17 | |||
Personal bests (main event in bold):
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