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Stephenie Ann McPherson

Stephenie Ann McPherson

Jamaican sprinter

Stephenie Ann McPherson (born 25 November 1988)[2] is a Jamaican track and field athlete, who specializes in the 400 metres. She has won a bronze medal in the event at the 2013 World Championships, and then placed in the finals of both the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and all four following World Championships between 2015 and 2022, consecutively. McPherson earned also a bronze at the 2022 World Indoor Championships. She added medals in the 4 x 400 metres relays, taking a silver at the 2016 Olympics, a gold in 2015 in Beijing, and a bronze in 2019.

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In June 2021, McPherson went sub-50 seconds for the first time since 2013, the only year in which she had achieved it, setting her new personal best.

Career

McPherson was the silver medalist from the 2014 World Indoor Championships as a member of the 4 x 400 metres relay team.[3] She took two gold medals at the Commonwealth Games winning the individual 400 m and the 4x400 m relay.[4] Within that same year, she added the gold medal at the Continental Cup as a part of team America in the 4×400 m relay.

In 2022, McPherson won her second global medal after a bronze at the 2013 World Championships, taking also a bronze for the women's 400 metres at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia with a national indoor record of 50.79 seconds. Thus, she improved on her fourth place from the 2016 World Indoors.[5] McPherson also anchored Jamaican women's 4 x 400 relay, winning gold along with teammates Junelle Bromfield, Janieve Russell, and Roneisha McGregor.[6]

Achievements

All information taken from World Athletics profile.[2]

Personal bests

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International competitions

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Circuit wins and titles

National titles

Notes

  1. [n 1]
    Representing Americas
  2. [n 2]
    Disqualified in the semi-finals; 163.3(a): Lane infringement
  3. [n 3]
    Disqualified in the final; 218.4: Exchanging position before takeover
  4. [n 4]
    According to Jamaica Observer McPherson is a four-time national champion, however the newspaper's article has at least one other serious error[9]

References

  1. [1]
    "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Stephenie Ann McPherson – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Profile of Stephenie Ann MCPHERSON". All-Athletics.com. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Glasgow 2014 – Athletics". Results.glasgow2014.com. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  5. [5]
    A Reid, Paul (19 March 2022). "Bronze for McPherson in World Indoor Champs 400m, Miller-Uibo wins". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  6. [6]
    A Reid, Paul (21 March 2022). "Golden girls". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  7. [7]
    "All time Top lists – 400 m Women – Senior Outdoor – Jamaica | until 2021-08-04". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 August 2021. Change filters for other age / territorial / time range. Switch between 'Best by Athlete' and 'All' for listings with athletes lifetime bests only and all legal results, respectively
  8. [8]
    "IAAF Diamond League - Brussels (BEL) - Diamond Race Standings" (PDF). Diamond League. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  9. [9]
    Burnett, Ian (28 June 2021). "Wonder Woman!". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
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