Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Jamaican track and field sprinter

Date of Birth: 27-Dec-1986

Place of Birth: Kingston, Surrey County, Jamaica

Profession: sprinter, athletics competitor

Nationality: Jamaica

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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About Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

  • Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, OD (née Fraser, born 27 December 1986) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter.
  • Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, Fraser-Pryce ascended to prominence in 2008 when at 21 years old, the relatively unknown athlete became the first Caribbean woman to win 100 m gold at the Olympics.
  • In 2012, she successfully defended her title, becoming the third woman to win two consecutive 100 m gold medals at the Olympics.
  • Fraser-Pryce took a break from athletics in 2017 to have her first child.
  • At the 2019 World Championships, at the age of 32, she became the oldest woman and second mother in history to win 100 m gold at a global championship.Fraser-Pryce is the only sprinter, male or female, to be crowned world champion over 100 m four times (2009, 2013, 2015 and 2019).
  • Since 2008, she has won four of the five world 100 m titles she has contested, as well as two of the last three Olympic 100 m titles.
  • She is the second female sprinter to hold world and Olympic 100 m titles simultaneously—and the first woman to hold dual titles on two separate occasions.
  • In 2013 she became the first female sprinter to win gold medals in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m in a single World Championship, and also became the first woman to hold world titles at 60 m, 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay simultaneously.With over a decade of dominance in the sport, Fraser-Pryce has won more global 100 m titles than any other female sprinter in history.
  • Nicknamed the "Pocket Rocket" for her petite frame (she stands 5 feet tall) and explosive block starts, she is ranked fourth on the list of the fastest 100 m female sprinters of all time, with a personal best of 10.70 seconds.
  • Due to her achievements and consistency, many publications and sports analysts, including former Olympian Michael Johnson, refer to Fraser-Pryce as the greatest female sprinter of all time.
  • World Athletics calls her “the greatest female sprinter of her generation".

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