Years active: 2008 - present (started around 13 years old; 16 years in the business)
About Shericka Jackson
Shericka Jackson, OD (born 16 July 1994) is a Jamaican sprinter competing in the 100 m, 200 m, and 400 metres. She is the fastest woman alive and second fastest woman of all time in the 200 metres since 2022.
Jackson started her career as a 400 m sprinter, winning bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics, 2015 World Championships and 2019 World Championships. At the same competitions, she added medals in the 4 x 400 m relays, taking a silver, gold and bronze, respectively. She earned also the gold medal in the 4 x 100 m relay at the 2019 World Championships.
After Jackson shifted to shorter sprints in 2021 she won bronze in the 100 m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, adding a gold and bronze for the 4 x 100 m and 4 x 400 m relays respectively. That year, she achieved sub-10.8-second and sub-22-second personal bests in the 100 m and 200 m respectively and with her 400 m lifetime best below 49.5 s she became one of few women to reach such marks at all those events simultaneously. At the 2022 World Championships, Jackson won a silver for the 100 m, gold in the 200 m setting national record, and a silver for the 4 x 100 m relay. She was the 2022 Diamond League 200 m champion.
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