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Alex Wilson (born 19 September 1990 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Swiss sprinter of Jamaican origin. He finished third at the 2018 European Championships in the 200 metres event. Gavin Smellie (born 26 June 1986) is a Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter. O'Jay Ferguson (born 17 October 1993) is a Jamaican born Bahamian sprinter.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (née Fraser; born December 27, 1986) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter competing in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time.
Elaine Sandra-Lee Thompson-Herah (born 28 June 1992) [3] [4] is a Jamaican sprinter who competes in the 60 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres. Regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time, she is a five-time Olympic champion, the fastest woman alive in the 100 m, and the third fastest ever in the 200 m.
Yohan Blake (born 26 December 1989) is a Jamaican sprinter specialising in the 100-metre and 200-metre sprint races. He won gold at the 100m at the 2011 World Athletics Championships as the youngest 100m world champion ever, and a silver medal in the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the 100m and 200m races for the Jamaican team behind Usain Bolt.
Usain St. Leo Bolt (/ ˈ juː s eɪ n /; [12] born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican retired sprinter who is widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] He is an eight-time Olympic gold medalist and the world record holder in the 100 metres , 200 metres , and 4 × 100 metres relay .
The three sprinters also came from sweeping the 100 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [ 2 ] With 2 gold, 7 silver and 1 bronze medals, Jamaica ended third in the medal table , but ranked second in the overall placing table with a total of 110 points, just behind the World Team Champions, the hosts United States.
Tina Clayton (born 17 August 2004) is a Jamaican sprinter. She won gold medals for both the 100 metres and 4 × 100 m relay at both the 2021 and 2022 World Under-20 Championships. Clayton set a championship record in her individual event in 2022, while Jamaican women's relay team broke the world u20 record on both occasions with times of 42.94 ...
Jason Livermore (born 25 April 1988) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres.He has personal bests of 10.05 seconds and 20.13 seconds for the distances, respectively.