Sheryl Morgan (born 6 November 1983) is a Jamaican sprinter, who specializes in the

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. She was born in Manchester, Jamaica. Morgan won a

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at the 2002 World Junior Championships. In the

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she won the

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at the

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and the 2000 World Junior Championships and finished fourth at the 2002 World Junior Championships.IAAF News N.63 September 2003, p.7:POSITIVE CASES IN ATHLETICS, SANCTIONED DEFINITIVELY, ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE IAAF AS OF 29 September 2003
/ref> Her personal best time is 52.31 seconds, achieved in June 2001 in

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* 1983 births Living people Doping cases in athletics Jamaican sportspeople in doping cases Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games Jamaican female sprinters People from Manchester Parish World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Pan American Games competitors for Jamaica 21st-century Jamaican women {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub