Shevon Kaiwana Nieto (née Stoddart; born 21 November 1982) is a former

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. She won the bronze medal at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships and finished fifth at the

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. At the

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she won a silver medal in 4x400 metres relay. She also competed at the

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and the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final. She made her 2nd Olympic team in 2008 held in Beijing, China and represented Jamaica in the 400 hurdles. In 2015, she made her 3rd World Championship team in Beijing, China representing Jamaica in the 400 hurdles. Her personal best time is 54.47 seconds, achieved in June 2005 in

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. She attended the

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on a track scholarship. Shevon is also a singer and participant in the Art of the Olympians. In 2017, she married Olympic high jumper

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, who suffered a serious injury during a coaching mishap, leaving him partially paralyzed. In 2020, she sang an original song dedicated to her husband on ''

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''.

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* 1982 births Living people Jamaican female hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games South Carolina Gamecocks women's track and field athletes World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games America's Got Talent contestants 21st-century Jamaican women singers Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Commonwealth Games athletes for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games athletes for Jamaica NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub