Shiann Salmon (born 31 March 1999) is a Jamaican

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

athlete who specializes in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once ...

and

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is on ...

. She represented Jamaica at the

2019 World Athletics Championships The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athletics. It was held bet ...

, competing in women's 400 metres hurdles. She also competed at the

2018 IAAF World U20 Championships The 2018 World U20 Championships in Athletics, also known as the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 1999) which was held at Tampere Stadiu ...

, placing second in the Women's 400 meters hurdles event and third in the Women's 400 meters relay. She won the 400 m hurdles and the 400 m mixed relay gold medals in the 2021 NACAC U23 Championships.

Personal Bests

Personal Bests (main event in bold): *100m: 12.30s *200m: 23.64s *400m: 51.74s *100m hurdles: 15.75s *400m hurdles: 53.82s *High Jump: 1.82m *Long Jump: 5.50m

References

Jamaican female hurdlers 1999 births Living people World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica 21st-century Jamaican women 21st-century Jamaican people Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Jamaica Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships medalists {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub