Stephenie Ann McPherson (born 25 November 1988) is a retired Jamaican

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athlete, who specializes in the

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. She has won a bronze medal in the event at the 2013 World Championships, and then placed in the finals of both the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and all four following

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between 2015 and 2022, consecutively. McPherson earned also a bronze at the 2022 World Indoor Championships. She added medals in the

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s, taking a silver at the 2016 Olympics, a gold in

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, and a bronze in

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. In June 2021, McPherson went sub-50 seconds for the first time since 2013, the only year in which she had achieved it, setting her new personal best. She retired after competing at the

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Career

McPherson was the silver medalist from the 2014 World Indoor Championships as a member of the 4 x 400 metres relay team. She took two gold medals at the

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winning the individual 400 m and the 4 × 400 m relay. Within that same year, she added the gold medal at the Continental Cup as a part of team America in the 4 × 400 m relay. In 2022, McPherson won her second global medal after a bronze at the 2013 World Championships, taking also a bronze for the women's

at the World Indoor Championships in

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with a national indoor record of 50.79 seconds. Thus, she improved on her fourth place from the 2016 World Indoors. McPherson also anchored Jamaican women's 4 × 400 relay, winning

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along with teammates Junelle Bromfield, Janieve Russell, and Roneisha McGregor.

Achievements

All information taken from World Athletics profile.

Personal bests

International competitions

¹Did not finish in the final

Circuit wins and titles

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winner (400 m):

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. (400 metres wins) **

: Birmingham British Grand Prix **

: Oslo Bislett Games **

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: London Anniversary Games **

: Paris Meeting **

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: Gateshead British Grand Prix * Continental Tour – gold level ** 2021 (400 m): Székesfehérvár Gyulai István Memorial

National titles

Jamaican Athletics Championships The Jamaican Athletics Championships is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association, which serves as the national championship for the sport in Jamaica.Stephenie Ann McPherson
at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:McPherson, Stephenie Ann Living people 1988 births Jamaican female sprinters Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica World Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Jamaica Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Jamaica Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Jamaica Pan American Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Westmoreland Parish Diamond League winners IAAF Continental Cup winners Jamaican Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Olympic female sprinters World Athletics Indoor Championships winners 20th-century Jamaican women 21st-century Jamaican sportswomen Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics