Shiann Salmon
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| Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1999年03月31日) 31 March 1999 (age 25) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coached by | Tonja Buford-Bailey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Shiann Salmon (born 31 March 1999) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles and 400 metres.[1] She represented Jamaica at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, competing in women's 400 metres hurdles.[2]
Career
[edit ]Salmon competed at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships, placing second in the Women's 400 meters hurdles event and third in the ×ばつ 400 metres relay">Women's 400 meters relay.[1]
In 2019 Salmon finished second at the Jamaican Championships, qualifying her for the 2019 World Championships, where she made the semi-finals. She won the 400 m hurdles and the 400 m mixed relay gold medals in the 2021 NACAC U23 Championships.[3] [4]
In 2022, Salmon ran a new personal best of 53.82 s over 400 m hurdles to place second at the Jamaican Championships thus qualifying her for the 2022 World Championships where she made the semi-finals. She also competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, winning silver medals in the 400 m hurdles and ×ばつ 400 metres relay">Women's 4x400 m relay.[5]
At the 2023 World Championships, Salmon won a silver medal in the ×ばつ 400 metres relay">Women's 4x400 m relay, for her run in the heats.[6]
In 2024, Salmon finished third over 400 m hurdles at the Jamaican Championships, and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. She ran a personal best of 53.13 s to qualify for the final, where she finished sixth.[7] She won her first Diamond League at the Athletissima in Zurich, in a new personal best of 52.97 s, her first time under the 53-second barrier.[8]
Personal Bests
[edit ]Personal bests (main event in bold):
- 200m: 23.64s (Austin, Texas, 2023)
- 400m: 51.22s (Kingston, 2023)
- 400m hurdles: 52.97s (Zurich, 2024)
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "Shiann SALMON - Athlete Profile". World Athletics . Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "400 Metres Hurdles women". iaaf.org. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ "Jamaica top standings with 69 medals at NACAC championships in Costa Rica". SportsMax. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Jamaica Dominate First Day of NACAC Championships with 13 Medals". Caribbean National Weekly. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Jamaica Women's 4x400m relay team upgraded to silver at Commonwealth Games after England is disqualified". Jamaica Observer. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "4x400 Metres Relay women". World Athletics . 26 August 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Women's 400m Hurdles - Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ Burnett, Ian (6 September 2024). "Clarke, Salmon, Pinnock, and Peters claim wins at Zurich Diamond League". Caribbean National Weekly. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
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