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Sha'Carri Richardson (/ ʃ ə ˈ k ær iː / shə-KARR-ee; [3] born March 25, 2000 [4]) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres.Richardson rose to fame in 2019 as a freshman at Louisiana State University, running 10.75 seconds to break the 100 m collegiate record at the NCAA Division I Championships.
At the 2020 Olympic Games, Ledecky emerged as the most decorated U.S. female athlete and became the first American female swimmer to win an individual event in three straight Olympiads. [11] In 2023, she won gold in the 800 meter World Championship, becoming the first swimmer—male or female—to win six World Championship gold medals in the ...
Katarina Mary Johnson-Thompson, MBE (born 9 January 1993) [1] is an English athlete.A multi-eventer, she is primarily known as both a heptathlete and an indoor pentathlete.In heptathlon she is a double world champion, double Commonwealth Games champion and an Olympic and European silver medallist.
Gabrielle Lisa Thomas (born December 7, 1996) [3] is an American track and field athlete specializing in 100 and 200 meter sprint who is the 2024 200m Olympic champion. Born in Georgia and raised in Massachusetts, Thomas competed in college for Harvard University before beginning a professional track career in 2018.
Chase Foster Jackson (née Ealey; born July 20, 1994) is an American track and field athlete who competes in shot put and discus throw.She won the gold medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in women's shot put, [2] [3] which made her the first American woman to win a shot put world title at the World Athletics Championships.
Rhasidat Adeleke (/ r ə ˈ ʃ iː d ə ˌ æ d ə ˈ l ɛ k eɪ / rə-SHEE-də AD-ə-LEK-ay, [1] Yoruba: [ādélékè]; born 29 August 2002) is an Irish sprinter.. Adeleke was the first Irish woman to break the 50-second barrier in the 400 metres.
Athing Mu (/ ə ˈ θ ɪ ŋ m oʊ /; [1] born June 8, 2002) [2] is an American middle-distance runner.She is the youngest woman in history to hold Olympic and world titles in an individual track and field event.
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals. nb Note: Marion Jones was stripped of all her Olympic medals. In 2008 the Russian team of Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina, and Yuliya Chermoshanskaya were initially awarded the gold medals. However, the medals were rescinded in 2016 ...