Jamaican sprinter
Stephenie Ann McPherson
Personal information Born (1988-11-25 ) 25 November 1988 (age 36) Home town Kingston , JamaicaHeight 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[ 1] Weight 55 kg (121 lb) Sport Country Jamaica Sport Track and field Event
400 metres Club MVP Track & Field Club Achievements and titles Personalbests 400 m: 49.34 (2021) Indoors 400 m: 50.79i NR (2022)
Stephenie Ann McPherson (born 25 November 1988)[ 2] is a retired Jamaicantrack and field athlete, who specializes in the400 metres . She has won a bronze medal in the event at the2013 World Championships , and then placed in the finals of both the2016 Rio Olympics and the2020 Tokyo Olympics and all four followingWorld Championships between 2015 and 2022, consecutively. McPherson earned also a bronze at the2022 World Indoor Championships . She added medals in the4 × 400 metres relays , taking a silver at the 2016 Olympics, a gold in2015 inBeijing , and a bronze in2019 .
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 the2024 Summer Olympics .[ 3]
McPherson was the silver medalist from the2014 World Indoor Championships as a member of the4 × 400 metres relay team.[ 4] She took two gold medals at theCommonwealth Games winning the individual 400 m and the 4 × 400 m relay.[ 5] Within that same year, she added the gold medal at theContinental 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 the2013 World Championships , taking also a bronze for the women's400 metres at theWorld Indoor Championships inBelgrade, Serbia with a national indoor record of 50.79 seconds. Thus, she improved on her fourth place from the2016 World Indoors .[ 6] McPherson also anchored Jamaican women's 4 × 400 relay, winninggold along with teammatesJunelle Bromfield ,Janieve Russell , andRoneisha McGregor .[ 7]
All information taken from World Athletics profile. [ 2]
International competitions [ edit ] Representing Jamaica Year Competition Venue Position Event Result 2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 3rd 400 m 49.99 2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.54 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 1st 400 m 50.67 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:23.82 Continental Cup Marrakech, Morocco 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:20.93 WL [ n 1] 2015 World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:22.49 World Championships Beijing, China 5th 400 m 50.42 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:19.13 WL2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 4th 400 m 52.20 DNF 4 × 400 m relay DNF Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6th 400 m 50.97 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:20.34 2017 World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.49 World Championships London ,United Kingdom 6th 400 m 50.86 DNF 4 × 400 m relay DNF 2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom DQ 400 m DQ [ n 2] DQ 4 × 400 m relay DQ [ n 3] Commonwealth Games Gold Coast ,Australia 3rd 400 m 50.93 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:24.00 World Cup London, United Kingdom 1st 400 m 50.98 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:24.29 NACAC Championships Toronto, Canada 1st 400 m 51.15 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.25 Continental Cup Ostrava, Czech Republic 3rd 400 m 50.82 1st 4 × 400 m mixed 3:13.01 [ n 1] 2019 World Relays Yokohama, Japan 3rd 4 × 200 m relay 1:33.21 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.61 World Championships Doha, Qatar 6th 400 m 50.89 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:22.37 2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 4th 400 m 49.61 2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade , Serbia3rd 400 m i 50.79 1st 4 × 400 m relay i 3:28.40 SB World Championships Eugene, United States 5th 400 m 50.36 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:20.74 NACAC Championships Freeport, Bahamas 3rd 400 m 50.36 2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 4th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:24.92 1
1 Did not finish in the final
Circuit wins and titles [ edit ] ^a b Representing Americas ^ Disqualified in the semi-finals; 163.3(a): Lane infringement ^ Disqualified in the final; 218.4: Exchanging position before takeover ^ According toJamaica Observer McPherson is a four-time national champion, however the newspaper's article has at least one other serious error[ 10]
1983 :Kerstin Walther ,Sabine Busch ,Marita Koch ,Dagmar Rübsam ,Undine Bremer ,Ellen Fiedler (GDR)1987 :Dagmar Neubauer ,Kirsten Emmelmann ,Petra Müller ,Sabine Busch ,Cornelia Ullrich (GDR)1991 :Tatyana Ledovskaya ,Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova ,Olga Nazarova ,Olha Bryzhina ,Anna Chuprina (URS)1993 :Gwen Torrence ,Maicel Malone-Wallace ,Natasha Kaiser ,Jearl Miles ,Terri Dendy ,Michelle Collins (USA)1995 :Kim Graham ,Rochelle Stevens ,Camara Jones ,Jearl Miles ,Nicole Green (USA)1997 :Anke Feller ,Uta Rohländer ,Anja Rücker ,Grit Breuer (GER)1999 :Tatyana Chebykina ,Svetlana Goncharenko ,Olga Kotlyarova ,Natalya Nazarova ,Natalya Sharova ,Yekaterina Bakhvalova (RUS)2001 :Sandie Richards ,Catherine Scott-Pomales ,Debbie-Ann Parris ,Lorraine Fenton ,Michelle Burgher ,Deon Hemmings (JAM)2003 :Demetria Washington ,Jearl Miles Clark ,Me'Lisa Barber ,Sanya Richards ,DeeDee Trotter (USA)2005 :Yuliya Pechonkina ,Olesya Krasnomovets ,Natalya Antyukh ,Svetlana Pospelova ,Tatyana Firova ,Olesya Zykina (RUS)2007 :DeeDee Trotter ,Allyson Felix ,Mary Wineberg ,Sanya Richards ,Monique Hennagan ,Natasha Hastings (USA)2009 :Debbie Dunn ,Allyson Felix ,Lashinda Demus ,Sanya Richards ,Natasha Hastings ,Jessica Beard (USA)2011 :Sanya Richards-Ross ,Allyson Felix ,Jessica Beard ,Francena McCorory ,Natasha Hastings ,Keshia Baker (USA)2013 :Jessica Beard ,Natasha Hastings ,Ashley Spencer ,Francena McCorory ,Joanna Atkins (USA)2015 :Christine Day ,Shericka Jackson ,Stephenie Ann McPherson ,Novlene Williams-Mills ,Anastasia Le-Roy ,Chrisann Gordon (JAM)2017 :Quanera Hayes ,Allyson Felix ,Shakima Wimbley ,Phyllis Francis ,Kendall Ellis ,Natasha Hastings (USA)2019 :Phyllis Francis ,Sydney McLaughlin ,Dalilah Muhammad ,Wadeline Jonathas ,Jessica Beard ,Allyson Felix ,Kendall Ellis ,Courtney Okolo (USA)2022 :Talitha Diggs ,Abby Steiner ,Britton Wilson ,Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ,Kaylin Whitney ,Allyson Felix ,Jaide Stepter Baynes (USA)2023 :Eveline Saalberg ,Lieke Klaver ,Cathelijn Peeters ,Femke Bol ,Lisanne de Witte (NED)2025 :Isabella Whittaker ,Lynna Irby-Jackson ,Aaliyah Butler ,Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ,Alexis Holmes ,Rosey Effiong ,Quanera Hayes ,Britton Wilson (USA)
1991 :Germany (Seuser ,Schreiter ,Hesselbarth ,Breuer )1993 :Jamaica (Hemmings ,Grant ,Rattray-Williams ,Richards )1995 :Russia (Chebykina ,Ruzina ,Kulikova ,Goncharenko )1997 :Russia (Chebykina ,Goncharenko ,Kotlyarova ,Alekseyeva )1999 :Russia (Chebykina ,Goncharenko ,Kotlyarova ,Nazarova )2001 :Russia (Nosova ,Zykina ,Sotnikova ,Kotlyarova )2003 :Russia (Antyukh ,Pechonkina ,Zykina ,Nazarova )2004 :Russia (Krasnomovets ,Kotlyarova ,Levina ,Nazarova )2006 :Russia (Levina ,Nazarova ,Krasnomovets ,Antyukh )2008 :Russia (Gushchina ,Levina ,Nazarova ,Zykina )2010 :United States (Dunn ,Trotter ,Hastings ,Felix )2012 :Great Britain (Cox ,Sanders ,Ohuruogu ,Shakes-Drayton )2014 :United States (Hastings ,Atkins ,McCorory ,Tate ,Hayes ,Hargrove )2016 :United States (Hastings ,Hayes ,Okolo ,Spencer )2018 :United States (Hayes ,Moline ,Wimbley ,Okolo )2022 :Jamaica (Bromfield ,Russell ,McGregor ,McPherson ,James )2024 :Netherlands (Klaver ,Peeters ,De Witte ,Bol ,Van der Schoot ,Saalberg )2025 :United States (Hayes ,Lear ,Effiong ,Holmes )
440 yards (1966) 400 metres (1970–present)
1974 : Roscoe ,Kennedy ,Pettett ,Elder (ENG ) 1978 : Hartley ,Hoyte-Smith ,Kennedy ,Elder (ENG ) 1982 : Crooks ,Richardson ,Killingbeck ,Taylor (CAN ) 1986 : Crooks ,Payne ,Killingbeck ,Richardson (CAN ) 1990 : Piggford ,Stoute ,Gunnell ,Keough (ENG ) 1994 : Smith ,Goddard ,Keough ,Gunnell (ENG ) 1998 : Andrews ,Lewis ,Naylor ,Van Heer (AUS ) 2002 : Hewitt ,Freeman ,Lewis ,Pittman (AUS ) 2006 : Pittman ,Willis ,Lewis ,Hayward (AUS ) 2010 : Mj. Kaur ,Jose ,Akkunji ,Md. Kaur (IND ) 2014 : Day ,Williams-Mills ,Le-Roy ,McPherson (JAM ) 2018 : Day ,Le-Roy ,Russell ,McPherson (JAM ) 2022 : Constantine ,McDonald ,Powell ,Stiverne (CAN )