Jamaican sprinter
Stephenie Ann McPherson
Personal information Born (1988-11-25 ) 25 November 1988 (age 36) Westmoreland Parish , JamaicaHome 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 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 x 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.
McPherson was the silver medalist from the2014 World Indoor Championships as a member of the4 x 400 metres relay team.[ 3] She took two gold medals at theCommonwealth Games winning the individual 400 m and the 4x400 m relay.[ 4] 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 .[ 5] McPherson also anchored Jamaican women's 4 x 400 relay, winninggold along with teammatesJunelle Bromfield ,Janieve Russell , andRoneisha McGregor .[ 6]
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 4x400 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[ 9]
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)
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 )