| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1988-11-25)25 November 1988 (age 37) Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica |
| Home town | Kingston, Jamaica |
| Height | 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 | |
Medal record | |
Stephenie Ann McPherson (born 25 November 1988)[2] is a Jamaican retiredtrack 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]
| Event | Time (s) | Venue | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 metres | 22.90 | Kingston, Jamaica | 17 April 2021 | |
| 400 metres | 49.34 | Tokyo, Japan | 4 August 2021 | #3 Jamaican all-time[8] |
| 400 metres indoor | 50.79 | Belgrade, Serbia | 19 March 2022 | NR |
| 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 | Marrakesh, Morocco | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:20.93WL[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 WL | |||
| 2016 | 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, Serbia | 3rd | 400 m i | 50.79 |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay i | 3:28.40SB | |||
| 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 | 3:24.921 |
1Did not finish in the final
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