Carmelita Jeter

Carmelita Jeter

Jeter at the 2011 World Championships
Personal information
Born	(1979-11-24) November 24, 1979 (age 44) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight	135 lb (61 kg)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Running
Event(s)	100 meters, 200 meters
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 1 1 World Championships 3 1 3 World Indoor Championships 0 1 0 World Athletics Final 2 0 0 Total 6 3 4 Olympic Games 2012 London 4×100 m relay 2012 London 100 m 2012 London 200 m World Championships 2007 Osaka 4×100 m relay 2011 Daegu 100 m 2011 Daegu 4×100 m relay 2011 Daegu 200 m 2007 Osaka 100 m 2009 Berlin 100 m 2013 Moscow 100 m World Indoor Championships 2010 Doha 60 m World Relay Championships 2015 Nassau 4×100 m relay World Athletics Final 2007 Stuttgart 100 m 2009 Thessaloniki 100 m

Carmelita Jeter (/ˈdʒɛtər/ JET-tər, born November 24, 1979) is a retired American sprinter, who competed in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. For over a decade, between 2009 and 2021, Jeter was called the "Fastest woman alive" after running a 100 m personal best of 10.64 seconds at the 2009 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. In the 100 m, she was the 2011 world champion and the 2012 Olympic silver medalist.

She won the 100 m bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and a gold at the World Athletics Final. She won a second World Championship bronze in 2009. Her personal best of 10.64 s makes her the fourth fastest woman ever in the 100 m, behind Florence Griffith Joyner's long-standing world record, Elaine Thompson-Herah's 10.54 seconds and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's 10.60 seconds.^[1]

In May 2023, she was named the new head coach of the track & field and cross country programs at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).^[2]