Kerron Stewart

Kerron Stewart
Personal information
Born (1984-04-16) 16 April 1984 (age 40)
Kingston, Jamaica
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 4x100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 200 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Berlin 4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2013 Moscow 4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2015 Beijing 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2007 Osaka 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2009 Berlin 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Daegu 4×100 m relay
World Relay Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Nassau 4×100 m relay
World Athletics Final
Silver medal – second place 2008 Stuttgart 100m
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Stuttgart 200m
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Thessaloniki 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Thessaloniki 200 m
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Kingston 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2000 Santiago 4×100 m relay
World Youth Championships
Silver medal – second place 2001 Hungary 100 m
CAC Junior Championships (U17)
Gold medal – first place 2000 San Juan 4x100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2000 San Juan 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 2000 San Juan 200 m
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
Gold medal – first place 2001 Bridgetown 4x100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2003 Port of Spain 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2003 Port of Spain 4x100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2002 Nassau 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Port of Spain 200 m
CARIFTA Games
Youth (U17)
Gold medal – first place 2000 St. George's 100m
Bronze medal – third place 2000 St. George's 300m hurdles

Kerron Stewart (born 16 April 1984) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres and 200 metres.[1] She is the 2008 Jamaican national champion in the 100 m clocking 10.80s. She defeated World Champion Veronica Campbell-Brown in the process and now is the 2008 Summer Olympics silver medalist after she tied with Sherone Simpson in a time of 10.98s. She also earned a bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics with a time of 22.00s. She was born in Kingston and retired after the 2018 season.[2]

Stewart holds one of the fastest non-winning times for the women's 100 metres. In the 2009 World Athletics Championships from Berlin, she ran 10.75 seconds only to finish second to compatriot, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who ran a 10.73 race. Stewart also anchored the Jamaican 4x100 m relay team to victory in a time of 42.06.

  1. ^ "Athlete biography: Kerron Stewart". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 23 August 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
  2. ^ Foster, Anthony (2 May 2018). "Kerron Stewart to retire after 2018 season". Trackalerts. Retrieved 10 August 2022.