Shereefa Lloyd

Shereefa Lloyd during the World Championship Athletics 2009 in Berlin.

Personal information

Born

2 September 1982 (age 41)

Height

1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

Weight

61 kg (134 lb)

Sport

Country

Jamaica

Sport

Athletics

Event

4 × 400m Relay

Medal record

Olympic Games

	2008 Beijing	4 × 400 m relay
	2012 London	4 × 400 m relay
World Championships
	2007 Osaka	4 × 400 m relay
	2009 Berlin	4 × 400 m relay
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
	2000 San Juan	4 × 100 m relay

Shereefa Lloyd (born 2 September 1982 in Clarendon Park, Jamaica) is a Jamaican sprinter, who specializes in the 400 metres.

She attended and competed for Texas Tech under coach Wes Kittley.

At the 2007 World Championships Lloyd won a bronze medal in 4 × 400 metres relay, together with teammates Shericka Williams, Davita Prendergast and Novlene Williams. She also reached the semi-final in the individual event, with a personal best time of 51.00 seconds. She was also part of the Jamaican teams that won the bronze medal at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.^[1]^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Jamaica
2000	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	1st (h)^[3]	4 × 100 m relay	44.26
2007	Pan American Games	Rio, Brazil	4th	400 m	51.19
	Pan American Games	Rio, Brazil	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.74
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:19.73
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	7th	400 m	50.68
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:20.40
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	7th	400 m	50.79
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:20.95

Personal bests

100 metres – 11.50 s (2003)
200 metres – 23.10 s (2004)
400 metres – 51.00 s (2007)

References

Shereefa Lloyd at World Athletics

^ "Beijing 2008 - Athletics - Women's 4 x 400 m". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
^ "London 2012 - Athletics - Women's 4 x 400 m". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
^ Competed only in the heat.

After retiring form track in 2014. 3 Years later in 2017 Shereefa joined the Army where she was sent to Fort Jackson SC. for basic training. After 10 weeks she graduated basic training in Fort Jackson SC. Then after completing basic training she was sent to Fort Lee VA. where she studied the work of a 92Y for 8 weeks.