Jamaican sprinter
Stephenie Ann McPherson (born 25 November 1988)[2] is a Jamaican track and field athlete, who specializes in the 400 metres . She has won a bronze medal in the event at the 2013 World Championships , and then placed in the finals of the 2016 Rio Olympics and all three following World Championships between 2015-2019. McPherson earned also a bronze at the 2022 World Indoor Championships . She added medals in the 4 x 400 metres relays , taking a silver at the 2016 Olympics, a gold in 2015 in Beijing , and a bronze in 2019 .
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.
Career
McPherson was the silver medalist from the 2014 World Indoor Championships as a member of the 4 x 400 metres relay team.[3] She took two gold medals at the Commonwealth Games winning the individual 400 m and the 4x400 m relay.[4] Within that same year, she added the gold medal at the Continental 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 the 2013 World Championships , taking also a bronze for the women's 400 metres at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia with a national indoor record of 50.79 seconds. Thus, she improved on her fourth place from the 2016 World Indoors .[5] McPherson also anchored Jamaican women's 4 x 400 relay, winnig gold along with teammates Junelle Bromfield , Janieve Russell , and Roneisha McGregor .[6]
Achievements
All information taken from World Athletics profile. [2]
Personal bests
International competitions
Representing Jamaica
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
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 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
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 , Serbia
3rd
400 m i
50.79
1st
4x400 m relay i
3:28.40 SB
relay
Circuit wins and titles
National titles
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World Indoor Champions in women's 4 × 400 metres relay
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 )
Commonwealth Games champions in women's 400 metres
1966: 440 yards
1970 – present: 400 metres
Diamond League champions in women's 400 metres