Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce
By : Andrea Sosa
GLOSSARY
❖ Track and Field: Athletic events that take place on a running track and a nearby field; track
events and field events.
❖ Olympics:The Olympic Games the most important international event featuring summer and
winter sports. Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games are held every four years.
❖ World Championships:Is an international competition open to elite competitors from around
the world, representing their nations.
❖ Realy: Means one of the disciplines in track which is a team of 4 persons that run .
❖ Indoor: The track is shorter indoors. Indoors, the track is 200 metres — half its outdoor size.
❖ Birth : Having a baby.
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MY HERO
Jamaican Track and Field Star
Background
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, was born on December 27, 1986. She is a Jamaican track and field sprinter. Born
and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, Fraser-Pryce ascended to prominence in 2008 when at 21 years old, the
relatively unknown athlete became the first Caribbean woman to win 100m gold at the Olympics. 4
Early Life
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Shelley's Early Life
After graduating from Wolmer's High School for Girls in Kingston, she went on to become a
world-champion sprinter, specializing in the 100-meter run. Her first sprinting success was in the famous
Jamaican Schools Championships, winning the 100m aged 16. 6
2007
In 2007, she was in the Jamaican World Championships relay squad, earning a silver medal by 7
running in the heats, but she did not make the team in the individual event until the following
year.
CAREER
STARTS
2008/2009
Became the first Jamaican woman in history to win an Fraser took the 100m Jamaican title in June 2009, 9
Olympic gold medal in the 100 m sprint. winning with a world-leading time of 10.88 s.
2012
200 m at a global championship, Fraser-Pryce set another
personal best of 22.09 to win the Olympic silver medal
behind Allyson Felix. She also ran the first leg for her team
in the 4 × 100 m relay, earning a second silver medal.
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2013 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS(MOSCOW): Won three gold medals each in the 12
100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m.
2014 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
She won the indoor 60m title in a
time of 6.98, making her the 7th
fastest of all time at the distance.
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2015
Entering the World Championships as the favorite, she won the 100 m and 4x100 relay. 14
However, she had been 2016 RIO OLYMPICS
plagued by a toe injury,
which was hampering her
performances all season.
Fraser-Pryce finished third.
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DOHA 2019
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019 17
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Obstacles-Heroic Deeds
Fraser-Pryce returned to competition in the 2019 World Championships, had a great comeback. Two years
after the birth of her son. At the 2019 World Championships, Fraser-Pryce became the oldest woman to
win a 100 meter World or Olympic title, winning in a time of 10.71 seconds. The victory marked her fourth
100m world title and eighth world title overall.
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Achievements
She has won the Jamaica Athletics
Administrative Association
Golden Cleats Award for female
Athlete of the Year on four
occasions: 2009, 2012, 2013 and
2015.
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Shelly ann Fraser is a great example and inspiration for young athletes, she is as well a athletic
worldwide role model and a example of a great woman and mom. Even though she gave birth and
the preparation was hard she won a world lead gold medal. 21
Bibliography :
❖ Brittanicca.com
❖ Biography.com
❖ Google for images
❖ IAAF.org athletics web for specific information
❖ Olympic.org
❖ CNN.COM
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