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Monday, December 9, 2019

Fraser-Pryce




Fraser-Pryce is the only sprinter, male or female, to be crowned world champion over 100 m four times (2009, 2013, 2015 and 2019).[8][9] Since 2008, she has won four of the five world 100 m titles she has contested, as well as two of the last three Olympic 100 m titles.[10] She is the second female sprinter to hold world and Olympic 100 m titles simultaneously—and the first female sprinter to do so twice. In 2013 she became the first female sprinter to win gold medals in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m in a single World Championship, and also became the first woman to hold world titles at 60 m, 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay simultaneously.[11]
With over a decade of dominance in the sport, Fraser-Pryce has won more global 100 m titles than any other female sprinter in history.[12][13] Nicknamed the "Pocket Rocket"[11] for her petite frame (she stands 5 feet tall) and explosive block starts, she is ranked fourth on the list of the fastest 100 m female sprinters of all time, with a personal best of 10.70 seconds.[14] Due to her achievements and consistency, many publications and sports analysts, including former Olympian Michael Johnson,[15] refer to Fraser-Pryce as the greatest female sprinter of all time.[16][17][18][19][20] World Athletics calls her “the greatest female sprinter of her generation".

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