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Carmelita Jeter

1979 - Today

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Carmelita Jeter ( JET-tər, born November 24, 1979) is a retired American sprinter, who competed in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. For over a decade, between 2009 and 2021, Jeter was called the "Fastest woman alive" after running a 100 m personal best of 10.64 seconds at the 2009 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. In the 100 m, she was the 2011 world champion and the 2012 Olympic silver medalist. She won the 100 m bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and a gold at the World Athletics Final. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2024). Carmelita Jeter is the 3,195th most popular athlete (down from 2,630th in 2024), the 15,460th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,661st in 2019) and the 506th most popular American Athlete.

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Among people born in 1979, Carmelita Jeter ranks 575. Before her are Aldo Duscher, Emil Dimitriev, Frank Mir, Deivid, Ken Duken, and Gréta Arn. After her are Walter Davis, Reinaldo da Cruz Oliveira, Yelena Podkaminskaya, Hend Sabry, Tong Jian, and Sergei Karasev.

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Carmelita Jeter ranks 506. Before her are Noah Lyles (1997), Butch Reynolds (1964), Joe DeLoach (1967), Aries Merritt (1985), Beth Heiden (1959), and Athing Mu (2002). After her are Richmond Landon (1898), Walter Davis (1979), Reese Hoffa (1977), Sha'Carri Richardson (2000), Andrew Valmon (1965), and Kathy Hammond (1951).

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