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Sherone Simpson

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Sherone Simpson (born 12 August 1984) is a retired Jamaican track and field sprint athlete. She is a gold medalist in the 4 × 100 m relay from the 2004 Olympics and silver medalist in 2005 World Championships and now is the silver medalist in the individual event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, after she tied for second with Kerron Stewart in a photo finish. On 14 July 2013, Simpson announced that she had tested positive for the drug oxilofrine. In April 2014, the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission announced that she would be suspended for 18 months over doping charges, expiring in December that year. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Sherone Simpson is the 4,402nd most popular athlete (down from 3,753rd in 2024), the 121st most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 109th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Jamaican Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sherone Simpson ranks 4,402 out of 6,025. Before her are Pedro García Aguado, Kelly Holmes, Michelle Carter, Danuta Kozák, Yuliya Gushchina, and Daniel Ballart. After her are Eunice Jepkorir, Marc Schneider, EJ Obiena, Steve Backley, Franck Dumoulin, and Patrick Favre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Sherone Simpson ranks 815. Before her are Néstor Ortigoza, Yael Grobglas, Marco Marcato, Gabriel Badilla, Renato Cajá, and Harry Treadaway. After her are Mikel Rico, Marissa Meyer, Dragan Gajić, Kennedy Mweene, Héctor Font, and Kim Mickle.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Sherone Simpson ranks 121 out of 189. Before her are Leon Edwards (1991), Jak Ali Harvey (1989), Tessa Sanderson (1956), Sandra Farmer-Patrick (1962), Marlon James (1970), and Germaine Mason (1983). After her are Kerron Stewart (1984), Lorraine Fenton (1973), Greg Haughton (1973), Megan Tapper (1994), Aleen Bailey (1980), and Michael McDonald (1975).

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Among ATHLETES In Jamaica

Among athletes born in Jamaica, Sherone Simpson ranks 37. Before her are Shanieka Ricketts (1992), Sandie Richards (1968), Jak Ali Harvey (1989), Tessa Sanderson (1956), Sandra Farmer-Patrick (1962), and Germaine Mason (1983). After her are Kerron Stewart (1984), Lorraine Fenton (1973), Greg Haughton (1973), Megan Tapper (1994), Aleen Bailey (1980), and Michael McDonald (1975).

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