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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Sherone Simpson is the 4,081st most popular athlete (down from 3,799th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 110th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Jamaican Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sherone Simpson ranks 4,081 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, EJ Obiena, Steve Backley, Franck Dumoulin, Patrick Favre, and Enea Bastianini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Sherone Simpson ranks 781. 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 119 out of 189. Before her are Nalo Hopkinson (1960), 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 Ian Goodison (1972).

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Among ATHLETES In Jamaica

Among athletes born in Jamaica, Sherone Simpson ranks 38. 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 Shericka Jackson (1994).

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