Kerron Stewart

Kerron Stewart

Medal record
Women's athletics
Competitor for  Jamaica
Olympic Games
Silver	2008 Beijing	100 m
Silver	2012 London	4x100 m relay
Bronze	2008 Beijing	200 m
World Championships
Gold	2009 Berlin	4×100 m relay
Gold	2013 Moscow	4×100 m relay
Silver	2007 Osaka	4×100 m relay
Silver	2009 Berlin	100 m
Silver	2011 Daegu	4×100 m relay
World Athletics Final
Silver	2008 Stuttgart	100m
Bronze	2008 Stuttgart	200m
Bronze	2009 Thessaloniki	100 m
Bronze	2009 Thessaloniki	200 m
World Junior Championships
Gold	2002 Kingston	4×100 m relay
Silver	2000 Santiago	4×100 m relay
World Youth Championships
Silver	2001 Hungary	100 m
CAC Junior Championships (U17)
Gold	2000 San Juan	4x100 m relay
Bronze	2000 San Juan	100 m
Bronze	2000 San Juan	200 m
CARIFTA Games Junior (U20)
Gold	2001 Bridgetown	4x100 m relay
Gold	2003 Port of Spain	100 m
Gold	2003 Port of Spain	4x100 m relay
Silver	2002 Nassau	100 m
Bronze	2003 Port of Spain	200 m
CARIFTA Games Youth (U17)
Gold	2000 St. George's	100m
Bronze	2000 St. George's	300m hurdles

Kerron Stewart (born 16 April 1984) is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres.^[1] She is the 2008 Jamaican national champion in the 100 m clocking 10.80s. She defeated World Champion Veronica Campbell-Brown in the process and now is the 2008 Summer Olympics silver medalist after she tied with Sherone Simpson in a time of 10.98s. She also earned a bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics with a time of 22.00s. She was born in Kingston.

Stewart holds the fastest non-winning time for the women's 100 metres. In the 2009 World Athletics Championships from Berlin, she ran 10.75 seconds only to finish second to campatriot, Shelly-Ann Fraser who ran a 10.73 race. Stewart also anchored the Jamaican 4x100 m relay team to victory in a time of 42.06.

Auburn University

Stewart ran track and field for Auburn University at NCCA division I level. She was named 2007 SEC Runner of the Year and USTFCCCA National Runner of the Year after capturing the SEC and NCAA Championships in the 60m and the 200m. She was named All-American for seven times and one of the best athlete in the school's history.

2008 Beijing Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing she competed at the 100 metres sprint. In her first round heat she placed first in front of Ezinne Okparaebo and LaVerne Jones-Ferrette in a time of 11.28 to advance to the second round. There she improved her time to 10.98 seconds to win her heat in front of Lauryn Williams and Kim Gevaert. With 11.05 seconds in her semi final she won the race and earned her spot in the Olympic final. In a remarkable race with fellow Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser taking the gold, Stewart and Sherone Simpson both finished in 10.98 seconds to share the silver medal and to complete the Jamaican sweep.^[1] Together with Fraser, Simpson, Sheri-Ann Brooks, Aleen Bailey and Veronica Campbell-Brown she also took part in the 4x100 metres relay. In their first round heat (without Simpson and Stewart) they placed first in front of Russia, Germany and China. Their time of 42.24 seconds was the first time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they qualified for the final in which they replaced Brooks and Bailey with Simpson and Stewart. Eventually they did not finish their race due to a mistake in the baton exchange.^[1]

2009 World Championships in Athletics

Stewart came second in the 100 m at the 2009 Jamaican national championships, finishing in 10.93 s and qualifying for the 2009 World Championships.

At the 2009 IAAF Golden Gala, Stewart won a gold medal in the Women's 100m in front of Olympic Champion Shelly-Ann Fraser, with a time of 10.75s, which tied the meet record. This was the fastest time in ten years recorded by a woman in the event, and the third-fastest time ever recorded by a Jamaican, shy of Merlene Ottey's 10.74s and Shelly-Ann Fraser's 10.73 national record. ^[2]

At the 2009 World Championships Kerron Stewart won a silver medal in 100m just two hundredths of a second behind Jamaican team mate Shelly-Ann Fraser equalling her personal best of 10.75 seconds and ensuring a Jamaican one-two. Stewart did not compete in the 200m due to an ankle injury, but was anchor for the Jamaican quartet that took gold in the 4x100m Relay.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Jamaica
2000	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	2nd	4 x 100 m relay	44.05
2001	World Youth Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	2nd	100 m	11.72 (wind: +0.5m/s)
			2nd	Medley relay	2:07.45
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	4th	100 m	11.53 (wind: -0.2m/s)
			1st	4 x 100 m relay	43.40
2004	NACAC U-23 Championships	Sherbrooke, Canada	2nd	100m	11.40 (wind: +0.0m/s)
			5th	200m	25.18 (wind: -4.0m/s)
			1st	4x100m relay	43.62
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	7th	100 m	11.12 (wind: -0.2m/s)
			2nd	4 x 100 m relay	42.01
2008	2008 Summer Olympics	Beijing, China	2nd	100 m	10.98 (wind: +0.0m/s)
			3rd	200 m	22.00 (wind: +0.6m/s)
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	2nd	100 m	10.75 (wind: +0.1m/s)
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	5th	100 m	10.97 (wind: -0.3m/s)

Personal bests

• 100 metres – 10.75 s (2009)
• 200 metres – 21.99 s (2008)

References

• Kerron Stewart profile at IAAF