Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Women's 100 m- Beijing 2015.jpg
Fraser-Pryce in 2015
Personal information
Birth nameShelly-Ann Fraser
Born27 December 1986 (aged 39)
Kingston, Jamaica
Height5 ft 0 in
Weight52 kg
Spouse(s)
Jason Pryce
(m. 2011)
Sport
CountryFlag of Jamaica.svg
SportTrack and field

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, OD (née Fraser; born 27 December 1986) is a Jamaican sprinter. She became famous in 2008 when she became the first Caribbean woman to win 100 meters gold at the Olympics at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.[1] At the 2012 London Olympic Games she won another gold medal in the same event. She also won silver in 200 meters and 4 x 100 meters relay.[2] She is five feet tall. As of 2025, she is the third fastest women to run 100 meters of all time, behind Florence Griffith Joyner and Elaine Thompson-Herah.[3]

Personal life

Fraser-Price is a Christian.[4] She married Jason Pryce in 2011.[5]

In early 2017, Fraser-Price said that she was pregnant.[6] On 7 August 2017, she had a son named Zyon.[6]

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