Sherone Simpson
Sherone Simpson ( born August 12, 1984 at the Manchester Parish ) is a Jamaican track and field athlete and Olympic champion.
At the beginning of their sporting careers, the sprinter won the team gold medal in the 4 x 100 - meter relay along with teammates Tayna Lawrence, Aleen Bailey and Veronica Campbell at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. It was the same place, sixth in the 100 -meter run.
At the World Championships in Helsinki in 2005, she was sixth in the 100 meters and won the Jamaican 4 x 100 meters relay silver medal. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, she won gold in the 200 -meter run. In the same year she was also Jamaican champion in the 100 and 200 meters.
At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, she won the silver medal in the 100 -meter run ex aequo with her teammate Kerron Stewart. In 2010 she was the second time Jamaican champion in the 100 meters.
In 2011, she reached at the World Championships in Daegu on the final 200 meters and finished there with a time of 23.17 s eighth. Together with Shelly- Ann Fraser - Pryce, Kerron Stewart and Veronica Campbell-Brown won it in 4 x 100 meters relay competition with a time of 41.70 s in the final run of the silver medal. At the Olympic Games in London in 2012 she reached the finals again with Fraser - Pryce, Campbell-Brown and Stewart with a time of 41.41 s again the silver medal in the 4 x 100 - meter relay.
On July 14, 2013 it was announced that Simpson had tested positive on a doping medicines at A- sample. The sample should come from the Jamaican Championships. When prohibited means it should involve the stimulation oxilofrine, according to their manager Paul Doyle.