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Sheri-Ann Brooks

Jamaican sprinter (born )

Sheri-Ann Brooks (born 11 February in Kingston) is a Jamaicansprinter, who specializes in the metres.[1]

Brooks was born in Manchester and attended Manchester High School. She is the first child of Mr. Errol Brooks and Mrs.

Donna Brooks.

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Brooks represented the Jamaica at the Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4 x metres relay together with Shelly-Ann Fraser, Aleen Bailey and Veronica Campbell-Brown. In its first round heat, Jamaica placed first in front of Russia, Germany and China. The Jamaica relay's time of seconds was the first time overall out of sixteen participating nations.

With this result, Jamaica qualified for the final, replacing Brooks and Bailey with Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart. Jamaica did not finish the race due to a mistake in the baton exchange.[1]

She qualified for the &#;m at the World Championships in Athletics with a third-place finish at the Jamaican national championships, behind Fraser and Stewart.[2]

In June, , Brooks was one of five members of the Jamaica national team who were reported for providing urine samples that tested positive for a banned stimulant.[3] Brooks was cleared to continue racing on a technicality, however, as the Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission had tested her B-sample without her prior knowledge.[4] Nevertheless, the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association withdrew her from the relay race at the World Championships as a precaution.[5]

Representing the FIU Panthers track and field team, Brooks won the m at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[6]

Achievements

Personal bests

  • metres – s ()
  • metres – s ()
  • metres – s ()

References

World champions in women's 4 × metres relay

  • Silke Gladisch, Marita Koch, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Oelsner-Göhr (GDR)
  • Alice Brown, Diane Williams, Florence Griffith Joyner, Pam Marshall (USA)
  • Dahlia Duhaney, Juliet Cuthbert, Beverly McDonald, Merlene Ottey, Merlene Frazer (JAM)
  • Olga Bogoslovskaya, Galina Malchugina, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova, Irina Privalova, Marina Trandenkova (RUS)
  • Celena Mondie-Milner, Carlette Guidry, Chryste Gaines, Gwen Torrence, D'Andre Hill (USA)
  • Chryste Gaines, Marion Jones, Inger Miller, Gail Devers (USA)
  • Savatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson, Eldece Clarke-Lewis (BAH)
  • Melanie Paschke, Gabi Rockmeier, Birgit Rockmeier, Marion Wagner (GER)
  • Patricia Girard-Léno, Muriel Hurtis, Sylviane Félix, Christine Arron (FRA)
  • Angela Daigle, Muna Lee, Me'Lisa Barber, Lauryn Williams (USA)
  • Lauryn Williams, Allyson Felix, Mikele Barber, Torri Edwards, Carmelita Jeter, Mechelle Lewis (USA)
  • Simone Facey, Shelly-Ann Fraser, Aleen Bailey, Kerron Stewart (JAM)
  • Bianca Knight, Allyson Felix, Marshevet Myers, Carmelita Jeter, Shalonda Solomon, Alexandria Anderson (USA)
  • Carrie Russell, Kerron Stewart, Schillonie Calvert, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Sheri-Ann Brooks (JAM)
  • Veronica Campbell Brown, Natasha Morrison, Elaine Thompson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Sherone Simpson, Kerron Stewart (JAM)
  • Aaliyah Brown, Allyson Felix, Morolake Akinosun, Tori Bowie, Ariana Washington (USA)
  • Natalliah Whyte, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jonielle Smith, Shericka Jackson, Natasha Morrison (JAM)
  • Melissa Jefferson, Abby Steiner, Jenna Prandini, Twanisha Terry, Aleia Hobbs (USA)
  • Tamari Davis, Twanisha Terry, Gabrielle Thomas, Sha'Carri Richardson, Tamara Clark, Melissa Jefferson (USA)