Only now, she has become an inspiration for other young girls glued to their TV screens, dreaming of gold.“I’m happy that girls look up to me,” said Briana. But for a little Jamaican-American girl glued to the TV screen in South Florida, that summer marked the beginning of a life-long love affair with the sport. She’s always been very supportive of me.”“It’s so easy to root for Briana when you realize what she had to overcome,” notes Boldon. In the In 2015, Fraser-Pryce opted not to defend her 200 m title at the At the World Championships, Fraser-Pyrce posted 10.88 s in her 100 m heat, then 10.82 s to win her semifinal.With the exception of a fifth-place finish in her first race of the year, Fraser-Pryce went undefeated in her remaining ten races in 2015. I worked so hard to be back. At age nine, a special gift—a uniform worn by the very same athletes she idolized at the Beijing Olympics—sparked fledgeling dreams of joining Team Jamaica. She became the first ever Carrebean woman to achieve any Olympic gold medal. She started training as an eight year old at Miramar Optimist Track Club in Miramar, Florida and at age 12, began running under the tutelage of Trinidad-born Olympian and NBC Sports analyst, Ato Boldon.“She’s fearless,” shares Boldon about Williams, who stands out from the pack “because of her immense poise. She took a pause from the sprinting circuit in 2017 as she was pregnant that time. A. Rosie Allwood; B. Aleen Bailey; Tracey Ann Barnes; Allison Beckford; Dominique Blake; Helen Blake; Sheri-Ann Brooks; Janeek Brown; Danielle Browning; Remona Burchell; Michelle Burgher; Janet Burke; Debbie Byfield; C. Schillonie Calvert; Veronica … In Moscow 1980 Olympics Merlene Ottey emerged and won the first medal for an English speaking Caribbean female and everyone got to know about Cathy Rattray-Williams, Grace Jackson and Leileth Hodges. And 100m is one of the most difficult events to repeat as champion! the National Junior Championships, and the World Under-20 Championships. She won her second straight 100-metres gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. “I remember loving so much how it looked,” says Williams. Jamaican sprinter Briana Williams is causing considerable excitement among track and field fans. “It has been difficult, and there have been hard times when you would need your father around,” confesses Williams. 2x Olympic 100 champ. Sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was born in 1989 in Kingston Jamaica and today she is she is one of the world’s best sprinter and in addition she is an Olympic gold medalist in the 100 meter. In the 100 m, she is a two-time Olympic gold medallist and a four-time world champion, while in the 200 m, she is an Olympic silver medallist and the 2013 world champion. Only 2 other women have ever done that. In May, she posted 11.00 s for third at the At the Olympics in London, Fraser-Pryce won her 100 m heats and semifinal in 11.00 s and 10.85 s respectively, progressing to the final as second-fastest behind reigning world champion Carmelita Jeter (10.83 s).The following year, Fraser-Pryce continued to show her consistency. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, OD (née Fraser; born December 27, 1986) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She also had a personal best in the 4×100-meter relay, clocking 23:11 seconds, which helped her team win the title in the event for Jamaica.Briana’s coach Ato Boldon, the former world champion and a multi-Olympic-medal winner from Trinidad and Tobago, said he was pleased with her performance at CARIFTA.
Read more of her writing on her website at ISLAND ORIGINS MAGAZINE is a lifestyle brand that reflects the Caribbean American community. This list may not reflect recent changes . She rose to prominence at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, completing a rare sprint double to win gold in the 100m (with a time of 10.71 s) and the 200m (21.78 s). Reach out to her if you want to work together on something interesting. The 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing became a landmark moment in track and field, as fans around the world cheered the record-breaking performances of Jamaican titans like Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce.