Athletics Hero: Kerron Stewart

Full name: Kerron Stewart
Nationality: Jamaica
Gender: Female
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 61 kg
Born: April 16, 1984
Place of birth: Saint Andrew, Surrey, Jamaica
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Personal Bests: 100m - 10.75s, 200m - 22.00s

Kerron Stewart is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. 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.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing she competed at the 100 metres sprint. 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. She teamed up in the 4x100m final but their team did not finish their race due to a mistake in the baton exchange.

In 2009, Stewart came second in the 100 m at the Jamaican national championships, finishing in 10.93 s. Later, 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 Jamaica, shy of Merlene Ottey's 10.74s and Shelly Ann Fraser's 10.73 national record.

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.