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{{Short description|Jamaican sprinter (born 1984)}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| headercolor    = 
| name           = Sherone Simpson
| image          = Sherone Simpson 2008.jpg
| image_size     = 
| caption        = Simpson in 2008
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|8|12}}
| birth_place    = [[Manchester Parish]], [[Jamaica]]
| height         = {{convert|1.63|m|ftin|abbr=on|lk=off}}
| weight         = {{convert|59|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=off}}
| sport          = [[Running]]
| event          = [[100 metres]], [[200 metres]], [[400 metres]]
| pb             = 
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates = 
{{Medal|Sport|Women's [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{JAM}}}}
{{Medal|Olympic}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres|100&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics|2015 Beijing]]|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|2005 Helsinki]]|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|2011 Daegu]]|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]]|200 m}}
{{Medal|Gold| 2006 Melbourne|4 × 100 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2015 Pan American Games|2015 Toronto]]|[[Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metres|100 m]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2015 Pan American Games|2015 Toronto]] | 4 × 100 m relay}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF Continental Cup|Continental Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2006 IAAF World Cup|2006 Athens]]|100 m}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2006 IAAF World Cup|2006 Athens]]|4 × 100 m}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Central American and Caribbean Games]] }}
{{MedalGold| [[2018 Central American and Caribbean Games|2018 Barranquilla]] | 4 × 100 m relay}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Pan American Junior Athletics Championships|Pan American Junior Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2003 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships|2003 Bridgetown]]|100 m}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2003 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships|2003 Bridgetown]]|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|CAC Junior Championships]] (U20)}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2002 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|2002 Bridgetown]]|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2002 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|2002 Bridgetown]]|100 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[CARIFTA Games]]<br>Junior (U20)}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2003 CARIFTA Games|2003 Port of Spain]]|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2003 CARIFTA Games|2003 Port of Spain]]|100 m}}
}}
'''Sherone Simpson''' (born 12 August 1984) is a retired [[Jamaica|Jamaican]] [[track and field]] [[Sprint (running)|sprint]] athlete.<ref name="beijing">{{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/7/8002947.shtml |title=Athlete Biography: SIMPSON Sherone |website=Beijing2008.cn |publisher=[[The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080826054604/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/7/8002947.shtml |archive-date=26 August 2008 |access-date=27 August 2008}}</ref> She is a [[gold medal]]ist in the [[4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]] from the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2004 Olympics]] and [[silver medal]]ist in [[2005 World Championships in Athletics|2005 World Championships]] and now is the silver medalist in the individual event at the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres|2008 Summer Olympics]], after she tied for second with [[Kerron Stewart]] in a photo finish.

On 14 July 2013, Simpson announced that she had tested positive for the drug [[oxilofrine]]. In April 2014, the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission announced that she would be suspended for 18 months over doping charges, expiring in December that year.<ref name="Powell and Simpson suspended" /> However, after appealing to the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]] (CAS), the suspension was lifted on 14 July 2014.

==Biography==
With her personal best of 10.82 seconds in the [[100 m]], Simpson is ranked 7th among Jamaican women, behind [[Elaine Thompson|Elaine Thompson-Herah]] (10.54), [[Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce]] (10.60), [[Shericka Jackson]] (10.65), [[Merlene Ottey]] (10.74), [[Kerron Stewart]] (10.75), and [[Veronica Campbell Brown]] (10.76). Simpson's [[200 metres|200 m]] personal best of 22.00 seconds ranks her 9th among Jamaican women behind [[Elaine Thompson|Elaine Thompson-Herah]], [[Merlene Ottey]], [[Grace Jackson]], [[Veronica Campbell-Brown]], [[Juliet Cuthbert]], [[Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce]], [[Shericka Jackson]] and [[Kerron Stewart]]. She has run this time on two occasions. Simpson is coached by Stephen Francis in [[Kingston, Jamaica]], where she attends the [[University of Technology, Jamaica|University of Technology]]. She is also a graduate of [[Manchester High School, Jamaica|Manchester High]].

Simpson won the gold medal in the women's 200 m at the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]], beating Olympic champion [[Veronica Campbell]] and completing a Jamaican sweep of 100–200 m gold medals. Jamaica also won both sprint [[hurdles]] gold medals.

At the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in Beijing she competed at the 100 m sprint. In her first round heat she placed third behind [[Yevgeniya Polyakova]] and [[Jade Bailey (athlete)|Jade Bailey]] in a time of 11.48 to advance to the second round. There she improved her time to 11.02 seconds to win her heat in front of [[Muna Lee (athlete)|Muna Lee]] and [[Chandra Sturrup]]. With 11.11 seconds in her semi final race she placed fourth and earned her spot in the Olympic final. In a remarkable race with fellow Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser taking the gold, Simpson and Kerron Stewart both finished in 10.98 seconds to share the silver medal and to complete the Jamaican sweep.<ref name="beijing"/> Together with Fraser, Stewart, [[Sheri-Ann Brooks]], [[Aleen Bailey]] and Veronica Campbell-Brown she also took part in the 4 × 100 m relay. In their first round heat (without Simpson and Stewart) they placed first in front of [[Russia]], [[Germany]] and [[China]]. Their time of 42.24 seconds was the first time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they qualified for the final, in which they replaced Brooks and Bailey with Simpson and Stewart. Eventually they did not finish their race, due to a mistake in the baton exchange.<ref name="beijing"/>

===Anti-doping rule violation===
On 14 July 2013, Simpson informed that a urine sample she supplied after competing in the Jamaican national championships in June 2013 had tested positive for the banned stimulant [[oxilofrine]], along with [[Asafa Powell]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.supersport.com/athletics/international/news/130714/Five_Jamaicans_test_positive_for_banned_drugs |title=Jamaicans Powell, Simpson test positive |date=14 July 2012 |access-date=14 July 2013 |website=[[SuperSport (South African broadcaster)|SuperSport]]}}</ref> On 10 April 2014, both athletes received an 18-month suspension from competing, which was set to expire in December that year.<ref name="Powell and Simpson suspended">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/26974788 |title=Asafa Powell banned for 18 months for doping |date=10 April 2014 |website=[[BBC Sport]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509060737/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/26974788 |archive-date=9 May 2014}}</ref> However, after appealing to the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]] (CAS), both athletes' suspensions were reduced to six months expiring in December 2014. CAS stated that: "They put forward that the offence committed was minor because it was caused by contamination of the food supplement Epiphany D1 by the banned substance oxilofrine.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/14/jamaican-sprinters-asafa-powell-sherone-simpson-doping-bans-cut |title=Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson have doping bans cut |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=14 July 2014}}</ref>

==Personal bests==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! [[List of athletics events|Event]]
! Time
! [[Wind assistance|Wind]]
! Place
! Date
|-
| 100 m || 10.82 || −0.7 || [[Kingston, Jamaica]] || 24 June 2006
|-
| rowspan="2"|200 m || rowspan="2"|22.00 || −0.3 || [[Stockholm]], Sweden || 25 July 2006
|-
| +1.3 || [[Kingston, Jamaica]] || 25 June 2006
|-
| 400 m || 51.25 || || [[Kingston, Jamaica]] || 22 March 2008
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}

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