Stephenie Ann McPherson (born 25 November 1988) is a Jamaican retired track and field athlete, who specializes in the 400 metres. She has won a bronze medal in the event at the 2013 World Championships, and then placed in the finals of both the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and all four following World Championships between 2015 and 2022, consecutively. McPherson earned also a bronze at the 2022 World Indoor Championships. She added medals in the 4 × 400 metres relays, taking a silver at the 2016 Olympics, a gold in 2015 in Beijing, and a bronze in 2019.
In June 2021, McPherson went sub-50 seconds for the first time since 2013, the only year in which she had achieved it, setting her new personal best. She retired after competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career McPherson was the silver medalist from the 2014 World Indoor Championships as a member of the 4 × 400 metres relay team. She took two gold medals at the Commonwealth Games winning the individual 400 m and the 4 × 400 m relay. Within that same year, she added the gold medal at the Continental Cup as a part of team America in the 4 × 400 m relay.
In 2022, McPherson won her second global medal after a bronze at the 2013 World Championships, taking also a bronze for the women's 400 metres at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia with a national indoor record of 50.79 seconds. Thus, she improved on her fourth place from the 2016 World Indoors. McPherson also anchored Jamaican women's 4 × 400 relay, winning gold along with teammates Junelle Bromfield, Janieve Russell, and Roneisha McGregor.
Achievements All information taken from World Athletics profile.
Personal bests Event Time (s) Venue Date Notes200 metres 22.90 Kingston, Jamaica 17 April 2021 400 metres 49.34 Tokyo, Japan 4 August 2021 #3 Jamaican all-time400 metres indoor 50.79 Belgrade, Serbia 19 March 2022
International competitions 2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia3rd400 m49.992014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland2nd4 × 400 m relay3:26.54Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom1st400 m50.671st4 × 400 m relay3:23.82Continental CupMarrakesh, Morocco1st4 × 400 m relay3:20.93 2015World RelaysNassau, Bahamas2nd4 × 400 m relay3:22.49World ChampionshipsBeijing, China5th400 m50.421st4 × 400 m relay3:19.13 WL2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States4th400 m52.204 × 400 m relayDNFOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil6th400 m50.972nd4 × 400 m relay3:20.342017World RelaysNassau, Bahamas3rd4 × 400 m relay3:28.49World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom6th400 m50.864 × 400 m relayDNF2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom400 mDQ 4 × 400 m relayDQ Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia3rd400 m50.931st4 × 400 m relay3:24.00World CupLondon, United Kingdom1st400 m50.982nd4 × 400 m relay3:24.29NACAC ChampionshipsToronto, Canada1st400 m51.152nd4 × 400 m relay3:27.25Continental CupOstrava, Czech Republic3rd400 m50.821st4 × 400 m mixed3:13.01 2019World RelaysYokohama, Japan3rd4 × 200 m relay1:33.21Pan American GamesLima, Peru3rd4 × 400 m relay3:27.61World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar6th400 m50.893rd4 × 400 m relay3:22.372021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan4th400 m49.612022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rd400 m i50.791st4 × 400 m relay i3:28.40 World ChampionshipsEugene, United States5th400 m50.362nd4 × 400 m relay3:20.74NACAC ChampionshipsFreeport, Bahamas3rd400 m50.362024Olympic GamesParis, France4th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:24.921 1Did not finish in the final
Circuit wins and titles Diamond League winner (400 m): 2016. (400 metres wins) 2015: Birmingham British Grand Prix 2016: Oslo Bislett Games 2018: London Anniversary Games 2019: Paris Meeting 2021: Gateshead British Grand Prix Continental Tour – gold level 2021 (400 m): Székesfehérvár Gyulai István Memorial
National titles Jamaican Athletics Championships 400 m (3): 2016, 2018, 2021
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External links
Stephenie Ann McPherson at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived)