As the world continues to relish the final season on track for sprint legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, we peek into her stellar career over the years.
Following her professional debut in 2007, Fraser-Pryce showed her promise at the World Championships in Osaka, Japan, where she finished fifth in the 100m final.
In 2008, Fraser-Pryce signalled her arrival as a sprinting force after winning gold in the 100m at the Beijing Olympics. She also helped Jamaica win a gold medal in the 4x100m relay.
The “Pocket Rocket” underlined her status as the new sprint giant by adding World Champion to her title after taking in the 100m at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, becoming the first Jamaican woman to win the event.
Her dominance in sprints became an indisputable matter after successfully defending her world title in 2011 and 2013, where she also bagged the gold in the 200m to become the third woman to claim the double and the first woman to earn a three-peat in the 100m at the championships.
It was a similar story in 2012, as she entered the London Olympic Games as the Champion. The Jamaican star confidently retained her crown under the London lights, becoming the first woman since Florence Griffith-Joyner to win back-to-back titles in 1988.
Fraser-Pryce’s 2016 Rio Olympic Games is, however, arguably one of her standout performances as she showed the heart of a champion by battling through the pain of a toe injury to earn bronze in the 100m final.
Her legendary status was further cemented in Athletics history after returning from time off following the birth of her son to win a record-extending fifth 100m world title in Eugene, Oregon, in 2022.
The seven-time National Champion also won gold in the 200m at the Pan American Games (2019), 4×100 Commonwealth Games (2017) and 60m World Indoor Championshioship (2014)
On the pro circuit, Fraser-Pryce’s accolades include being a five-time Diamond Trophy winner, Golden League winner, World Athletics final winner and a 25-time Diamond League meet winner, among several other awards.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s on track acoclades
