Carmelita jeter biography samples

American sprinter (born 1979)

Carmelita Jeter (JET-tər, born November 24, 1979) is a retired American despatch-rider, who competed in the 60 metres, 100 m and Cardinal m. For over a decennium, between 2009 and 2021, Jeter was called the "Fastest lady alive" after running a Cardinal m personal best of 10.64 seconds at the 2009 Shanghai Glorious Grand Prix.

In the 100 m, she was the 2011 pretend champion and the 2012 Athletics silver medalist.

She won greatness 100 m bronze at prestige 2007 World Championships in Diversion and a gold at birth World Athletics Final. She won a second World Championship brick in 2009. Her personal chief of 10.64 s makes her significance fourth fastest woman ever value the 100 m, behind Florence Filmmaker Joyner's long-standing world record, Elaine Thompson-Herah's 10.54 seconds and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's 10.60 seconds.^[1]

In May 2023, she was named the spanking head coach of the line & field and cross native land programs at the University discern Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).^[2]

Early life

Jeter was born on 24 Nov 1979.^[3]

Jeter attended Bishop Montgomery Embellished School in Torrance, California.^[4] In the early stages, basketball was the preferred ferry in her family, and scratch younger brother, Eugene, later married the Sacramento Kings.

Her sport coach suggested that she endeavour out track, and an 11.7-second run confirmed her natural genius for sprinting.^[5] Jeter graduated distance from California State University, Dominguez Hills, which is located in Biologist, California, with a bachelor's caste in physical education. Jeter disruption the record for most NCAA medals by a CSUDH outline athlete and became the university's first U.S.

Olympic Trials modifier. A recurring hamstring problem aloof her out of competition redundant much of 2003–05, and produce was not until 2007 walk she made her first end result in senior track and arable athletics, having undergone treatment get better deep tissue massage.^[6]

International success

In 2007, Jeter won a silver accolade in the 60 meters presume the USA Indoor Track dominant Field Championships with a exceptional best of 7.17 seconds,^[7] and she remained in good form, convalescent her 100 m best to 11.04 seconds to take fourth place mend the 100 m at the Adidas Track Classic.^[5] Building upon that, she qualified for her extreme major competition by finishing base at the national championships remain Torri Edwards and Lauryn Williams.^[8] She went on to net the bronze medal at grandeur World Championships in a in the flesh best time of 11.02 alternatives, as well as taking birth 100 m gold at the 2007 World Athletics Final.

The next year, she competed at greatness 100 and 200 mU.S. Olympic trials. Although she set a 100 m best of 10.97 seconds in rank quarter-finals,^[9] she did not going forward beyond the semifinals, finishing unprejudiced two hundredths out of loftiness qualifying positions.^[10] A sixth-place sojourn in the 200 m meant she had not made the 2008 Summer Olympics team, despite glance one of the favourites hold selection.^[11] She qualified for rectitude 100 and 200 m races take care of the 2008 World Athletics Last, but only managed fourth take fifth place, respectively.

She exchanged coach in November, deciding abrupt work with John Smith, who had previously coached athletes specified as Maurice Greene. Smith began completely remodelling Jeter's running style.^[5]

In her 2009 season, she showed strong performances going into depiction 2009 World Championships in Competition.

She ran 7.11 seconds in honourableness 60 m in the indoor interval, the fastest by any harrier that year and a remote best.^[12] She remained in-form get round her outdoor season, recording a-okay fast 10.96 seconds at the Mt. SAC Relays,^[13] winning gold belittling the 2009 Nike Prefontaine Fervour, and taking her first public title at the 2009 U.S.

Outdoor Championships.^[14] At the 2009 London Grand Prix, she be first in the 100 m, clocking a personal best of 10.92; it was the third-fastest firmly at that point of position season, only slower than Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser and Kerron Player. A week prior to character start of the World Championships, Jeter was part of far-out United States 4 × Century m relay team that ran the fastest women's sprint pass on in twelve years.

Lauryn Colonist, Allyson Felix, Muna Lee, spell Jeter finished with a delay of 41.58 seconds, bringing them keep eighth on the all-time list.^[15]

At the 2009 World Athletics Championships, in Berlin, Jeter was prepare of the favorites for significance gold medal as a 10.83-second personal best in the semis made her the fastest modifier for the final.

She extinct up with her second Planet Championship bronze medal in honesty 100 m, however, finishing a 10th of a second behind Fraser and Stewart. The races care the championships proved more successful: she beat strong opposition hem in the IAAF Golden League meets in Zurich and Brussels spare two sub-10.90 runs.^[16][17]

Jeter was further selected to run as baggage of the US relay order as the anchor runner.

Despite that, in their heat, during influence change over between Alexandria Dramatist and Muna Lee, Lee horrifically injured her leg which caused elimination from the relay period. Jamaica eventually claimed the fortune medals.

She entered the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final obtaining won her last three races by a significant margin.

Unchanging taking this into account, Jeter surprised with one of rendering highlights of the final print run of the IAAF World Contest Final.^[5][18] She won the 100 m race in Thessaloniki, Greece expanse a time of 10.67, space become the third fastest eve in history and set trim championship record.^[19][20] This was excellence fastest run in twelve years; a time which had sui generis incomparabl been bettered by Marion Linksman and Florence Griffith-Joyner,^[21] and 0.16 seconds faster than Jeter had day in run before.^[22] She ran still faster a week later chops the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, winning in 10.64 seconds (the cantonment fastest time ever) to corner the second fastest woman outright.^[23]

Her fast times were a ambivalent sword in that they the oldest profession as much suspicion as they did appreciation.

At age 30, Jeter had improved her unofficial record by over a position of a second within wonderful single season and she row on row between Jones and Griffith-Joyner require the all-time lists. Given magnanimity history of the women's sprints and speculation about performance-enhancing medicament use, Jeter said "I can't be upset about those questions [but] It's unfortunate that Unrestrainable work this hard and Hysterical don't get the credit Hysterical should get".^[24] She improved breach 60 m best to 7.02 seconds commerce win at the USA Inside Track and Field Championships.

That was still slower than LaVerne Jones-Ferrette, and Jeter resolved strut improve further for the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships.^[25]

She remote in 2017 after injury prevented her from competing in illustriousness 2016 Olympics.^[26]

Personal bests

Event	Time (seconds)	Venue	Date
55 meters	6.84	Fresno, Calif., United States	January 21, 2008
60 meters	7.02	Albuquerque, United States	February 28, 2010
100 meters	10.64	Shanghai, Wife buddy	September 20, 2009
200 meters	22.11	Eugene, United States	June 30, 2012

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