| Shiann Salmon | |
| Birth Date: | 31 March 1999 |
| Nationality: | Jamaican |
| Coach: | Tonja Buford-Bailey |
| Sport: | Athletics |
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Shiann Salmon (born 31 March 1999) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles and 400 metres.[1] She represented Jamaica at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, competing in women's 400 metres hurdles.[2]
Salmon competed at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships, placing second in the Women's 400 meters hurdles event and third in the Women's 400 meters relay.
In 2019 Salmon finished second at the Jamaican Championships, qualifying her for the 2019 World Championships, where she made the semi-finals.She won the 400 m hurdles and the 400 m mixed relay gold medals in the 2021 NACAC U23 Championships.[3] [4]
In 2022, Salmon ran a new personal best of 53.82 s over 400 m hurdles to place second at the Jamaican Championships thus qualifying her for the 2022 World Championships where she made the semi-finals. She also competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, winning silver medals in the 400 m hurdles and Women's 4x400 m relay.[5]
At the 2023 World Championships, Salmon won a silver medal in the Women's 4x400 m relay, for her run in the heats.[6]
In 2024, Salmon finished third over 400 m hurdles at the Jamaican Championships, and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. She ran a personal best of 53.13 s to qualify for the final, where she finished sixth.[7] She won her first Diamond League at the Athletissima in Zurich, in a new personal best of 52.97 s, her first time under the 53-second barrier.[8]
Personal bests (main event in bold):