Melissa Jefferson-Wooden
Jefferson in the 4 × 100 m at the 2024 World Athletics Relays | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | February 21, 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (162 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 60 metres 100 metres 200 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60 m: 7.09 (2022) 100 m: 10.61 (2025) 200 m: 21.68 (2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (née Jefferson; born February 21, 2001) is an American track and field sprinter. She is a five-time World Champion and the reigning World Champion in the 100 metres and 200 metres, having won the titles at the 2025 World Championships, and achieving the sprint triple (100m, 200m and 4x100m gold medals)—the first American to do so and only the second woman to do so after Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce achieved that feat in 2013. She previously won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 100 metres. She has also won gold in several global championships: in the 4 × 100 m relay in Tokyo 2025 World Athletics Championships, in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2024 Olympic Games, as well as the 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships, and the 2024 World Athletics Relays.