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Shashalee Forbes

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Shashalee Forbes
Personal information
NationalityJamaican
Born (1996-05-10) 10 May 1996 (age 28)
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country Jamaica
SportTrack and field
EventSprint
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m relay
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Budapest 4×100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2017 London 4×100 m relay
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla 200 m
World Athletics Relays
Gold medal – first place 2017 Nassau 4×200 m relay
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei 100 m
NACAC Under-23 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2016 San Salvador 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2016 San Salvador 4x100 m relay

Shashalee Forbes (also Sashalee Forbes; born 10 May 1996) is a Jamaican athlete who specialises in the sprint. She has participated at both the 2016 and 2024 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal for the 4×100 m relay in 2016.[2]

Career

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In 2016, Forbes set a new 100 m personal best of 11.17 s at the Jamaican Championships to be selected for the Jamaican 4×100 m at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2][3] At the Olympics, Forbes ran in the heats of the 4×100 m and won a silver medal.

The following year, Forbes competed over 200 m at the 2017 World Championships in London, reaching the semi-finals.[4] She went onto win a bronze medal as part of the 4×100 m team as Jamaica finished behind Great Britiain and the United States.[5] At the 2017 Summer Universiade, she won gold over 100 m in a time of 11.18 s.[6]

Forbes participated at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held on the Gold Coast, she made it to the final of the 200 m where she finished fifth before being disqualified.[7][2] On 1 August 2018, she won gold over 200 m at the CAC Games in a time of 22.80 s.[8][9]

In 2019, Forbes finished fourth over 200 m at the Jamaican Championships to qualify for the World Championships in Doha, where she made it to the semi-finals.[10][11]

Forbes ran a big personal best over 60 m in finishing second behind Tina Clayton at the Gibson McCook Relays on 25 February 2023.[12] On 13 May 2023, Forbes won over 100 m at the NACAC New Life Invitational in Freeport with a time of 11.17 s.[13] She broke the 11-second barrier for the 100 m for the first time by finishing second at the USATF Bermuda Grand Prix in a time of 10.98 s.[14] Forbes improved her personal best again at the 2023 Jamaican Championships as she finished second in 10.96 s.[15] At the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Forbes competed in the 100 m, where she made the semi-finals.[16] In the 4×100 m relay, Forbes was part of the Jamaican quartet that won the silver medal, finishing behind the USA.[17]

On 4 February 2024, Forbes won over 60 m at the ISTAF Indoor Düsseldorf meeting in a time of 7.11 s.[18] She ran 7.15 s to finish fifth in her semi-final at the 2024 World Indoor Championships, failing to make it to the final.[19] She finished fourth over 100 m at the Jamaican Championships in a time of 11.04 s to be named in the Jamaican team for the 4×100 m relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[20][21] However after Shericka Jackson pulled out of her events due to injury, Forbes competed over the individual 100 m,[22] where she made the semi-finals.[23]

Personal bests

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Outdoor

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Event Time Wind Venue Date
60 metres 7.03 +2.0 Kingston 27 January 2024
100 metres 10.96 +1.0 Kingston 7 July 2023
200 metres 22.71 +0.8 Kingston 25 June 2017

References

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  1. ^ "Sashalee Forbes". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Shashalee FORBES - Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Bolt leads Jamaican team for Rio 2016 Olympic Games". World Athletics. 12 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2 March 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  4. ^ "2017 World Championships - 200 Metres Women - Semi-Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  5. ^ "4 x 100 Metres Relay Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  6. ^ Graham, Raymond (25 August 2017). "Forbes hails her 'big' win at WUG". Jamaica Gleaner. Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Athletics - Women's 200m". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  8. ^ Ming, Akino (1 August 2018). "Forbes claims CAC 200m gold". Jamaica Gleaner. Archived from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  9. ^ Paul A. Reid (1 August 2018). "More Medals". Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 14 September 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  10. ^ "2019 Jamaican Championships - Women's 200m". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  11. ^ "Doha 2019: No Jamaican in Women's 200m final". Jamaica Observer. 30 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2 March 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  12. ^ "2023 Gibson McCook Relays - Women's 60m". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  13. ^ Stephens, Ato (15 May 2023). "Results: 2023 NACAC New Life Invitational". world-track.org. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  14. ^ Foster, Anthony (21 May 2023). "Shashalee Forbes's Record-Breaking Performance Propels Her to New Heights in Sprinting". trackalerts.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  15. ^ Francis, Noel (9 July 2023). "National championships round-up: Jackson clocks 10.65, Warholm blazes to 46.76". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  16. ^ "2023 World Championships - 100 Metres Women - Semi-Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  17. ^ McAlister, Sean (26 August 2023). "World Athletics Championships 2023: Sha'Carri Richardson leads USA to 4x100m relay gold over Jamaica's superstars Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson". olympics.com. IOC. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  18. ^ Levy, Leighton (4 February 2024). "Shashalee Forbes triumphs in Dusseldorf with record-breaking 60m dash". sportsmax.tv. Archived from the original on 2 March 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  19. ^ "Williams and Forbes out of 60m final at World Indoors". Jamaica Observer. 2 March 2024. Archived from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  20. ^ Paul A. Reid (28 June 2024). "#NationalTrials: Shericka Jackson wins third national 100m title". Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 29 June 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  21. ^ "Jamaica names team for Paris Olympic Games". World Athletics. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  22. ^ Omotto, Joel (31 July 2024). "Shericka Jackson reveals why she has pulled out of 100m at Paris 2024 Olympics". www.pulsesports.co.ke. Archived from the original on 12 January 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  23. ^ "Paris 2024 Olympics - Women's 100m - Semi-final". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
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