Grace Jackson
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Women’s Athletics | ||
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Olympic Games | ||
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1988 Seoul | 200 metres |
World Indoor Championships | ||
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1989 Budapest | 200 metres |
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1987 Indianapolis | 200 metres |
Grace Jackson-Small (born 14 June 1961) is a Jamaican former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 and 200 metres. She won an Olympic silver medal in the 200 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and is a former Jamaican record-holder in the 200m and 400m. She was Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year in 1986 and 1988.
Career
Born in St. Ann, Jamaica, West Indies Federation, Jackson reached the 100m and 200m finals in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, finishing fifth in both. A year later, she won the 200m title at the 1985 Universiade and finished second in the 100m and 200m at the 1985 IAAF World Cup. She won a bronze medal in the 200m at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships behind Heike Drechsler and Merlene Ottey.
The highlight of her career was at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, where she won a silver medal in the 200m behind Florence Griffith-Joyner's still-standing world record of 21.34. Jackson ran a Jamaican record time of 21.72 seconds that was .01 seconds short of the pre-Olympic world record Griffith-Joyner broke. In the process, she finished ahead of then-200m World Champion Silke Moller (5th), Heike Drechsler (3rd) and teammate Merlene Ottey (4th). Ottey would regain the Jamaican record in 1990. She won a silver medal in the 200m at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships behind Ottey. Later that year she broke the Jamaican 400m record with a time of 49.57 seconds, which would stand as the national record for 13 years. In November 1990, she married Hugh Small.
Jackson concluded her international career by finishing sixth in the 200m final at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.[1]
Achievements
Personal Bests:
- 100 metres - 11.08sec (1988) - also ran 10.97 wind-assisted (+3.0) in 1988
- 200 metres - 21.72sec (1988) - stood as Jamaican Record from 1988-1990
- 400 metres - 49.57sec (1989) - stood as Jamaican Record from 1989-2002
- Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year in 1986 and 1988
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1976 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Nassau, Bahamas | 2nd | High jump | 1.65m |
1978 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Nassau, Bahamas | 3rd | 100m hurdles | 16.56s |
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | Xalapa, México | 1st | High jump | 1.65m A | |
1982 | Commonwealth Games | Brisbane, Australia | 7th | 200 m | 23.25 |
3rd | 4 × 100 m | 43.69 | |||
1983 | World Championships | ![]() |
5th | 200 m | 22.63 (wind 1.5) |
heats | 4 × 400 m | 3:34.17 | |||
1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 5th | 100 m | 11.39 |
5th | 200 m | 22.20 | |||
8th | 4 × 100 m | 53.54 | |||
5th | 4 × 400 m | 3:27.51 | |||
1985 | Universiade | Kobe, Japan | 3rd | 100 m | 11.35 |
1st | 200 m | 22.59 | |||
World Cup | Canberra, Australia | =2nd | 100 m | 11.30 | |
2nd | 200 m | 22.61 | |||
4th | 4 × 100 m | 43.39 | |||
1987 | World Indoor Championships | Indianapolis, United States | 3rd | 200 m | 23.21 |
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 4th | 100 m | 10.97w |
2nd | 200 m | 21.72 | |||
4 × 100 m | DNS final | ||||
1989 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | 200 m | 22.95 |
World Cup | Barcelona, Spain | 3rd | 200 m | 22.87 | |
4th | 4 × 100 m | 43.58 | |||
1st | 4 × 400 m | 3:23.05 | |||
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 6th | 200 m | 22.61 |
References
- ^ Personalities - SMALL, Grace Jackson, The Gleaner Company Limited, retrieved 20 January 2012
External links
- Grace Jackson at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Grace Jackson-Small". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012.
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Jamaican female sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Jamaica
- Olympic silver medalists for Jamaica
- People from Saint Ann Parish
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Jamaica
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- Universiade gold medalists for Jamaica
- Universiade bronze medalists for Jamaica
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- Jamaican athletics biography stubs
- North American Olympic medalist stubs
- Jamaican sportspeople stubs