Shevon Nieto (née Stoddart; born 21 November 1982) is a former Jamaican hurdler.[1]
She won the bronze medal at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships and finished fifth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games she won a silver medal in 4x400 metres relay.
She also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final.
She made her 2nd Olympic team in 2008 held in Beijing, China and represented Jamaica in the 400 hurdles. In 2015, she made her 3rd World Championship team in Beijing, China representing Jamaica in the 400 hurdles. Her personal best time is 54.47 seconds, achieved in June 2005 in Sacramento.
She attended the University of South Carolina on a track scholarship.
Shevon is also a singer and participant in the Art of the Olympians.[2] In 2017, she married Olympic high jumper Jamie Nieto, who suffered a serious injury during a coaching mishap, leaving him partially paralyzed. In 2020, she sang an original song dedicated to her husband on America's Got Talent.[3]
Personal bests
| Event | Result | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outdoor | |||
| 200 m | 23.59 s (wind: +1.9 m/s) |  San Diego, California |
29 Mar 2014 |
| 400 m | 52.89 s |  Ponce |
19 May 2007 |
| 800 m | 2:11.31 | Pasadena, California |
23 Mar 2012 |
| 100 m hurdles | 13.41 s (wind: +1.0 m/s) | Nashville, Tennessee |
15 May 2005 |
| 400 m hurdles | 54.47 s | Sacramento, California |
11 Jun 2005 |
| Indoor | |||
| 200 m | 23.55 s | Fayetteville, Arkansas |
26 Feb 2005 |
| 400 m | 52.55 s | Fayetteville, Arkansas |
11 Mar 2005 |
| 60 m hurdles | 8.48 s | Fayetteville, Arkansas |
24 Feb 2002 |
Competition record
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Jamaica
| |||||
| 2004 | NACAC Under-23 Championships | Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada | 1st | 400m hurdles | 56.86 |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:35.42 | |||
| Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 28th (h) | 400m hurdles | 56.61 | |
| 2005 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Nassau, Bahamas | 3rd | 400m hurdles | 56.64 |
| World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 19th (sf) | 400m hurdles | 56.49 | |
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 5th | 400m hurdles | 56.67 |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | Cartagena, Colombia | 4th | 400m hurdles | 57.13 | |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:32.86 | |||
| 2007 | Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 4th | 400m hurdles | 55.42 |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 17th (h) | 400m hurdles | 56.52 |
| 2014 | Pan American Sports Festival | Ciudad de México, México | 4th | 400m hurdles | 56.88 A |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 27th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 56.60 |
References
- ^ Women's Track - Shevon Stoddart, South Carolina Gamecocks, retrieved January 27, 2015
- ^ "Shevon Stoddart – Art of the Olympians".
- ^ "LI's Shevon Nieto goes from hurdling at Olympics to singing on 'America's Got Talent'". Newsday. June 29, 2020.
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This page was last edited on 7 November 2023, at 19:52