Carmelita Jeter

Carmelita Jeter

Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1979-11-24) November 24, 1979 (age 37) Los Angeles, California, United States
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight	117 lb (53 kg)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Running
Event(s)	100 meters, 200 meters
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 1 1 World Championships 3 1 3 World Indoor Championships 0 1 0 World Athletics Final 2 0 0 Total 6 3 4 Olympic Games 2012 London 4×100 m relay 2012 London 100 m 2012 London 200 m World Championships 2007 Osaka 4×100 m relay 2011 Daegu 100 m 2011 Daegu 4×100 m relay 2011 Daegu 200 m 2007 Osaka 100 m 2009 Berlin 100 m 2013 Moscow 100 m World Indoor Championships 2010 Doha 60 m World Relay Championships 2015 Nassau 4×100 m relay World Athletics Final 2007 Stuttgart 100 m 2009 Thessaloniki 100 m

Carmelita Jeter (born November 24, 1979) is an American sprinter, who specializes in the 100 meters. She was the 2011 IAAF World Champion in the 100 m and a three-time Olympic medallist.

She won the 100 m bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and a gold at the World Athletics Final. She won a second World Championship bronze. Her victory in the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix in 10.64 seconds made her the second fastest woman ever in the 100 m, behind Florence Griffith-Joyner's long standing world record. Currently she holds three of the top ten times ever run.

Jeter attended Bishop Montgomery High School. Initially, basketball was the preferred sport in her family, and her younger brother, Eugene, later joined the Sacramento Kings. Her basketball coach suggested that she try out track, and an 11.7 second run confirmed her natural talent for sprinting. Jeter graduated from California State University, Dominguez Hills which is located in Carson, California, with her bachelor's degree in physical education. Jeter set the record for most NCAA medals by a California State University, Dominguez Hills track athlete and became the University's first U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier. A recurring hamstring problem kept her out of competition for much of 2003–05, and it was not until 2007 that she made her first impact in senior track and field athletics, having undergone treatment with deep tissue massage.

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