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Melissa Jefferson-Wooden 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 —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.

Career
2022: U.S. Champion and 4 × 100 m World championships gold Jefferson competed at Coastal Carolina University and won the NCAA Indoor 60 m Championship in 2022. She won the 100 metres at the 2022 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships to qualify for the 2022 World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, Oregon. Jefferson reached the final and finished eighth. She won gold as part of the 4 × 100 metres relay team. 2023: 4 × 100 m World championships gold In 2023, she placed 5th at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships and was selected for the relay team. The team won the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2023 World Athletics Championships held in Budapest. 2024: 100 m Olympic bronze, 4 × 100 m gold In 2024, Jefferson was a member of the USA team which won the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas. She won the 100m at the LA Grand Prix meet in May. In June, she finished second in the 100 metres at the U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon, in a new personal best of 10.80 seconds. At the Paris Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the 100 m with a time of 10.92 s. She won gold as part of the 4 × 100 m relay team. (left), at the 2024 US Olympic trials 2025: Triple World Champion In September 2024, it was announced that Jefferson had signed up for the inaugural season of the Michael Johnson founded Grand Slam Track taking place in 2025. She won both the 100 metres and 200 metres races in the Short Sprints category, ahead of Jenna Prandini and Jacious Sears, at the inaugural Grand Slam Track Kingston meeting on 5–6 April 2025, in Kingston, Jamaica. Jefferson ran 10.75 (+2.4 wind) to win the women's 100 metres race at the second slam event in Miami on 2 May 2025. The following day, she became the first athlete to claim back-to-back titles as third place in the 200 metres race, which meant she finished a point clear of 200 m winner Gabby Thomas in the two-race format. She ran a personal best of 21.99 seconds to win the 200 metres race at the 2025 Philadelphia Slam on 31 May 2025, beating the 2024 Olympic champion in the 200m, Gabby Thomas. The following day, she moved into the top-ten all-time for the 100 metres, running a personal best and current world lead of 10.73 seconds. She ran 10.75 seconds to beat Olympic champion Julien Alfred into second in the 100 metres at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic on 5 July into a headwind (−1.5 m/s). She ran 10.65 seconds (+0.4) to win 100 metres at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Eugene, with the time making her the joint-fifth-fastest woman in history. She also ran a personal best to win the 200 meters at the championships in 21.84 seconds. Later that month, she ran 10.66 seconds (+0.1) to win the 100 metres at the Diamond League event in Silesia, and 10.76 (−0.3) to win at the 2025 Memorial Van Damme in the Diamond League, in Brussels, Belgium. She also won the gold medal with the American team in the women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the championships, completing the sprint triple. ==Personal life==
Personal life
She married Rolan Wooden II in March 2025 in Florida. The ceremony featured Isaiah Likely as best man and Twanisha “Tee Tee” Terry as a bridesmaid, with fellow Olympians Sha'Carri Richardson, Kenny Bednarek and Christian Coleman in attendance. The couple live in Florida. ==Statistics==
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