Shanieka Ricketts

Ricketts in 2019
Personal information
Born	(1992-02-02) 2 February 1992 (age 32) Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica[1]
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country	Jamaica
Sport	Track and field
Event	Triple jump
College team	San Diego State Aztecs
Coached by	Kerry-Lee Ricketts
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Jamaica Olympic Games 2024 Paris Triple jump World Championships 2019 Doha Triple jump 2022 Eugene Triple jump Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Triple jump 2018 Gold Coast Triple jump Pan American Games 2019 Lima Triple jump NACAC Championships 2015 San José Triple jump 2018 Toronto Triple jump

Shanieka Ricketts (born 2 February 1992) is a Jamaican athlete whose specialty is the triple jump.^[3] She won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships in Doha and at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Her personal bests in the event are 15.03 metres outdoors (Eugene, Diamond League, 2023) and 14.08 metres indoors (Albuquerque 2013).

Competing for the San Diego State Aztecs track and field team, Ricketts won the 2013 and 2014 triple jump at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.^[4]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Jamaica
2008	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis	1st	Triple jump	11.83 m
2009	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia	1st	High jump	1.70 m
			4th	Triple jump	12.01 m
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	4th	Triple jump	13.85 m
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	9th (q)	Triple jump	13.74 m (w)
	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	1st	Triple jump	14.23 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	11th	Triple jump	14.08 m
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	8th	Triple jump	13.95 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14th (q)	Triple jump	14.02 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	8th	Triple jump	14.13 m
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	10th	Triple jump	13.93 m
	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	2nd	Triple jump	14.52 m
	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	1st	Triple jump	14.25 m
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	2nd	Triple jump	14.77 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	2nd	Triple jump	14.92 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	4th	Triple jump	14.84 m
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	2nd	Triple jump	14.89 m
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	4th	Triple jump	14.93 m
2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	2nd	Triple jump	14.87 m

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shanieka Ricketts.

• Shanieka Ricketts at World Athletics
• Shanieka Ricketts at Diamond League
• Shanieka Ricketts at Olympics.com
• Shanieka Ricketts at Olympedia
• Shanieka Ricketts at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Benjamin Alexander Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian	Flag bearer for  Jamaica Paris 2024 with Josh Kirlew	Succeeded by Incumbent