Since the early 20th century, Jamaica has won 42 Commonwealth Golds, 14 World Championship Golds and 17 Olympic gold medals in athletics alone. Jamaica has a population of 2.85 million people, making it the 138th most populous country in the world.
Veronica Campbell-Brown, the 2004 and 2008 Olympic 200m Champion and 2007 World 100m Champion.
Asafa Powell, former 100 m World Record Holder.
Usain Bolt, Olympic Champion in the 100 m and 200 m (2008–2016) and world record holder in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Olympic 100 m champion (2008, 2012), five-time world 100 m champion (2009, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2022) and 2013 world 200 m champion.
Donald O'Riley Quarrie CD is a Jamaican former track and field athlete, one of the world's top sprinters during the 1970s. At the 1976 Summer Olympics he was the gold medallist in the Olympic 200 meters and silver medallist in the Olympic 100 meters. In all, he competed in five Olympic Games and won four Olympic medals during his career.
Don Quarrie