Sha’Carri Richardson is an American sprinter best known for the 100 meters. She won the world title in 2023, made her Olympic debut at Paris 2024 with a 100m silver and 4x100m relay gold, and later helped the U.S. win the 4x100m relay at the 2025 World Championships. Her 100m personal best is 10.65 seconds.
Who is Sha’Carri Richardson?
Richardson was born on March 25, 2000, in Dallas, Texas. She studied at Louisiana State University and competed in sprint events from a young age. Team USA records her 100m victories at the 2016 AAU Junior Olympics and the 2017 USATF Junior Olympics; in 2017, she also won gold in the 4x100m relay at the Pan American U20 Athletics Championships. Her World Athletics biography says she was raised by her grandmother and aunt and took style inspiration from sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner.
Richardson specializes in the 100m, while also competing in the 200m and 4x100m relay. Her career includes a first Olympic appearance in 2024, after qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Games but missing the event following a suspension.
What is Sha’Carri Richardson’s fastest 100m time?
Richardson’s personal best is 10.65 seconds, set on August 21, 2023, at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest. She won the world 100m title in that race. World Athletics described the mark as joint fifth on the all-time list in a 2024 feature; that ranking was specific to the time of publication and may have changed since.
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Her personal best is distinct from her times in major finals: she ran 10.87 seconds for silver at the Paris Olympics in 2024 and 10.94 seconds for fifth at the 2025 World Championships.
What happened to Richardson at the Tokyo Olympics?
Richardson won the 100m at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2021 and qualified for the Tokyo Games. A positive cannabis test resulted in a one-month suspension, so she did not compete in the Olympic 100m. The suspension was limited in duration; it was not a permanent ban. Associated Press reporting says the episode ended her 2021 season.
She later qualified for her first Olympic Games by winning the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials 100m in 10.71 seconds.
What medals has Sha’Carri Richardson won?
World Championships
- Budapest 2023: Gold in the 100m in 10.65 seconds, bronze in the 200m, and gold in the women’s 4x100m relay.
- Tokyo 2025: Fifth in the 100m final in a season-best 10.94 seconds, followed by gold as the anchor of the U.S. women’s 4x100m relay team, which finished in 41.75 seconds.
Olympic Games
- Paris 2024: Silver in the women’s 100m in 10.87 seconds, behind Jamaica’s Julien Alfred; gold in the women’s 4x100m relay after anchoring the U.S. team.
Earlier international result
- 2017 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships: Gold in the 4x100m relay.
How did Richardson perform at the 2025 World Championships?
At the Tokyo 2025 World Athletics Championships, Richardson finished fifth in the 100m final in 10.94 seconds, a season best. She then anchored the U.S. women’s 4x100m relay to gold in 41.75 seconds. Associated Press reported that an injury had slowed her since the start of the year, but Richardson had not disclosed its nature. There is no basis to infer a diagnosis from that account.
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Career results at a glance
| Competition | Event | Result | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships, Budapest 2023 | 100m | Gold, 10.65 seconds | Personal best and world title |
| Olympic Games, Paris 2024 | 100m | Silver, 10.87 seconds | Olympic debut |
| Olympic Games, Paris 2024 | Women’s 4x100m relay | Gold | U.S. relay victory with Richardson on anchor |
| World Championships, Tokyo 2025 | 100m | Fifth, 10.94 seconds | Season best |
| World Championships, Tokyo 2025 | Women’s 4x100m relay | Gold, 41.75 seconds | U.S. relay victory with Richardson on anchor |
Sources
- World Athletics athlete profile and World Athletics’ Paris 2024 athlete feature.
- Team USA athlete profile.
- NBC Olympics coverage of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials.
- Official Paris 2024 athletics results.
- World Athletics report on the Tokyo 2025 women’s 100m and USA Track & Field report on the 2025 women’s 4x100m relay.
- Associated Press reporting on Richardson in 2025.
