Shiann Salmon (born 31 March 1999) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles and 400 metres. She represented Jamaica at the 2019 and 2025 World Athletics Championships, competing in women's 400 metres hurdles.
Biography Salmon was educated at Hydel High School in St. Catherine, Jamaica. She competed at the annual ISSA Boys and Girls Athletics Championships. In her final year, she won four gold medals at the championship in the 400 metres, 400m hurdles, the relay, and the relay.
Career Salmon competed at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships, placing second in the Women's 400 meters hurdles event and third in the Women's 400 meters relay.
In 2019 Salmon finished second at the Jamaican Championships, qualifying her for the 2019 World Championships, where she made the semi-finals. She won the 400 m hurdles and the 400 m mixed relay gold medals in the 2021 NACAC U23 Championships.
In 2022, Salmon ran a new personal best of 53.82 s over 400 m hurdles to place second at the Jamaican Championships thus qualifying her for the 2022 World Championships where she made the semi-finals. She also competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, winning silver medals in the 400 m hurdles and Women's 4x400 m relay.
At the 2023 World Championships, Salmon won a silver medal in the Women's 4x400 m relay, for her run in the heats.
In 2024, Salmon finished third over 400 m hurdles at the Jamaican Championships, and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. She ran a personal best of 53.13 s to qualify for the final, where she finished sixth. She won her first Diamond League at the Athletissima in Zurich, in a new personal best of 52.97 s, her first time under the 53-second barrier.
In September 2025, Salmon finished eighth in the 400 m hurdles final at the World Championships with a time of 56.27 s.
Statistics Circuit performances
International competitions Representing 2013CARIFTA Games (U17}Nassau, Bahamas3rdHigh jump1.60 m2015CARIFTA Games (U18}Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis1stHigh jump1.73 mWorld Youth ChampionshipsCali, Colombia25th (h)400 m hurdles1:05.562016CARIFTA Games (U18}St. George's, Grenada1st400 m hurdles (76 cm)59.501stHigh jump1.82 m1st relay3:39.312017CARIFTA Games (U20}Willemstad, Curaçao2nd400 m hurdles (76 cm)59.591stHigh jump1.76 m1st relay3:37.962018CARIFTA Games (U20}Nassau, Bahamas1st400 m hurdles (76 cm)56.22– (f) relayWorld U20 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland2nd400 m hurdles56.113rd relay3:31.902019NACAC U23 ChampionshipsQuerétaro, Mexico2nd400 m hurdles56.831st relay mixed3:16.99World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar11th (sf)400 m hurdles55.162021NACAC U23 ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica1st400 m hurdles58.291st relay mixed3:20.712022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States8th (sf)400 m hurdles54.16Commonwealth GamesBirmingham, England2nd400 m hurdles54.472nd relay3:26.93NACAC ChampionshipsFreeport, Bahamas1st400 m hurdles54.222nd relay3:26.322023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary2nd (h) relay3:22.7412024Olympic GamesParis, France6th400 m hurdles53.29– (f) relay2025World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan8th400 m hurdles56.272026Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom5th400 m hurdles55.54World Ultimate ChampionshipBudapest, Hungary16th (h)400 m hurdles56.35 1Time from the heats; Salmon was replaced in the final.
Personal Bests Personal bests (main event in bold): 200m: 23.64s (Austin, Texas, 2023) 400m: 51.22s (Kingston, 2023) 400m hurdles: 52.97s (Zurich, 2024)
References
External links
Shiann Salmon at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived)