Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce among BBC’s top 100 women for 2019

October 24, 2019

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Tokyo 2020 — DOHA, QATAR - SEPTEMBER 29: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica celebrates winning the Women's 100 Metres final during day three of 17th IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 at Khalifa International Stadium on September 29, 2019 in Doha, Qatar. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images for IAAF )

BBC has named Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce among its top 100 most influential women in the world for 2019.

In September, Fraser-Pryce, who missed the London 2017 World Athletics Championships due to the birth of her child, returned to win the 100m title in Doha 2019.

The gold medal was Fraser-Pryce’s fourth since her first victory in 2009. She is the only woman to win the 100m on four occasions at the IAAF World Athletics Championships.

The 32-years-old sprinter, according to BBC, noted that she carried her two-year-old son Zyon, on her lap of honour, saying she wanted to “inspire women thinking of starting a family”.

Bahraini Salwa Eid Naser is also on the BBC’s list.

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