Shevon Nieto Explained

Headercolor:lightblue
Shevon Nieto
Fullname:Shevon Kaiwana Stoddart
Birth Date:21 November 1982
Birth Place:Jamaica
Height:1.65m (05.41feet)
Weight:120
Sport:Athletics
Event:Hurdling
Updated:27 January 2015

Shevon Nieto (née Stoddart; born 21 November 1982) is a former Jamaican hurdler.

She won the bronze medal at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships and finished fifth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games she won a silver medal in 4x400 metres relay.

She also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final.

She made her 2nd Olympic team in 2008 held in Beijing, China and represented Jamaica in the 400 hurdles. In 2015, she made her 3rd World Championship team in Beijing, China representing Jamaica in the 400 hurdles. Her personal best time is 54.47 seconds, achieved in June 2005 in Sacramento.

She attended the University of South Carolina on a track scholarship.

Shevon is also a singer and participant in the Art of the Olympians.[1] In 2017, she married Olympic high jumper Jamie Nieto, who suffered a serious injury during a coaching mishap, leaving him partially paralyzed. In 2020, she sang an original song dedicated to her husband on America's Got Talent.[2]

Personal bests

Event Result Venue Date
Outdoor
200 m 23.59 s (wind: +1.9 m/s) 29 Mar 2014
400 m 52.89 s 19 May 2007
800 m 2:11.31 23 Mar 2012
100 m hurdles 13.41 s (wind: +1.0 m/s) 15 May 2005
400 m hurdles 54.47 s 11 Jun 2005
Indoor
200 m 23.55 s 26 Feb 2005
400 m 52.55 s 11 Mar 2005
60 m hurdles 8.48 s 24 Feb 2002

Competition record

Representing
2004NACAC Under-23 ChampionshipsSherbrooke, Quebec, Canadabgcolor=gold1st400m hurdles56.86
bgcolor=silver2nd4 × 400 m relay3:35.42
Olympic GamesAthens, Greece28th (h)400m hurdles56.61
2005Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsNassau, Bahamas3rd400m hurdles56.64
World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland19th (sf)400m hurdles56.49
2006Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia5th400m hurdles56.67
Central American and Caribbean GamesCartagena, Colombia4th400m hurdles57.13
bgcolor=silver2nd4 × 400 m relay3:32.86
2007Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil4th400m hurdles55.42
2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China17th (h)400m hurdles56.52
2014Pan American Sports FestivalCiudad de México, México4th400m hurdles56.88 A
2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China27th (h)400 m hurdles56.60

References

  1. Web site: Shevon Stoddart – Art of the Olympians.
  2. Web site: LI's Shevon Nieto goes from hurdling at Olympics to singing on 'America's Got Talent'. Newsday. June 29, 2020.

External links