Melissa Jefferson Oly

About

Multi-time world champion that primarily competes in the women's 60-meters, 100-meters, 200-meters and 4×100-meters relay events as a member of Team USA. As a junior at Coastal Carolina University, she won the 2022 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships, becoming the first person in CCU program history to achieve this feat. In the years 2021 and 2022, she was named a member of the first team All-Sun Belt conference. 

Before Fame

She is a graduate of Carvers Bay High School. During her freshman and senior year at Carvers Bay, she won a state championship in the girl's 100-meters event. 

Trivia

As a member of Team USA, she won her first career gold medal during the 4×100-meters relay event at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The very next year, she placed gold again in the same event but this time it was at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Family Life

She grew up living with her family in Georgetown, South Carolina. 

Associated With

She is a Nike sponsored athlete just like Sha'Carri Richardson and Kevin Durant.