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Women are not excluded when it comes to making waves in the sporting industry.
Here are the top 5 (five) 100m record holders in history;
V. MARION LOIS JONES ; Born in the US on October 12 1975, Jones is an American former world champion track and field athlete and a professional basketball player. She ran a 100m race in Johannesburg on September 12, 1998 with a finishing of 10.65 secs putting her at the fifth spot on our list.
IV. CARMELITA JETER ; Born on November 24,1979. She is a retired American sprinter, who specialized in the 100 meters. In 2009.she ran a personal best of 10.64 seconds at the Shanghai golden grand prix on 20th September. She was the 2011 world champion and also a three time Olympic medalist.
III. SHELLY-ANN FRASER- PRYCE ; She is a Jamaican sprint star, born on 27 December, 1986. She holds the third fastest 100m time in history with a 10.60 seconds effort at the Olympique de la Pontaise in Lausanne on the 26th of august 2021.
II. ELAINE THOMPSON-HERAH ; Elaine was born on the 28 of June 1992. She is also a Jamaican sprint star, she went second place on the record list when she secured a victory at Tokyo 2020 with a finishing of 10.61 seconds. On August 2021, she ran in the Eugene prefontaine classic diamond league, Hayward Field setting a record of 10.54 seconds, putting her as the second fastest woman in 100m history.
Coming to the number 1 (one) fastest woman in 100m history, this position is occupied by no other than ;
I. FLORENCE GRIFFITH JOYNER ; (Also known as Flo-jo). She was born in Los Angeles, California, united States on December 21,1959 and died on September 21,1998. She is considered the fastest woman of all time in 100 meters history with a still standing world record of 10.49 seconds set in 1988 for 100m and 200m in Indianapolis. This record had stood for over 34 years.