Gabrielle Matthews
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| Nationality | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 October 2002 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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Gabrielle Matthews (born 14 October 2002) is a Jamaican sprinter. She finished runner-up over 200 metres at the Jamaican Athletics Championships in 2025.[1]
Early life
[edit | edit source]She attended Hydel High School in St Catherine Parish,[2] before later attending Queen's School, Jamaica.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]2024
[edit | edit source]In May 2024, as a sophomore at the University of Mississippi she won the women's 400 metres hurdles title in a personal best time of 55.12 seconds at the Southeastern Conference Championships in Gainesville, Florida, to become the first female athlete win the title for the university.[4] She was a member of the Ole Miss women's 4 x 100 metres relay team alongside Akilah Lewis, McKenzie Long, and Jahniya Bowers, running the third leg, as they won the NCAA Outdoor Championships in June 2024 in a time of 42.34 seconds. It was the first national title in a relay, male or female, for the programme.[5][6] She also reached the final of the 400 metres hurdles at the championships, placing seventh overall.[7][8] She was a finalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2024 Jamaican Athletics Championships, placing eighth overall.[9][10]
2025
[edit | edit source]The following year, she transferred to the University of Florida.[11] Competing for the Florida Gators, she reached the final of the 200 metres at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in June 2025, with a personal best 22.59 seconds in the semi-final before placing eighth in the final.[12][13] Later that month, she qualified from her 200 metres semi-final behind Ashanti Moore at the 2025 Jamaican Athletics Championships before returning the following day to claim second place overall, again behind Moore.[14][15] She was named in the Jamaican squad for the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, The Bahamas, winning the bronze medal in the 200 metres.[16][17] In September 2025, she competed in the 200 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[18][19]
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