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Shiann Salmon

Shiann Salmon, Jamaican track and field athlete

Born
March 31, 1999
Age in 2026
27
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1999

About Shiann Salmon

Shiann Salmon (born 31 March 1999) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles and 400 metres. She represented Jamaica at the 2019 and 2025 World Athletics Championships, competing in women's 400 metres hurdles. == Biography == Salmon was educated at Hydel High School in St. Catherine, Jamaica. She competed at the annual ISSA Boys and Girls Athletics Championships. In her final year, she won four gold medals at the championship in the 400 metres, 400m hurdles, the 4 x 400m relay, and the 4 x 100m relay. == Career == Salmon competed at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships, placing second in the Women's 400 meters hurdles event and third in the Women's 400 meters relay. In 2019 Salmon finished second at the Jamaican Championships, qualifying her for the 2019 World Championships, where she made the semi-finals. She won the 400 m hurdles and the 400 m mixed relay gold medals in the 2021 NACAC U23 Championships. In 2022, Salmon ran a new personal best of 53.82 s over 400 m hurdles to place second at the Jamaican Championships thus qualifying her for the 2022 World Championships where she made the semi-finals.

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Career and life highlights

Shiann Salmon timeline

  1. Salmon competed at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships, placing second in the Women's 400 meters hurdles event and third in the Women's 400 meters relay.
  2. She won the 400 m hurdles and the 400 m mixed relay gold medals in the 2021 NACAC U23 Championships.
  3. At the 2023 World Championships, Salmon won a silver medal in the Women's 4x400 m relay, for her run in the heats.

The world when Shiann Salmon was born

Shiann Salmon was born in 1999. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1999

  • #1 song"Believe" – Cher
  • Top movieAmerican Beauty
  • Top TV showER
  • Best-selling bookHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentUS Women's Soccer team wins World Cup on Brandi Chastain's penalty kick
  • Top headlineY2K fears grip the world as the millennium approaches
  • Technology milestoneNapster launches — music sharing revolution
  • Defining fadY2K panic
  • Notable inventionNapster (peer-to-peer file sharing)
  • World population6.01 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderBill Clinton
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • Also wonSan Antonio Spurs (NBA)
  • U.S. population272.7M

1999 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Shiann Salmon's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19992026
Gas$1.17$3.45/gal
Average home$133,300$435,000
Average income$50,641$67,500
Minimum wage$5.15$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$5.08$11.95
Postage stamp$0.33$0.73
Population272.7M341 million

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