Shanoya Douglas

Shanoya Douglas
Personal information
NationalityJamaican
BornShanoya Mikalia Douglas
(2007-09-11) 11 September 2007
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Coached byGarth Smythe
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 100 m: 10.98 (2026)
  • 200 m: 22.11 (2026) NU20R CGR
  • 400 m: 52.60 (2026)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
World U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 Lima4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place2026 Eugene4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place2024 Lima200 m
Silver medal – second place2026 Eugene100m
Silver medal – second place2026 Eugene200m
Pan American U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 Mayagüez4×400 m relay
CARIFTA Games (U20)
Gold medal – first place2026 St George's100 m
Gold medal – first place2026 St George's200 m
Gold medal – first place2026 St George's4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place2025 Port of Spain100 m
Gold medal – first place2025 Port of Spain200 m
Gold medal – first place2025 Port of Spain4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place2025 Port of Spain4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place2024 St George's200 m
Gold medal – first place2024 St George's4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place2024 St George's4×400 m relay

Shanoya Mikalia Douglas (born 11 September 2007) is a Jamaican sprinter. She was a double medalist at the 2024 U20 World Championships and in 2026 set a new Jamaican under-20 record for the 200 metres.[1]

Early life

She attended Muschett High School in Jamaica, for whom she competed at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 2024.[2][3][4] The following year, she transferred to Holland High School under the tutelage of the same coach.[5]

Career

2024

She won gold in the 200 metres and the 4 × 100 m relay and 4 × 400 m relay at the 2024 CARIFTA Games, with a 200 metres personal best of 23.16 seconds. She was the winner of the 200 metres and 400 metres at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships in 2024, with a 52.96 personal best in the 400m.[6][7][8]

Douglas was third across the line over 200 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru as a 16 year-old, running 23.10 seconds in the final, and was later promoted to the silver medal behind Torrie Lewis after the race winner was disqualified for a doping offence.[9][10][11] She had raced her semi final in 23.34 seconds.[12][13] She also won gold in the 4 × 100 m relay at the Championships.[14]

2025

Douglas completed a victorious sprint double in the 100m and the 200m in 23.30 in her age category at the 2025 Jamaica’s Boys’ and Girls’ Championships in March 2025.[15] In April 2025, Douglas both ran a personal best time of 11.26 (0.3 m/s) to win the U20 girls 100m title at the 2025 CARIFTA Games in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. She then also won the 200m at the championships in 23.02 seconds.[16][17] She finished in sixth place over 200 metres at the 2025 senior Jamaican Athletics Championships in Kingston.[18]

2026

In January 2026, Douglas broke the Jamaican national junior indoor record for the 300m at the Puma New York International Showcase, running 36.98 seconds.[19] She set a personal best of 52.60 seconds for the 400 metres at the Camperdown Classic the following month, also winning the 100 metres in 11.45 seconds on the same day.[20] Douglas won the Jamaican U20 Carifta Trials 100 metres race in March 2026 with a personal best time of 11.06 (+1.5 m/s).[21] Douglas also won the U20 girls 200 metres in 22.58 seconds for a sprint double at the trials.[22] She was initially selected to represent Jamaica at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, but later withdrew.[23][24] That month, she won the 100 m title at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships in a personal best 10.98 seconds (+0.7) to move to fourth on the Jamaicans junior all-time list with a year of eligibility remaining, behind only Tina Clayton, Alana Reid and Briana Williams.[25][26] Also at the championships, she set a new Jamaican under-20 record in winning the 200 metres in 22.36 seconds, despite a strong headwind (-1.6 m/s), breaking the national record of Briana Williams from 2018 and the Champs record of Brianna Lyston from 2022.[27][28] On 6 April, Douglas ran 200 m in 22.11 seconds (1.9 m/s) to break her own national junior record in winning the gold medal at the 2026 CARIFTA Games in St George’s, Grenada. The time also broke the Carifta record of 22.77 seconds set in 2013 by Shaunae Miller and moved her to tied third with Allyson Felix on the world under-20 all-time list behind Christine Mboma and JaMeesia Ford. She achieved the sprint double after stumbling out the blocks to retain her 100 m title in 11.13s (-0.8 m/s) at the Games.[29] Alongside Renecia Edwards, Tiana Marshall, and Natrece East, Douglas also won the gold medal in the women's U20 4 x 100 metres in 43.76 seconds.[30] Douglas was the winner of the Austin Sealy award for the most outstanding athlete at the Games.[31][32]

In June 2026, Douglas won a sprint double at the Jamaican U20 Championships winning both the 100m and the 200m in Kingston, winning the 100 m in 11.08 seconds ahead of Theianna-Lee Terrelonge, and running 22.56 seconds to win the 200 metres.[33] In August, she won silver medals in both the 100 metres and 200 metres at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon, finishing behind Mia Maxwell of the United States in both finals.[34][35][36] Later at the championships, she anchored the Jamaican women’s 4 x 100 m relay team to the gold medal.[37]

Personal Life

Shanoya was born in Grange Hill, Westmoreland, but lives with her aunt and attends school in Falmouth, Trelawny. [38]

References

  1. ↑ "Shanoya Mikalia Douglas". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Big Shoes to Fill". Jamaica Gleaner. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Muschett's Douglas begins with gold". Jamaica Gleaner. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  4. ↑ Graham, Raymond (30 April 2024). "Douglas upbeat despite Muschett's disappointments". Jamaica Star. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "Douglas rewrites U20 record at New York Showcase". jamaica-gleaner.com. 26 January 2026. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "Jamaica triumphs with sweep of 4x400m relays amidst final drama at 51st Carifta Games". SportsMax. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  7. ↑ Bailey, Robert (11 April 2024). "Smythe eyes World U20 win for Shanoya Douglas". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  8. ↑ Hasfal, Roger (2 May 2024). "Sprint Double Excites Muschett's Douglas". iriefm.net. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  9. ↑ Chavez, Chris (16 March 2026). "UGA Sprinter Adaejah Hodge Gets 2-Year Doping Ban Reduced After Cooperating With Investigators". Citius.
  10. ↑ "Walaza storms to sprint double at World U20 Championships in Lima". World Athletics. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Shanoya Douglas wins bronze in 200m at World U-20 Champs". Jamaica Observer. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "Shanoya Douglas through to 200m final". Jamaica Observer. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  13. ↑ "Farkas flies to national U20 long jump record on third morning in Lima". World Athletics. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "Reid anchors Jamaica to 4x100m title to secure golden double in Lima". World Athletics. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  15. ↑ "Dockery, Daley and Douglas shine at Jamaica's Boys' and Girls' Championships". World Athletics. 30 March 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  16. ↑ "Jamaica suffer some setbacks, but lead Carifta medal table after day one". Jamaica Observer. 19 April 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  17. ↑ "Kennedy, Lampart and Douglas stand out at Carifta Games". World Athletics. 22 April 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  18. ↑ "Jamaican Championships". World Athletics. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  19. ↑ "Johan Smythe, Shanoya Douglas smash national junior indoor records". Jamaica Observer. 27 January 2026. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  20. ↑ Graham, Raymond (16 February 2026). "Douglas dazzles with double delight at Camperdown Classic". Jamaica s as Gleaner. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  21. ↑ "Douglas, Reid crowned 100m Under-20 champions at Carifta Trials". Jamaica Observer. 6 March 2026. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  22. ↑ Graham, Raymond (9 March 2026). "Several athletes produce personal-best times on final day of Carifta Trials". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  23. ↑ Smith, Gary (9 March 2026). "Olympic silver medalist Kishane Thompson headlines the Jamaica 2026 World Indoor team". World-Track. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
  24. ↑ "Jamaica pulls out of women's 4x400m relay at World Indoors". Janmaics Star. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  25. ↑ Graham, Raymond (26 March 2026). "Douglas dips below 11 seconds, Itubo smashes own Champs record". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  26. ↑ "Shanoya Douglas is Jamaica's fourth-fastest junior of all time". Jamaica Observer. 25 March 2026. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  27. ↑ "Holland High's Shanoya Douglas smashes national junior 200m record". Jamaica Gleaner. 28 March 2026. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
  28. ↑ "Shanoya Douglas breaks national Under-20 200m record". Jamaica Observer. 28 March 2026. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
  29. ↑ "Carifta 2026: Shanoya Douglas breaks her own national 200m junior record". Jamaica Observer. 6 April 2026. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  30. ↑ "Jamaica tightens grip on CARIFTA as Douglas powers U20 relay gold charge". Caribbean National Weekly. 6 April 2026. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  31. ↑ "Shanoya Douglas named Austin Sealy Award winner at Carifta Games". Jamaica Observer. 6 April 2026. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  32. ↑ "Douglas completes CARIFTA sprint triple with record-breaking 22.11". World Athletics. 7 April 2026. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  33. ↑ "Douglas wins sprint double to highlight Jamaican U20 Championships". World Athletics. 22 June 2026. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  34. ↑ "OTIS POOLE, SHAIKIRA KING AND MIXED RELAY QUARTET COMPLETE BRITISH TREBLE IN OREGON". Athletics Weekly. 9 August 2026. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
  35. ↑ "THEA BROWN ENJOYS FINE START AT WORLD U20 CHAMPS". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  36. ↑ "TAYLOR AND MAXWELL COMPLETE US 100M DOUBLE AT WORLD U20 CHAMPS". Athletics Weekly. 7 August 2026. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  37. ↑ "Uță and Mancha strike gold as Jamaica and USA win relays in Oregon". World Athletics. 9 August 2026. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  38. ↑ "No rush to go pro". Retrieved 24 August 2026.

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