Sanya Richards-Ross

Sanya Richards-Ross has a competitive heart I genuinely admire. Born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1985 and later competing for the United States, she conquered the brutal 400 meters at the highest level. Olympic gold in 2012, world champion in 2009, bronze in Beijing. Those are results delivered when it mattered most, which takes nerve as much as speed. Her long, fluid stride off a 173 cm frame was a pleasure to watch. She fused Jamaican roots with American training to reach the summit of one lonely lap. That she keeps a public voice after retiring shows a backbone that extends well beyond the track.

Name (English)

Sanya Richards-Ross

Name (Japanese)

サーニャ・リチャーズ＝ロス

Reading

さーにゃ・りちゃーず＝ろす

Born

February 26, 1985 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Ox

Origin

Kingston, Jamaica

Height

173 cm

Occupation

sprinter

High school

St. Thomas Aquinas High School

University

University of Texas at Austin

• Official sitehttps://sanyarichardsross.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/sanyarichiross/
• Xhttps://x.com/SanyaRichiRoss
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanya%20Richards-Ross
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5803

Tags

• sprinter

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.