My Take
Sha'Carri Richardson is honestly one of the most electrifying athletes I've ever watched. At 5'1", she looks like she walked into the wrong sport, and then she blows past everyone on the track and you realize size means absolutely nothing when you're built like a human lightning bolt. She burst onto the scene as an LSU freshman in 2019, breaking the NCAA 100m collegiate record with a 10.75 that made her one of the ten fastest women in history at just 19 years old — and she won The Bowerman Award that same year. The rainbow hair, the long nails, the unapologetic personality: she showed up to elite sprinting as fully herself, which I love. She's had real public setbacks and come back swinging every time. Watching her race at the 2023 World Championships, going toe-to-toe at the top of the global game, felt genuinely earned. She's 24 and I think we're still in her origin story.
Overview
Sha'Carri LaNay Richardson ( shə-KARR-ee; born March 25, 2000) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. Richardson rose to fame in 2019 as a freshman at Louisiana State University, running 10.75 seconds to break the 100 m collegiate record at the NCAA Division I Championships. This winning time made her one of the ten fastest women in history at 19 years old.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sha'Carri Richardson
- Name (Japanese)
- シャケリ・リチャードソン
- Reading
- しゃけり・りちゃーどそん
- Born
- March 25, 2000 (age 26)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Dragon
- Origin
- Dallas, Texas, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 155 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- sprinter / athletics competitor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- David W. Carter High School
- University
- Louisiana State University
Awards & achievements
- 2019 The Bowerman
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.