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Jillian Cheryl Richardson-Briscoe (born March 10, 1965 in Guayaguayare, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She is a three-time Olympian.[1] In 1988, she equalled Marita Payne's Canadian 400 metres record of 49.91 secs. The record (as of 2022) still stands. She was inducted into the Athletics Canada Hall of Fame in 2017.[2]

Jillian Richardson

Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
	1984 Los Angeles	4 x 400 metres
World Indoor Championships
	1989 Budapest	400 metres
Commonwealth Games
	1982 Brisbane	4 x 400 metres
	1986 Edinburgh	4 x 400 metres
	1986 Edinburgh	400 metres
Pan American Games
	1987 Indianapolis	400 metres
	1987 Indianapolis	4 x 400 metres
	1983 Caracas	4 x 400 metres
	1983 Caracas	4 x 100 metres

Richardson won a gold medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games as a member of the 4 x 400 meter relay team. She repeated that feat at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, as well as winning a silver in the 400 meters. She was a member of the 4 x 400 metre relay that took a silver medal in the 1983 Pan American Games. She won a silver in the 400 meters at the 1987 Pan American Games, and as part of the Canadian 4 x 400 meter relay team. She took a gold medal in the 400 metres and a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metre relay at the 1989 Francophone Games.

She competed for Canada at three Olympic Games. At the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, she won the silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay with her team mates Charmaine Crooks, Molly Killingbeck and Marita Payne. At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, she was eliminated in the 400 metres semi-finals, running 49.91. It was the first time someone had broken 50 seconds and failed to reach the final. Canada failed to finish the 4 × 400 m relay final due to an injury to Molly Killingbeck. At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, she finished fifth in the 400 m final, in 49.93 and fourth in the 4 × 400 m relay final.

Achievements

• Three-time Canadian Champion - 400 m (1987) 200 m (1988, 1989)
• Canadian 400m record holder - 49.91 in 1988 (shared with Marita Payne)

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Canada
1982	Commonwealth Games	Brisbane, Australia	1st	4 × 400 m	3:27.70
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	4 × 400 m	3:27.41
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	2nd	4 × 400 m	3:21.21
1986	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, Scotland	2nd	400 m	51.62
			1st	4 × 400 m	3:28.92
1987	Pan American Games	Indianapolis, United States	2nd	400 m	50.35
			2nd	4 × 400 m	3:29.18
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	6th	400 m	51.03
			4th	4 × 400 m	3:24.11
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	semi-final	400 m	49.91
			DNF	4 × 400 m
1989	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	400 m	52.02
	Francophonie Games	Casablanca, Morocco	1st	400 m	51.79
			2nd	4 × 400 m	3:32.96
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	5th	400 m	49.93
			4th	4 × 400 m	3:25.20
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	heats	400 m

See also

• Canadian records in track and field

References

External links

• Jillian Richardson at Athletics Canada
• Jillian Richardson (Briscoe) at the Canadian Olympic Committee
• Jillian Richardson-Briscoe at World Athletics
• Jillian Richardson-Briscoe at Olympics.com
• Jill Richardson-Briscoe at Olympedia
• Jillian Cheryl Richardson at the Commonwealth Games Federation

На других языках

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- [en] Jillian Richardson

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[fr] Jillian Richardson

Jillian Richardson-Briscoe (née le 10 mars 1965) est une athlète canadienne spécialiste du 400 mètres.

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[it] Jillian Richardson

Jillian Cheryl Richardson-Briscoe (Guayaguayare, 10 marzo 1965) è un'ex velocista canadese di origine trinidadiana, specializzata nei 400 metri piani.

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