Grace Jackson - International Women's Forum

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Grace Jackson - International Women's Forum
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Grace Jackson
Grace Rosemarie Jackson is an Olympic Silver Medalist and is the Sports Develoment
Director at The University of the West Indies on the Mona Campus, Jamaica. She is the first
woman to win a silver medal for Jamaica in the Olympic Games which afforded her the
honour of Order of Distinction (OD) from the Jamaican Goverment. At her first Olympic
Games in 1984, she made history by being the first woman from an english speaking
carribean country to have ran in four finals at a single Olympic Games.
Jackson has made significant contribution as a member of both the IAAF athletes
commission, women’s committee, and FISU’s committee for the Study of University Sport
(CESU). Intercollegiate Athletes were the beneficiary of Grace’s presidency of the Jamaica
Intercollegiate Sports Association(JISA) for 5 years from 2001 to 2006. She has served her
national federation, the Jamaica Administrative Athletic Association (JAAA), for 12 years, 8
of which as vice president, she led the transformation of the national competittive calendar
which created an environment that allowed elite athletes to train, develop, and compete
locally. From 1998-2011, she served in several managerial capacities for world track & field
competitions. She continues to inspire young people across the Island of Jamaica through
her motivational talks. Her initiatives have led to The University of the West Indies being the
host to the IAAF High Performance Centre and The Racers Track Club for which Usain Bolt,
Yohan Blake and Warren Weir amoung other elite athletes are members.