Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Net Worth

What Is Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's Net Worth?

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is a Jamaican retired track and field sprinter who has a net worth of $4 million. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce trained with Asafa Powell and became the first Jamaican woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the 100-meter sprint in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She won that medal at just 21 years old and defended the title in 2012 at the London Olympics. Shelly-Ann became just the third woman to win two consecutive 100-meter events in the Olympics. In the 2012 Olympic Games, she also won silver medals for the 200-meter and the 4×100-meter relay.

Fraser-Pryce won gold medals at the 2009 Berlin World Championships for the 100-meter and 4×100-meter relay and at the 2013 Moscow World Championships for 100-meter, 200-meter, and 4×100-meter relay. She also won silver medals for the 4×100 meter relay at the 2007 Osaka World Championships and the 2011 Daegu World Championships. In 2014, Shelly-Ann won a gold medal at the Sopot World Indoor Championships for the 60-meter. She stands 5 feet tall and has been nicknamed the "pocket rocket." Fraser-Pryce became the first UNICEF National Goodwill Ambassador for Jamaica in 2010. She retired from track and field in October 2025, having won eight Olympic medals and 17 World Athletics Championship medals.

Early Life

Shelly-Ann Fraser was born on December 27, 1986, in Kingston, Jamaica. She is the daughter of Maxine Simpson and Orane Fraser, and she and her two brothers were raised by their mother. Maxine, a former athlete, worked as a street vendor to support her family. Shelly-Ann began running barefoot when she was in primary school, and she later competed in Inter-Secondary Schools Boys and Girls Championships and won a bronze medal in the 100 m at the age of 16. She attended Wolmer's High School for Girls, and she won the 200 m title at the 2002 Jamaican Under-18 Championships. Later that year, she was on the Jamaican junior team that won the 4 × 100 m relay gold medal at the Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships. Fraser-Pryce won a bronze medal in the 100 m at the 2005 CARIFTA Games, and she was a member of the 4 × 100 m relay team that won a gold medal. In 2006, she enrolled at the University of Technology, Jamaica. There, she met Stephen Francis, the MVP (Maximising Velocity and Power) Track Club's head coach. At the age of 20, Shelly-Ann finished in fifth place in the 100 m at the 2007 Jamaican National Senior Championships and was subsequently chosen as a reserve for the 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2007 Osaka World Championships. She was the runner-up at the Budapest Iharos Memorial and came in first at the Meeting Terra Sarda and the Stockholm DN-Galan. At the World Championships, Fraser-Pryce ran in the relay heats and helped her team finish in second place. The team won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay final.

Career

At the Jamaican Olympic trials in 2008, Fraser-Pryce finished second in the 100 m final with a time of 10.85 s. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she won a gold medal in the 100 m, becoming the first Caribbean woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the 100 m. Her 10.78 s time was the second-fastest in the history of the Olympics at the time. After the Olympics, Shelly-Ann placed first at the Athletissima track meet, and the Rieti meet, and second at the British Grand Prix before winning a gold medal in the 100 m at the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final. At the 2009 World Athletics Championship, she won a gold medal in the 100 m and 4 × 100 m relay. She went on to win 15 more medals in future World Athletics Championships: four gold medals and a bronze medal in the 100 m, a gold medal and a silver medal in the 200 m, and three gold medals and five silver medals in the 4 × 100 m relay. In 2009, Fraser-Pryce also won a silver medal in the 100 m at the IAAF World Athletics Final. She returned to the Olympics in 2012, winning a gold medal in the 100 m and silver medals in the 200 m and the 4 × 100 m relay. Shelly-Ann later won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay and a bronze medal in the 100 m at the 2016 Olympics and a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay and a silver medal in the 100 m at the 2020 Olympics.

During her illustrious career, Fraser-Pryce also won gold medals in the 60 m at the 2014 World Athletics Indoor Championships and in the 200 m at the 2019 Pan American Games. As a member of the 4 × 100 m relay team, she won a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, silver medals at the 2018 Athletics World Cup and NACAC Championships, and bronze medals at the 2025 World Athletics Relays.  She also won bronze in the 4 × 200 m relay at the 2014 and 2019 World Athletics Relays. In October 2025, Shelly-Ann officially announced her retirement, stating, "This sport has given me joy beyond measure. It has shaped me, disciplined me, and carried me to heights I could only dream of as a young girl in Waterhouse. Yet as I reflect, I no longer see time only in seconds—I see it in years. The years I gave to sprinting will forever remain among the greatest of my life." She added, "I know my race is not finished; it is simply a lane change. This new chapter is about passing on the lessons the sport has given me, using my voice to advocate for others, and helping the next generation shine even brighter."

Personal Life

In 2012, Fraser-Pryce earned a Bachelor of Science in Child and Adolescent Development from the University of Technology, Jamaica. In 2016, she announced that she would attend the University of the West Indies in pursuit of a Master of Science in Applied Psychology. Shelly-Ann married Jason Pryce in early 2011, and they welcomed a son, Zyon, on August 7, 2017. In 2010, Fraser-Pryce was named Jamaica's first UNICEF National Goodwill Ambassador, and she became a Grace Goodwill Ambassador for Peace. She established the Pocket Rocket Foundation to "enrich the lives of student-athletes by supporting their educational development and fostering sustainable community-building initiatives." In 2013, she opened the hair salon Chic Hair Ja.

Awards and Achievements

In 2008, Fraser-Pryce received Jamaica's Order of Distinction, and in 2022, it was upgraded to the Order of Jamaica for "outstanding performance in the field of Athletics at the International Level." In 2018, a statue of Shelly-Ann was erected at the Jamaica National Stadium, and in 2022, the Penwood Church of Christ Early Childhood Institution was renamed The Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Early Childhood Institution. She won the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association's Golden Cleats Award for Female Athlete of the Year in 2009, 2012, 2013, and 2015, and the Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year award in 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019, and 2022. Fraser-Pryce was nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year numerous times, winning in 2023. After the 2013 Moscow World Championships, she won the IAAF World Female Athlete of the Year award, and in 2019, she won a Panam Sports Award for Best Female Athlete. Shelly-Ann has won eight Olympic medals (three gold, four silver, and one bronze) and 17 World Athletics Championship medals (10 gold, six silver, and one bronze), and she also won gold medals at the World Athletics Indoor Championships, IAAF World Athletics Final, Pan American Games, Commonwealth Games, CARIFTA Games (Junior, U20), and CAC Junior Championships (U17).

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