LaVerne Jones-Ferrette
Track and field athlete, Olympic athlete
1981 –
Who is LaVerne Jones-Ferrette?
LaVerne Janet Jones-Ferrette is a sprinter from the United States Virgin Islands who specializes in the 100 and 200 meters. She represented her country at the Summer Olympics in 2004, 2008 and 2012. She won the silver medal over 60 meters at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in a time of 6.97 seconds; a subsequent drug test revealed a banned substance in her system and she was stripped of her medal.
Jones-Ferrette competed at the World Championships in Athletics in 2005, 2007 and 2009, but did not reach an event final on any of those occasions. Her first international medal came at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, where she was the 100 m silver medalist. She represented her country at the 2007 Pan American Games. She holds all the US Virgin Islands records for the sprint events from 60 to 400 meters.
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- Born
- Sep 16, 1981
Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands - Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- United States Virgin Islands
- Profession
- Education
- University of Oklahoma
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on July 23, 2013
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