Sha’Carri Richardson is putting on some of the best track and field performances of her life in 2023. The American track star who specializes in the women’s 100m has hardly put a foot wrong this year and has only lost once in the 100m division so far. That loss came against Julien Alfred at the Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix. Apart from that, she left the 2023 World Athletics Championships with two gold medals and one bronze medal. Her 100m win in Budapest recently made her the first American to win the 100m world championship since Tori Bowie in 2017.

During the same event, she also recorded a personal best and championship record time of 10.65 seconds, which also ties her with Shericka Jackson and Marion Jones for the fifth-fastest time ever in the women’s 100m discipline. Although Richardson’s triumphs are known far and wide, not much has been made public about her private life. In fact, Richardson rarely talks about her parents publicly, and in the past, she has also stated that her family dynamic is quite sensitive and complicated to understand.

Sha’Carri Richardson’s parents

According to a Buzz South Africa report, Sha’Carri Richardson is the daughter of Shayaria Richardson. While not much information is available about Shayaria, it is claimed that she was also a track and field athlete, like her daughter. It was also reported that Sha’Carri Richardson has publicly expressed her thanks to her mother, who decided to bring her into the world. However, Richardson has never publicly talked about her father, and not much has been reported on the relationship between the two. In fact, both her parents were not around their daughter much and she was brought by her grandmother and an aunt.

Sha’Carri Richardson was raised by her grandmother and aunt

Sha’Carri Richardson was born on March 25, 2000, in Dallas, Texas. From an early age, Richardson was raised by her grandmother Betty Harp, and an aunt. Despite not talking much about her parents, Richardson has always maintained that only her family and her coaches know about her daily struggles and that she appreciates them a lot.

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This was reiterated in her NBC interview when she said, “I’m highly grateful for them. Without them, there would be no me. Without my grandmother, there would be no Sha’Carri Richardson. So my family is my everything. My everything until the day I’m done.” The track star values her family over everything and that also led her to face some tough times just before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, when her biological mother had passed away.

Richardson’s biological mother passed away before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Back in 2021, Sha’Carri Richardson won the women’s 100m U.S. Olympic Trials by stopping the clock in 10.86 secs. She was considered the favorite to win gold in Tokyo. However, her Olympic career was halted when she was disqualified because of failing a d**g test just weeks after the Olympic Trials as she tested positive for marijuana use. Richardson later revealed that she indulged in the banned substance in order to cope with the news of her biological mother’s passing, who had died just a week before the Olympic Trials.

While speaking to NBC in 2021, the sprinter had said, “This year has been crazy or me. Going from, just last week, losing my biological mother, and I’m still here.” The world champion had not divulged the circumstances in which her mother passed but later apologized for indulging in a banned substance and saw her ban through. However, all that is in the past now and Richardson is in the form of her life as she credits her grandmother and aunt for helping her throughout her athletic journey.

How Richardson’s grandma and aunt helped in her athletic career

Sha’Cari Richardson recalls how both her grandmother and aunt were influential in her joining track and field at an early age. It was due to their efforts and Richardson’s hard work that she went on to enroll in the athletic program of the prestigious Louisiana State University. After lighting up the NCAA, the world champion has now made her mark on the world stage as well. But the LSU alum has not forgotten the hard work of her family.

Richardson claimed that her grandmother explained to her that she needed to work extremely hard in order to receive medals and accolades in life. This instilled a great work ethic in her and she is displaying that by creating history regularly. Their special bond was also reflected recently in Budapest when Richardson set a championship record time of 10.65 seconds and ran straight to her grandmother and aunt to hand over her first World Championship gold medal.

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As for her future, Richardson now shifts her focus to the upcoming 2023 Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, which is scheduled for later this week. If Richardson continues her 100m winning streak in Oregon, she will become the first American woman to become the women’s 100m Diamond League champion since Carmelita Jeter in 2011. But she will face stiff competition from her Jamaican counterpart Shericka Jackson and the world’s fastest woman alive, Elaine Thompson-Herah among others. Richardson will surely be supported by her family, who will be hoping for far bigger things for the world champion as the 2024 Paris Olympics also edges closer.

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