Shalonda Solomon is an American track and field sprinter. Her greatest international accomplishment currently is a silver medal in the 100 metres at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup while representing the Americas team. She qualified for the 2011 World Championships in Athletics by winning the 200 metres at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Her 22.15 in winning that race is the world leading time for 2011. While running in the World Championships, she ran far slower than at the National Championships, finishing a distant 4th place in the 200 metres behind Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown, and American teammates Carmelita Jeter and defending champion Alyson Felix. Later in those championships, she won a gold medal by serving on the American 4x100 metres relay team in the preliminary rounds, being replaced by Felix in the final. She has a distinct head bob while running, something noticeable since high school. While at Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California, she was named the Gatorade Athlete of the Year for the school year 2003-2004. At the CIF California State Meet, as a freshman in 2001 she finished just 0.02 behind Allyson Felix in the 100 metres. 

December 19th, 1985 in Los Angeles (Age 38)