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Jamaican sprinter Junelle Bromfield admits what she has achieved so far would have made her late mother proud since she never imagined it could happen when she was starting out.
Jamaican sprinter Junelle Bromfield’s mum may have passed away nearly four years ago, but the quarter-miler never misses a moment to make her proud.
Bromfield made her first Olympics individual appearance at the Paris 2024 Games when she qualified for the 400m in Team Jamaica, in what was her second appearance, having won bronze in the 4x400m mixed relay at the Tokyo 2020 Games.
Although she did not go past the semi-finals, that is a milestone that she considers remarkable as her mother would never have imagined her going that far, hence her delight at making her proud.
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“My mum was proud of me of winning girls and boys’ medals. I know she would be over the moon if she knew I was a two-time Olympian,” Bromfield posted on TikTok.
At the Jamaican Olympics trials, Bromfield recorded a personal best 50.74 seconds to finish second in the semi-final before a third-place finish in the final clinched her ticket to Paris in 51.24 seconds.
Following her qualification, Bromfield was emotional, recalling the mental toll she had to overcome to make it to the Olympics, especially following the loss of her mother.
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"Honestly, it means a lot because it feels as if a burden has been lifted off my shoulders," Bromfield told The Inside Lane last July, just after sealing Olympics qualification.
"For the past couple of years, it's been very hard mentally because I've had a loss in my family and I'm just recovering. You know, running track with love again that I know I have for the sport, because I've been doing it since I was eight years old, it brought me so far and I'm just grateful to be here."
Bromfield showed her true qualities in school events, having been a standout Jamaican high school athlete before she went on to win a bronze medal at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, setting the stage for a career in athletics.
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Since then, she has been integral in Jamaica's 4x400m mixed relay teams, winning bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, silver in the 2022 World Championships and Commonwealth Games as well as gold at the 2022 World Indoor Championships.
With the 2025 World Championship set for September, the 26-year-old will be seeking to make her mother even more proud with a great performance in Tokyo.
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