Melissa Jefferson-Wooden is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 meters and 200 m. A five-time World Champion, she won three world titles at the 2025 World Championships, capturing gold in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m. She's the first American to do so and only the second woman to do so after Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce achieved that feat in 2013.