Legendary Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is set to become the first woman to win three Olympic 100m titles at the upcoming Tokyo Games in late July. The ‘Pocket Rocket’ was recently named the world’s fastest woman with an impressive time of 10.63 seconds.
After taking a short break from the tour following her pregnancy in 2017, Shelly-Ann returned to the field with a vengeance, winning several Diamond League titles and then the World Championship. Today’s “Mommy Rocket” is in her best shape and ready to dominate the sprints at the Tokyo Olympics.
Speaking about her life off the track, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce regularly posts about her son Zyon on social media, but her husband rarely appears. Here we take a look at the reigning world champion’s husband, Jason Pryce.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s husband: Jason Pryce
Current world number 1 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce married her long-term boyfriend Jason Pryce in January 2011 at the Tryall Club in Hannover. The couple met in 2007 while Pryce was visiting her boyfriend, a former Jamaican sprinter. Asafa Powellwhile studying at Kingston University of Technology, where Shelly-Ann was a student.
“When I trained with Asafa, I always saw her,” he told the Jamaican Observer in 2012. “She was just looking for a way out. She always trained hard,” he added of the sprint star’s efforts to rise from humble beginnings.
Very little is known about Jason Pryce, who was shy and discreet, despite his wife’s enormous fame. He sometimes accompanied her to press conferences, where he would sit quietly until she was finished. But Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has spoken a lot about her husband’s contribution to her journey and success.
“My husband will say my work is hard and (he knows) how much everything has shaped my life,” she said at Norman Manley International Airport in 2012, according to the Jamaican Observer. “He was there 100 percent and I don’t know what I would do without him. That’s one of the reasons why I feel like when you feel like you’ve chosen the right person for you, you’ll know it. We are in self-examination. We don’t need anyone’s approval. We have God’s approval,” she added.
Jason Pryce went on to say that fame hasn’t changed anything for her and that he’s happy to be her husband. “We are still closing and still trying to keep things that way and remain professional. I am very happy to be her husband,” he said. The beautiful couple welcomed their son Zyon on August 7, 2017.