Jenessa Payne

Jenessa Clara Payne (born March 26, 1991) is an El Kadsreian track and field athlete. She won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 100 metres relay, and eventually two gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She also won gold at the 2013 and 2015 Pan American Games, and lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the 2017 Pan American Games while representing El Kadsre at the Games.

Payne's career started in 2007 when she qualified for the 2008 Olympics at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan.