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{{Short description|Canadian sprinter (born 1965)}}
{{use mdy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{MedalTableTop | medals =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] | [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 x 400 metres]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1989 Budapest]] | [[1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres|400 metres]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1982 Commonwealth Games|1982 Brisbane]] | [[Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 x 400 metres]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1986 Commonwealth Games|1986 Edinburgh]] | [[Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 x 400 metres]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1986 Commonwealth Games|1986 Edinburgh]] | [[Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres|400 metres]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1987 Pan American Games|1987 Indianapolis]] | [[Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games|400 metres]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1987 Pan American Games|1987 Indianapolis]] | [[Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games|4 x 400 metres]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1983 Pan American Games|1983 Caracas]] | [[Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games|4 x 400 metres]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1983 Pan American Games|1983 Caracas]] | [[Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games|4 x 100 metres]]}}
}}

'''Jillian Cheryl Richardson-Briscoe''' (born March 10, 1965, in [[San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago|San Fernando]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]) is a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She is a three-time Olympian.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/jill-richardson-briscoe-1.html |title=Jill Richardson-Briscoe (full name: Jillian Cheryl Richardson-Briscoe) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204013016/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/jill-richardson-briscoe-1.html |archive-date=2009-12-04 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1988, she equalled [[Marita Payne]]'s Canadian 400 metres record of 49.91 secs. The record (as of 2022) still stands. She was inducted into the [[Athletics Canada]] Hall of Fame in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://athletics.ca/gilbert-richardson-briscoe-wright-inducted-athletics-canada-hall-fame/ |title=Gilbert, Richardson-Briscoe and Wright to be inducted into Athletics Canada Hall of Fame |publisher=[[Athletics Canada]] |date=5 May 2017 |quote=Jillian Richardson-Briscoe}}</ref>

Richardson won a gold medal at the [[1982 Commonwealth Games]] as a member of the 4 x 400 meter relay team. She repeated that feat at the [[1986 Commonwealth Games]], as well as winning a silver in the 400 meters. She was a member of the 4 x 400 metre relay that took a silver medal in the [[1983 Pan American Games]]. She won a silver in the 400 meters at the [[1987 Pan American Games]], and as part of the Canadian 4 x 400 meter relay team. She took a gold medal in the 400 metres and a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metre relay at the [[1989 Francophone Games]].

She competed for Canada at three [[Olympic Games]]. At the [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles]], she won the silver medal in the 4 x 400  metres relay with her teammates [[Charmaine Crooks]], [[Molly Killingbeck]] and [[Marita Payne]]. At the [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Olympics]] in Seoul, she was eliminated in the 400 metres semi-finals, running 49.91. It was the first time someone had broken 50 seconds and failed to reach the final. Canada failed to finish the 4 × 400 m relay final due to an injury to Molly Killingbeck. At the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Olympics]] in Barcelona, she finished fifth in the 400 m final, in 49.93 and fourth in the 4 × 400 m relay final.

==Achievements==
*Three-time Canadian Champion - 400 m (1987) 200 m (1988, 1989)
*Canadian 400m record holder - 49.91 in 1988 (shared with [[Marita Payne]])
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
|colspan="6"|Representing {{CAN}}
|-
|1982
|[[Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|[[Brisbane, Australia]]
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|4 × 400 m
|3:27.70
|-
|1983
|[[1983 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Helsinki, Finland]]
|4th
|4 × 400 m
|3:27.41
|-
|1984
|[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Los Angeles, United States]]
|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd
|4 × 400 m
|3:21.21
|-
|rowspan=2|1986
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Edinburgh, Scotland]]
|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd
|400 m
|51.62
|-
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|4 × 400 m
|3:28.92
|-
|rowspan=4|1987
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Indianapolis, United States]]
|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd
|400 m
|50.35
|-
|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd
|4 × 400 m
|3:29.18
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1987 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Rome, Italy]]
|6th
|400 m
|51.03
|-
|4th
|4 × 400 m 
|3:24.11
|-
|rowspan=2|1988
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Seoul, South Korea]]
|semi-final
|400 m
|49.91
|-
|DNF
|4 × 400 m
|
|-
|rowspan=3|1989
|[[1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Budapest, Hungary]]
|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
|400 m
|52.02
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Francophonie Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Casablanca, Morocco]]
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|400 m
|51.79
|-
|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd
|4 × 400 m
|3:32.96
|-
|rowspan=2|1992
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Barcelona, Spain]]
|5th
|400 m
|49.93
|-
|4th
|4 × 400 m
|3:25.20
|-
|1993
|[[IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Toronto]], [[Canada]]
|heats
|400 m
|
|}

==See also==
* [[Canadian records in track and field]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Athletics Canada|jillian-richardsonjillian-briscoe|Jillian Richardson}}
* {{Team Canada|jillian-briscoe|Jillian Richardson (Briscoe)}}
* {{World Athletics|14347694|Jillian Richardson-Briscoe}}
* {{Olympics.com|jillian-richardson-briscoe|Jillian Richardson-Briscoe}}
* {{Olympedia|65910|Jill Richardson-Briscoe}}
* {{CGF|40573|Jillian Cheryl Richardson}}

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