Inez Turner

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Inez Turner
Personal information
Born (1972-01-03) 3 January 1972 (age 53)
Trewlany, Jamaica
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Athens 4x400 m relay
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Victoria 800m
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1990 Havana 800 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1990 Havana 400 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1990 Havana 4x400 m relay
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1989 Bridgetown 400m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1989 Bridgetown 800m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1990 Kingston 800m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1990 Kingston 4x400m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Port of Spain 400m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Port of Spain 800m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1990 Kingston 400m
CARIFTA Games (Under 17s)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1988 Kingston 800m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1988 Kingston 400m

Inez Turner (born 3 January 1972, in Trelawny Parish) is a retired female sprinter and middle-distance runner from Jamaica.

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Career

In 1991 she was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the 1991 CARIFTA Games. [1] [2] She won the 800m gold at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. Together with Lorraine Fenton, Deon Hemmings and Sandie Richards she claimed a bronze medal in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics.[ citation needed ]

Personal bests

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
1988 CARIFTA Games (U-17) Kingston, Jamaica 2nd400 m54.86
1st800 m2:10.00
1989 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Bridgetown, Barbados 1st400 m52.7
1st800 m2:07.6
1990 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Kingston, Jamaica 2nd400 m54.79
1st800 m2:10.58
1st4 × 400 m relay3:38.28
Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships (U-20) 		Havana, Cuba 2nd400 m53.91
1st800 m2:09.16
2nd4 × 400 m relay3:38.07
World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 3rd (h) [3] 800m 2:06.69
2nd4 × 400 m relay 3:31.09
1991 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 1st400 m53.80
1st800 m2:08.36
Pan American Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 1st800 m2:04.57
1st4 × 400 m relay3:33.13
Pan American Games Havana, Cuba5th800 m 2:02.68
3rd4 × 400 m relay 3:28.33
1993 Universiade Buffalo, United States 2nd800 m 2:04.14
Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia3rd800 m52.64
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 11th (sf)400 m 52.25
4th4 × 400 m relay 3:23.83
1994 Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 1st800 m 2:01.74
2nd4 × 400 m relay 3:28.63
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain6th800 m 2:02.00
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden–800 m DQ
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 21st (h)800 m 2:01.48
6th (h)4 × 400 m relay 3:25.33
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France9th (sf)800 m 2:03.51
World Championships Athens, Greece 28th (h)400 m 53.34
3rd4 × 400 m relay 3:21.30 NR

References

  1. ↑ Carifta Games Magazine, Part 2 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012, retrieved 12 October 2011
  2. ↑ Carifta Games Magazine, Part 3 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012, retrieved 12 October 2011
  3. ↑ Disqualified in the semifinal.
  4. ↑ Mujeres Rápidas - Inez Turner (in Spanish), retrieved 27 March 2012
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