Inez Turner
Inez Turner (born December 3, 1972 ) is a former Jamaican sprinter and middle distance runner .
Life
She was four times Jamaican champion in the 800-meter run (1991-1992, 1995, 1997) and won this distance in 1993 at the Central America and Caribbean Championships. At the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart in 1993 , she took fourth place with the Jamaican 4 x 400 meter relay and reached the semi-finals in the 400 meter run .
She won the Commonwealth Games in Victoria in 1994 over 800 m and was sixth at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Barcelona in 1995 over the same distance.
At the World Athletics Championships in Athens in 1997 , she won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 meter relay. The Jamaican quartet around Turner, Lorraine Fenton , Deon Hemmings and Sandie Richards placed in a national record time of 3: 21.30 minutes behind the teams from Germany and the United States. Turner also started over 400 m in Athens, but retired here in the preliminary round.
Inez Turner is 1.69 m tall and weighed 56 kg during her playing days.
Top performances
- 400 m: 52.04 s, August 15, 1993, Stuttgart
- 800 m: 1: 59.49 min, July 22, 1995, Hechtel
- Hall: 2: 02.00 min, March 12, 1995, Barcelona
Web links
- Inez Turner in the database of World Athletics (English)
Footnotes
- ↑ gbrathletics.com: Jamaican Championships
- ↑ gbrathletics.com: Central American and Caribbean Championships (Women) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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SURNAME | Turner, Inez |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jamaican athlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd December 1972 |