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

1. ↑ gbrathletics.com: Jamaican Championships
2. ↑ 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.