Lorna Boothe

Lorna Marie Boothe (born December 5, 1954 in Kingston , Jamaica ) is a British former hurdler who specialized in the 100 meter distance .

At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, she reached the semifinals.

In 1978 she won the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton for England . At the European Athletics Championships in Prague , she was eliminated in the semi-finals.

At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, she did not get past the first round.

In 1982 she won silver at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane , and in 1983 she reached the quarter-finals of the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki .

Once she was English champion over 100 m hurdles (1977) and five times English indoor champion over 60 m hurdles (1975, 1977-1979, 1983).

Personal bests

• 60 m (hall): 7.4 s, 28 February 1982, London
• 60 m hurdles (hall): 8.19 s, February 19, 1983, Dortmund (hand-stopped: 8.1 s, February 4, Oviedo )
• 100 m hurdles: 13.07 s, October 7, 1982, Brisbane

Web links

• Lorna Boothe in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete portrait at The Power of Ten
• Lorna Boothe in the database of TOPS in athletics (English)
• Lorna Boothe in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
• Lorna Boothe in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )