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Inez Turner (born 3 January 1972, in Trelawny Parish) is a retired female sprinter and middle-distance runner from Jamaica.
Career
In 1991 she was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the 1991 CARIFTA Games. 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.
Personal bests
- 400 meters - 51.38 (1993)
- 800 meters - 1:59.49 (1995)
International competitions
External links
- Inez Turner at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Inez Turner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- Picture of Inez Turner
References
- Carifta Games Magazine, Part 2 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012, retrieved 12 October 2011
- Carifta Games Magazine, Part 3 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012, retrieved 12 October 2011
- Disqualified in the semifinal.
- Mujeres Rápidas - Inez Turner (in Spanish), retrieved 27 March 2012
| Commonwealth Games champions in women's 800 metres | |
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- Jamaican female sprinters
- Jamaican female middle-distance runners
- Olympic athletes for Jamaica
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica
- Sportspeople from Trelawny Parish
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Junior college women's track and field athletes in the United States
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Jamaica
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Jamaica
- Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Olympic female sprinters
- 20th-century Jamaican women
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- Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
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