Misplaced Pages

Tayna Lawrence: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editContent deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 01:17, 30 September 2004 editMisfitToys (talk | contribs)Administrators52,185 editsm stub← Previous edit Latest revision as of 02:31, 26 December 2024 edit undoJevansen (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Page movers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers3,271,418 edits Moving from Category:21st-century Jamaican women to Category:21st-century Jamaican sportswomen using Cat-a-lot 
(113 intermediate revisions by 74 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|Athletics competitor}}
'''Tayna Lawrence''' (born ], ] in ]) is a Track and Field sprint athlete, competing internationally for ]. She is a Olympic gold medalist in the ] race.
{{Use Jamaican English|date=March 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Tayna Lawrence
| image =
| caption =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|17 September 1975}}
| birth_place = ]
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's ] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{JAM}} }}
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalGold | ] | ] }}
{{MedalSilver | ] | ] }}
{{MedalSilver | ] | ] }}
}}


'''Tayna Lawrence''' (born 17 September 1975 in ]) is a retired ] ] athlete who competed internationally for ]. She is an Olympic ]ist in the ] race.
She graduated at ], Florida, USA. She sustained a leg injury and had to undergo surgery in ], missing the World Championships in ]. She was severely hampered by a series of stress fractures in ] which ruled her out of the World Championships.


Lawrence graduated from ], in ], ]. She sustained a leg injury and had to undergo surgery in 2003, missing the ]. She was severely hampered by a series of stress fractures in 2001, which ruled her out of the World Championships.
{{sport-stub}}

==Personal bests==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Date
! Event
! Venue
! Time
|-
| 30 August 2002
| 100 m
| ], ]
| 10.93
|-
| 1 May 2000
| 200 m
| ], ]
| 22.84
|}

<!---==Achievements==
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
! Year
! Tournament
! Venue
! Result
! Event
|-
| 2000
| ]
| ], ]
| bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd*
| 100 m
|-
| 2000
| ]
| ], ]
| bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd
| 4x100 m
|-
| 2002
| IAAF World Cup
| ], ]
| bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd
| 100 m
|-
| 2002
| IAAF Grand Prix
| ], ]
| bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd
| 100 m
|-
| 2004
| ]
| ], ]
| bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
| 4x100 m
|}--->

<nowiki>*</nowiki> ], the American athlete who finished in first place, was stripped of her gold medal in October 2007 following a doping scandal. ], the ] athlete who finished second place, was later suspended for two years following various scandals at the ].

==Videos==
*

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{World Athletics||name=Tayna Lawrence}}
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/tayna-lawrence-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173340/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/tayna-lawrence-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17}}

<br />
{{Footer Olympic Champions 4x100 m Women}}
{{Footer IAAF World Cup Champions 100m Women}}
{{Footer IAAF World Cup Champions 4x100 m Women}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lawrence, Tayna}}
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]


{{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub}}
{{Jamaica-Olympic-medalist-stub}}

Latest revision as of 02:31, 26 December 2024

Athletics competitor

Tayna Lawrence
Personal information
Born17 September 1975 (1975-09-17) (age 49)
Spanish Town, Jamaica
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 4x100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 4x100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 100 metres

Tayna Lawrence (born 17 September 1975 in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a retired Track and field sprint athlete who competed internationally for Jamaica. She is an Olympic gold medalist in the 4 x 100 meter relay race.

Lawrence graduated from Florida International University, in Miami, Florida, USA. She sustained a leg injury and had to undergo surgery in 2003, missing the World Championships in Paris. She was severely hampered by a series of stress fractures in 2001, which ruled her out of the World Championships.

Personal bests

Date Event Venue Time
30 August 2002 100 m Brussels, Belgium 10.93
1 May 2000 200 m Pointe-á-Pitre, France 22.84


* Marion Jones, the American athlete who finished in first place, was stripped of her gold medal in October 2007 following a doping scandal. Ekaterini Thanou, the Greek athlete who finished second place, was later suspended for two years following various scandals at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Videos

References


Olympic champions in women's 4 × 100 metres relay
IAAF World / Continental Cup champions in women's 100 metres
IAAF World / Continental Cup champions in women's 4 × 100 metres relay


Flag of JamaicaBiography icon

This biographical article relating to Jamaican athletics is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This article about a Jamaican Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: