Tayna Lawrence
Tayna Lawrence (born September 17, 1975 in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a Track and Field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica. She is an Olympic gold medalist in the 4 x 100 meter relay race.
She graduated at 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
* 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 Olympics.
Videos
References
IAAF profile for Tayna Lawrence
Sports Reference
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- 1928: Canada (Rosenfeld, Smith, Bell, Cook)
- 1932: United States (Carew, Furtsch, Rogers, von Bremen)
- 1936: United States (Bland, Rogers, Robinson, Stephens)
- 1948: Netherlands (Stad-de Jong, Witziers-Timmer, van der Kade-Koudijs, Blankers-Koen)
- 1952: United States (Faggs, Jones, Moreau, Hardy)
- 1956: Australia (Strickland de la Hunty, Croker, Mellor, Cuthbert)
- 1960: United States (Hudson, Williams, Jones, Rudolph)
- 1964: Poland (Ciepły, Szewińska, Górecka, Kłobukowska)
- 1968: United States (Ferrell, Bailes, Netter, Tyus)
- 1972: West Germany (Krause, Mickler, Richter, Rosendahl)
- 1976: East Germany (Göhr, Stecher, Bodendorf, Wöckel)
- 1980: East Germany (Müller, Wöckel, Auerswald, Göhr)
- 1984: United States (Brown, Bolden, Cheeseborough, Ashford)
- 1988: United States (Brown, Echols, Griffith-Joyner, Ashford)
- 1992: United States (Ashford, Jones, Guidry, Torrence, Finn)
- 1996: United States (Devers, Miller, Gaines, Torrence, Guidry)
- 2000: Bahamas (Fynes, Sturrup, Davis-Thompson, Ferguson, Lewis)
- 2004: Jamaica (Lawrence, Simpson, Bailey, Campbell, McDonald)
- 2008: Russia (Polyakova, Fedoriva, Gushchina, Chermoshanskaya)
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- 1977: Europe (Possekel, Lynch, Richter, Lannaman)
- 1979: Europe (Haglund, Réga, Richter, Hunte)
- 1981: East Germany (Siemon, Wöckel, Walther, Göhr)
- 1985: East Germany (Gladisch, Rieger, Auerswald, Göhr)
- 1989: East Germany (Behrendt, Günther, Möller, Oschkenat)
- 1992: Asia (Gao, Tian, Chen, Xiao)
- 1994: Africa (Idehen, Tombiri, Opara-Thompson, Onyali)
- 1998: United States (Taplin, Gaines, Miller, Guidry)
- 2002: Americas (Lawrence, Campbell, McDonald, Ferguson)
- 2006: Americas (Bailey, Ferguson-McKenzie, Mothersille, Simpson)
- 2010: Americas (Mothersille, Ferguson-McKenzie, Solomon, Baptiste)
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Lawrence, Tayna |
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Athletics (sport) competitor |
Date of birth |
September 17, 1975 |
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