Inez Turner

Inez Turner
Personal information
Born 3 December 1972

Inez Turner (born 3 December 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.[1][2] 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

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Jamaica
1988 CARIFTA Games (U-17) Kingston, Jamaica 2nd 400 m 54.86
1st 800 m 2:10.00
1989 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Bridgetown, Barbados 1st 400 m 52.7
1st 800 m 2:07.6
1990 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Kingston, Jamaica 2nd 400 m 54.79
1st 800 m 2:10.58
1st 4x400m relay 3:38.28
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) Havana, Cuba 2nd 400 m 53.91
1st 800 m 2:09.16
2nd 4x400m relay 3:38.07
1991 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 1st 400 m 53.80
1st 800 m 2:08.36
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 11th (sf) 400 m 52.25
4th 4x400m relay 3:23.83
1994 Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 1st 800 m 2:01.74
2nd 4x400m relay 3:28.63
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 6th 800 m 2:02.00
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 21st (h) 800 m 2:01.48
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 9th (sf) 800 m 2:03.51
World Championships Athens, Greece 28th (h) 400 m 53.34
3rd 4x400m relay 3:21.30 NR

External links

References

  1. ↑ Carifta Games Magazine, Part 2 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, retrieved 12 October 2011
  2. ↑ Carifta Games Magazine, Part 3 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, retrieved 12 October 2011
  3. ↑ Mujeres Rápidas - Inez Turner (in Spanish), retrieved 27 March 2012