Inez Turner

Inez Turner
Personal information
Born (1972-01-03) 3 January 1972
Trewlany,Jamaica
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
World Championships
1997 Athens 4x400 m relay
Commonwealth Games
1994 Victoria 800m
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
1990 Havana 800 m
1990 Havana 400 m
1990 Havana 4x400 m relay
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
1989 Bridgetown 400m
1989 Bridgetown 800m
1990 Kingston 800m
1990 Kingston 4x400m relay
1991 Port of Spain 400m
1991 Port of Spain 800m
1990 Kingston 400m
CARIFTA Games (Under 17s)
1988 Kingston 800m
1988 Kingston 400m

Inez Turner (born January 3, 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
World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 3rd (h)[3] 800m 2:06.69
2nd 4×400m relay 3:31.09
1991 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 1st 400 m 53.80
1st 800 m 2:08.36
1993 Universiade Buffalo, United States 2nd 800 m 2:04.14
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

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. ↑ Disqualified in the semifinal.
  4. ↑ Mujeres Rápidas - Inez Turner (in Spanish), retrieved 27 March 2012


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