Inez Turner

Inez Turner
Personal information
Born (1972-01-03) 3 January 1972
Trewlany, Jamaica
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1997 Athens4x400 m relay
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place1994 Victoria800m
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
Gold medal – first place1990 Havana800 m
Silver medal – second place1990 Havana400 m
Silver medal – second place1990 Havana4x400 m relay
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
Gold medal – first place1989 Bridgetown400m
Gold medal – first place1989 Bridgetown800m
Gold medal – first place1990 Kingston800m
Gold medal – first place1990 Kingston4x400m relay
Gold medal – first place1991 Port of Spain400m
Gold medal – first place1991 Port of Spain800m
Silver medal – second place1990 Kingston400m
CARIFTA Games (Under 17s)
Gold medal – first place1988 Kingston800m
Silver medal – second place1988 Kingston400m

Inez Turner (born 3 January 1972, in Trelawny Parish) is a retired female sprinter and middle-distance runner from Jamaica.

Career

Turner competed for the Barton Cougars track and field team in the NJCAA and then transferred to the Texas State Bobcats track and field team, where she competed in the NCAA.[1]

In 1991 she was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the 1991 CARIFTA Games.[2][3] 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

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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 4 × 400 m 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 4 × 400 m relay 3:38.07
World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 3rd (h)[4] 800m 2:06.69
2nd 4 × 400 m 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
Pan American Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 1st 800 m 2:04.57
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.13
Pan American Games Havana, Cuba 5th 800 m 2:02.68
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.33
1993 Universiade Buffalo, United States 2nd 800 m 2:04.14
Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 3rd 800 m 52.64
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 11th (sf) 400 m 52.25
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:23.83
1994 Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 1st 800 m 2:01.74
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.63
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 6th 800 m 2:02.00
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden – 800 m DQ
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 21st (h) 800 m 2:01.48
6th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.33
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 9th (sf) 800 m 2:03.51
World Championships Athens, Greece 28th (h) 400 m 53.34
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:21.30 NR
  • 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[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Inez Turner". txst.com.
  2. ↑ Carifta Games Magazine, Part 2 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012, retrieved 12 October 2011
  3. ↑ Carifta Games Magazine, Part 3 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012, retrieved 12 October 2011
  4. ↑ Disqualified in the semifinal.
  5. ↑ Mujeres Rápidas - Inez Turner (in Spanish), retrieved 27 March 2012
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