Gillian Russell

Gillian Claire Russell-Love (born 28 September 1973) is a Jamaican athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles.

Gillian Russell

Personal information
Born	(1973-09-28) 28 September 1973 (age 51) Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Jamaica Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 4x100m relay World Indoor Championships 1997 Paris 60m hurdles Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur 100 m hurdles Central American and Caribbean Games 1998 Maracaibo 100 m hurdles 1998 Maracaibo 4×100 m relay CAC Championships 1999 Bridgetown 100 m hurdles 1999 Bridgetown 4×100 m relay World Junior Championships 1990 Sudbury 100m hurdles 1990 Sudbury 4x100m relay 1992 Seoul 100m hurdles 1992 Seoul 4x100m relay CAC Junior Championships Junior (U20) 1990 Havana 4x100 m relay 1990 Havana 100 m 1990 Havana 100 m hurdles CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) 1990 Kingston 100 m hurdles 1990 Kingston 4×100 m relay CAC Junior Championships Junior (U17) 1988 Nassau 100 m 1988 Nassau 100 m hurdles 1988 Nassau 4x100 m relay CARIFTA Games Youth (U17) 1988 Kingston 100 m

Career

In her early career she won four gold medals at the World Junior Championships, which is a record. Russell won three consecutive 100 m hurdles NCAA DI titles for the Miami Hurricanes track and field program.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Jamaica
1988	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Kingston, Jamaica	1st	100 m	11.90
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	100 m	12.04   (-0.2 m/s)
			1st	100 m hurdles	14.64   (-0.2 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	46.75
	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	10th (sf)	100m hurdles	13.95 w (wind: +3.8 m/s)
1990	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Kingston, Jamaica	1st	100 m hurdles	13.8   (1.8 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	45.39
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Havana, Cuba	2nd	100 m	11.83   (-0.4 m/s)
			5th	200 m	24.77   (-0.5 m/s)
			2nd	100 m hurdles	13.86   (-0.2 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	45.62
	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	1st	100 m hurdles,	13.31 (wind: +0.3 m/s) PB
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.82
1992	World Junior Championships	Seoul, South Korea	1st	100 m hurdles	13.21 (wind: +1.0 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.96
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	14th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.35
1993	Universiade	Buffalo, United States	16th (h)	100 m	11.98
			4th	100 m hurdles	13.46
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	16th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.12   (0.3 m/s)
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	5th	100 m hurdles	12.96   (0.2 m/s)
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	9th (qf)	100 m hurdles	12.78   (1.4 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	43.36 (h)
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.84
1998	Goodwill Games	Uniondale, United States	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.78
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.66 PB
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	44.89
	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1st	100 m hurdles	12.70 CR
1999	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	100 m hurdles	13.25
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	44.18
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	25th (qf)	100 m hurdles	13.12   (0.2 m/s)

External links

• Gillian Russell at World Athletics
• Gillian Russell at Olympedia
• Gillian Russell at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)