Inez Turner

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

Inez Turner

Personal information
Born	(1972-01-03) 3 January 1972 (age 53) 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

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.^{[citation needed]}

Personal bests

• 400 meters - 51.38 (1993)^{[citation needed]}
• 800 meters - 1:59.49 (1995)^{[citation needed]}

International competitions

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	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)[3]	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

External links

• 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^[4]