Inez Turner

Inez Turner
Personal information
Born	3 January 1972 (age 52); Trewlany,Jamaica
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Jamaica
World Championships
Commonwealth Games
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
CARIFTA Games ; Junior (U20)
CARIFTA Games (Under 17s)

Inez Turner (born 3 January 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.^{[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
1988	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Kingston, Jamaica	1st	800 m	2:10.00
1989	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	400 m	52.7
1989	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	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
	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.09
1991	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	400 m	53.80
	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	800 m	2:08.36
	Pan American Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	1st	800 m	2:04.57
	Pan American Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.13
	Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba	5th	800 m	2:02.68
	Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba	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
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:23.83
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	1st	800 m	2:01.74
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.63
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	6th	800 m	2:02.00
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	–	800 m	DQ
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	21st (h)	800 m	2:01.48
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	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
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	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]

References

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

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[carifta1-1] Carifta Games Magazine, Part 2 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012, retrieved 12 October 2011

[2] Carifta Games Magazine, Part 3 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012, retrieved 12 October 2011

[3] Disqualified in the semifinal.

[4] Mujeres Rápidas - Inez Turner (in Spanish), retrieved 27 March 2012

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