Tayna Lawrence
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Tayna Lawrence (born 17 September 1975 in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a retired Track and field sprint athlete who competed internationally for Jamaica. She is an Olympic gold medalist in the 4 × 100 meter relay race.
Lawrence graduated from Florida International University, in Miami, Florida, US. She sustained a leg injury and had to undergo surgery in 2003, missing the World Championships in Paris. She was severely hampered by a series of stress fractures in 2001, which ruled her out of the World Championships.
Personal bests
| Date | Event | Venue | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2002 | 100 m | Brussels, Belgium | 10.93 |
| 1 May 2000 | 200 m | Pointe-á-Pitre, France | 22.84 |
* Marion Jones, the American athlete who finished in first place, was stripped of her gold medal in October 2007 following a doping scandal. Ekaterini Thanou, the Greek athlete who finished second place, was later suspended for two years following various scandals at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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- 1975 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Spanish Town
- Athletes from Saint Catherine Parish
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Jamaican women sprinters
- Olympic athletes for Jamaica
- Olympic gold medalists for Jamaica
- Olympic silver medalists for Jamaica
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Olympic women sprinters
- 20th-century Jamaican women
- 21st-century Jamaican sportswomen
- FIU Panthers women's track and field athletes