Merlene Ottey Profile
| Birthday: 10 May 1960 Birthplace: Pondside (Cold Springs, Jamaica) Height: 173 cm Weight: 59 kilos Residence: Ljubliana, Slovenia Education: Bachelor of Arts Degree (Nebraska University, 1980-1984) Title: Roving ambassador for Jamaica Sponsor: TMG Trainer: Sryidian Djordevic (Slovenia) Manager: Renee van der Harst Website: http://www.merlene.subnet.dk Fanclub: otteyfanclub@hotmail.com |
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| Medals at Olympic Games: 8 (record for a woman) Medals at World Outdoor Championships: 14 (record) Medals at World Indoor Championships: 6 Medals at international and regional Championships: 41 (record) Personal Best 60 metres: 6.96 sec. (1992) Personal Best 100 metres: 10.74 sec. (1996) Personal Best 200 metres: 21.64 sec. (1991) Times under 11 seconds over 100 metres: 67 (record) Times under 22 seconds over 200 metres: 16 (record) Unbeaten in 57 100 metre finals (1987-1991) Unbeaten in 36 200 metre finals (1989-1991) Holds the world indoor record at 200 metres (21.87 sec.) Holds the world indoor record at 300 metres (35.83 sec.) Holds the world indoor record at 300 yards (32.63 sec.) Holds the world best time at 150 metres (16.46 sec.) Holds 14 world age records at 100 metres (30 - 44 years) Holds 12 world age records at 200 metres (30 - 43 years) |
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Claire Forrester and Alvin Campell have written an authorized biography on Merlene Ottey called "Unyielding Spirit" and you can order it at:
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