Merlene Ottey

Merlene Ottey (b. May 10, 1960 in Hanover, Jamaica) is a track athlete. Beginning her career as a Jamaican sprinter she now resides in, and represents Slovenia. She ranks at number four on the list of top ten all time female athletes on the 100 meters, and number three on the list of the top ten all time athletes on the 200 meters - women.

Records and achievements

• Ottey ranks at number three on the list of the top ten all time athletes on the 200 meters - women, and number four on the 100 meter list.
• Ottey has won a record number of medals at the indoor championships —six.
• Ottey is the first female athlete to run 60 meters under seven seconds, 100 metres under eleven seconds—a feat she has accomplished 67 times — and 200 metres Indoor under 22 seconds. She has also clocked the fastest 100 and 200 meters in the same day.
• Ottey has 57 consecutive wins in 100 meters—the most censecutive wins over 100 meters for a female, and 34 consecutive wins at 200 meters.
• Ottey is the fastest in the world among all female athletes over 30. She has recorded the fastest time for any female athlete at age 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and age 40.
• Ottey is the only track athlete to have achieved four medals in the same game. She is also the first from the Western Hemisphere (outside the USA) to win two individual medals at the same game.
• At the 1995 World Championships, Ottey became the oldest ever female gold medallist when she won the 200 m at age 35 years 92 days. At the 1997 World Championships in Athens, she became the oldest female medallist ever at 37 years 90 days, when she won the bronze medal. In 2000, at age 40, Ottey became the oldest track and field medalist when she anchored the Jamaican women's 4×100 meters to a silver medal.
• Ottey is also one of two athletes to win twenty medals at the Olympic Games and the World Championships.
• Ottey holds the record for running the fastest women's Indoor 200 metres, in 21.87 seconds.
• In five World Championships, Ottey has so far won thirteen medals: three gold, four silver and six bronze medals, while at the Olympics she has earned two silver and five bronze medals.
• Ottey has won more Olympic medals than any other athlete from the Western Hemisphere. She is also the first female Caribbean athlete to win an Olympic medal.
• Ottey's Olympics Medals:
• Moscow 1980 200 m Bronze
• Los Angeles 1984 100 m & 200 m Bronze
• Barcelona 1992 200 m Bronze
• Atlanta 1996 100 m & 200 m Silver & 4 x 100 m relay Bronze
• Sydney 2000 4 x 100 m relay Silver
• Ottey has the most women's World Chanpionships medals with fourteen:
• Helsinki 1983 200 m Silver & 4 x 100 m relay Bronze
• Rome 1987 100 m & 200 m Bronze
• Tokyo 1991 100 m & 200 m Bronze & 4 x 100 m relay Gold
• Stuttgart 1993 100 m Silver & 200 m Gold & 4 x 100 m relay Bronze
• Gothenburg 1995 100 m Silver & 200 m Gold & 4 x 100 m relay Silver
• Athens 1997 200 m Bronze