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Jamaican sprinter (born 1973)
Lorraine Fenton
Birth name Lorraine Graham Nationality
Jamaican Born (1973-09-08 ) September 8, 1973 (age 50)
Manchester ,
Jamaica Country
Jamaica Sport
Athletics Event
400 m Retired 2006 (2006 ) Personal bests 100 m : 11.73 (1999)200 m : 22.63 (2001)400 m : 49.30 (2002)
Lorraine Fenton (born Lorraine Graham on 8 September 1973 in
Manchester ) is a retired
Jamaican athlete who specialized in the
400 metres .
Career
Her career highlight came when she won the Olympic silver medal in 2000, being the first Jamaican woman to win a medal in this event. She also won silver medals at the 2001 and 2003 World Championships, a bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships, as well as gold, silver and bronze medals in the relay. In 2002, she set a Jamaican record in 400 m with 49.30 seconds that lasted until 2024.
She missed the 2004 Olympic season due to a hamstring injury, but she returned to win a silver medal with the
4 x 400 metres relay team at the
2005 World Championships in Athletics (together with
Shericka Williams ,
Novlene Williams and
Ronetta Smith ). She retired after the 2006 season.
Achievements
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Notes
Representing
Jamaica
1997
IAAF World Championships
Athens ,
Greece
3rd
4x400m Relay
1998
IAAF Golden League / Grand Prix Final
Moscow ,
Russia
7th
400m
1999
IAAF World Championships
Seville ,
Spain
3rd
400m
2000
Olympic Games
Sydney ,
Australia
2nd
400m
2nd
4x400 m
IAAF Grand Prix Final
Doha ,
Qatar
1st
400m
2001
IAAF World Championships
Edmonton ,
Alberta
2nd
400m
1st
4x400 m
2002
IAAF Grand Prix Final
Paris ,
France
2nd
400m
2003
IAAF World Championships
Paris ,
France
2nd
400m
3rd
4x400 m
IAAF World Athletics Final
Monte Carlo ,
Monaco
2nd
400m
2005
IAAF World Championships
Helsinki ,
Finland
2nd
4x400 m
Personal bests
External links
1983 :
Kerstin Walther ,
Sabine Busch ,
Marita Koch ,
Dagmar Rübsam ,
Undine Bremer ,
Ellen Fiedler (GDR)
1987 :
Dagmar Neubauer ,
Kirsten Emmelmann ,
Petra Müller ,
Sabine Busch ,
Cornelia Ullrich (GDR)
1991 :
Tatyana Ledovskaya ,
Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova ,
Olga Nazarova ,
Olha Bryzhina ,
Anna Chuprina (URS)
1993 :
Gwen Torrence ,
Maicel Malone-Wallace ,
Natasha Kaiser ,
Jearl Miles ,
Terri Dendy ,
Michelle Collins (USA)
1995 :
Kim Graham ,
Rochelle Stevens ,
Camara Jones ,
Jearl Miles ,
Nicole Green (USA)
1997 :
Anke Feller ,
Uta Rohländer ,
Anja Rücker ,
Grit Breuer (GER)
1999 :
Tatyana Chebykina ,
Svetlana Goncharenko ,
Olga Kotlyarova ,
Natalya Nazarova ,
Natalya Sharova ,
Yekaterina Bakhvalova (RUS)
2001 :
Sandie Richards ,
Catherine Scott-Pomales ,
Debbie-Ann Parris ,
Lorraine Fenton ,
Michelle Burgher ,
Deon Hemmings (JAM)
2003 :
Demetria Washington ,
Jearl Miles Clark ,
Me'Lisa Barber ,
Sanya Richards ,
DeeDee Trotter (USA)
2005 :
Yuliya Pechonkina ,
Olesya Krasnomovets ,
Natalya Antyukh ,
Svetlana Pospelova ,
Tatyana Firova ,
Olesya Zykina (RUS)
2007 :
DeeDee Trotter ,
Allyson Felix ,
Mary Wineberg ,
Sanya Richards ,
Monique Hennagan ,
Natasha Hastings (USA)
2009 :
Debbie Dunn ,
Allyson Felix ,
Lashinda Demus ,
Sanya Richards ,
Natasha Hastings ,
Jessica Beard (USA)
2011 :
Sanya Richards-Ross ,
Allyson Felix ,
Jessica Beard ,
Francena McCorory ,
Natasha Hastings ,
Keshia Baker (USA)
2013 :
Jessica Beard ,
Natasha Hastings ,
Ashley Spencer ,
Francena McCorory ,
Joanna Atkins (USA)
2015 :
Christine Day ,
Shericka Jackson ,
Stephenie Ann McPherson ,
Novlene Williams-Mills ,
Anastasia Le-Roy ,
Chrisann Gordon (JAM)
2017 :
Quanera Hayes ,
Allyson Felix ,
Shakima Wimbley ,
Phyllis Francis ,
Kendall Ellis ,
Natasha Hastings (USA)
2019 :
Phyllis Francis ,
Sydney McLaughlin ,
Dalilah Muhammad ,
Wadeline Jonathas ,
Jessica Beard ,
Allyson Felix ,
Kendall Ellis ,
Courtney Okolo (USA)
2022 :
Talitha Diggs ,
Abby Steiner ,
Britton Wilson ,
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ,
Kaylin Whitney ,
Allyson Felix ,
Jaide Stepter Baynes (USA)
2023 :
Eveline Saalberg ,
Lieke Klaver ,
Cathelijn Peeters ,
Femke Bol ,
Lisanne de Witte (NED)