Inez Turner (born 3 January 1972) is a retired female sprinter and middle-distance runner from Jamaica.
Career Turner competed for the Barton Cougars track and field team in the NJCAA and then transferred to the Texas State Bobcats track and field team, where she competed in the NCAA.
In 1991 she was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the 1991 CARIFTA Games. 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.
Personal bests 400 meters - 51.38 (1993) 800 meters - 1:59.49 (1995)
International competitions Representing 1988 CARIFTA Games (U-17) Kingston, Jamaica2nd400 m54.861st800 m2:10.00 1989 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Bridgetown, Barbados1st400 m52.71st800 m2:07.6 1990 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Kingston, Jamaica2nd400 m54.791st800 m2:10.581st4 × 400 m relay3:38.28 Central American and CaribbeanJunior Championships (U-20) Havana, Cuba2nd400 m53.911st800 m2:09.162nd4 × 400 m relay3:38.07World Junior ChampionshipsPlovdiv, Bulgaria3rd (h)Disqualified in the semifinal.800m2:06.692nd4 × 400 m relay3:31.09 1991 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago1st400 m53.801st800 m2:08.36 Pan American Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica1st800 m2:04.571st4 × 400 m relay3:33.13 Pan American Games Havana, Cuba5th800 m2:02.683rd4 × 400 m relay3:28.33 1993UniversiadeBuffalo, United States2nd800 m2:04.14Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia3rd800 m52.64 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany11th (sf)400 m52.254th4 × 400 m relay3:23.83 1994 Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada1st800 m2:01.742nd4 × 400 m relay3:28.631995World Indoor ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain6th800 m2:02.00World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden –800 mDQ 1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States21st (h)800 m2:01.486th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:25.33 1997World Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France9th (sf)800 m2:03.51 World Championships Athens, Greece28th (h)400 m53.343rd4 × 400 m relay3:21.30 NR
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Picture of Inez Turner
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