Emre Zafer Barnes

Emre Zafer Barnes
Winston Barnes at the Salzburg Athletics Gala on 20 May 2015.
Personal information
Nationality Turkey
Born (1988-11-07) 7 November 1988
Spanish Town, Jamaica
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)
100 m, 4x100 m relay
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
World Junior Championships
2006 Beijing 4×100 m relay
CARIFTA Games (Junior)
2006 Les Abymes 4×100 m relay
CARIFTA Games (Youth)
2004 Hamilton 4×100 m relay
2004 Hamilton 200 m
Representing  Turkey
European Championships
2018 Berlin 4×100 m relay
European Indoor Championships
2019 Glasgow 60 m
Islamic Solidarity Games
2021 Konya 4×100 m relay
2017 Baku 4×100 m relay
2021 Konya 100 m
Mediterranean Games
2018 Tarragona 100 m
2018 Tarragona 4×100 m relay
Representing Europe
Continental Cup
2018 Ostrava 4x100 m relay

Emre Zafer Barnes, (born Winston Barnes on 7 November 1988) is a Jamaica-born Turkish sprinter. Barnes won the 100 m race at the 2015 Salzburg Athletics Gala in Austria. Also at 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games he was awarded third place while he was in 4th place due to photo finish mistakes.

By July 2015, he switched allegiance to Turkey, and adopted the Turkish given name Emre Zafer. In his first season in Turkey, Barnes was the member of the team, which set a new Turkish record in 4 × 100 m relay in Erzurum.

He competed in the 100 m event at the 2016 Ricardo Romo Invitational of University of Texas at San Antonio, USA, and earned a quota spot for the 2016 Summer Olympics with his performance.