Paula Dunn
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 December 1964 Bradford, West Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Stretford AC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paula Dunn MBE, (formerly Thomas, born 3 December 1964) is an English former sprinter who competed in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay. She represented Great Britain in all three events at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. She is a five-time Commonwealth Games medallist, including winning silver (1986) and bronze (1994) in the 100 metres. During the 1990s, she competed as Paula Thomas (her then married name). Her personal bests of 11.15 secs in the 100 metres and 22.69 secs in the 200 metres, were the fastest times run by a British female sprinter during the 1990s.