Tayna Lawrence

Tayna Lawrence
Personal information
Born17 September 1975 (1975-09-17) (age 50)
Spanish Town, Jamaica
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Olympic Games
2004 Athens 4 × 100 m relay
2000 Sydney 4 × 100 m relay
2000 Sydney 100 metres

Tayna Lawrence (born 17 September 1975 in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a retired Track and field sprint athlete who competed internationally for Jamaica. She is an Olympic gold medalist in the 4 × 100 meter relay race.

Lawrence graduated from Florida International University, in Miami, Florida, US. She sustained a leg injury and had to undergo surgery in 2003, missing the World Championships in Paris. She was severely hampered by a series of stress fractures in 2001, which ruled her out of the World Championships.

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