Emre Zafer Barnes


Emre Zafer Barnes, 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 [List of Turkey|Turkish records in athletics|Turkish record] in [4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 metres|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.

Competition record

Following contains competitions with medal wins only: