Tayna Lawrence

Tayna Lawrence is a retired Track and field sprint athlete who competed internationally for Jamaica. She is an Olympic gold medalist in the Athletics at the [2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|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 2003 [World Championships in Athletics|World Championships in Paris]. She was severely hampered by a series of stress fractures in 2001, which ruled her out of the World Championships.

Personal bests

* Marion Jones, the American athlete who finished in first place, was stripped of her gold medal in October 2007 following a doping scandal. Ekaterini Thanou, the Greek athlete who finished second place, was later suspended for two years following various scandals at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Videos