Gillian Russell

Gillian Russell
Medal record

Women’s Athletics
Competitor for Jamaica
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	4x100m relay
World Indoor Championships
	1997 Paris	60m hurdles
World Junior Championships
	1990 Sudbury	100m hurdles
	1990 Sudbury	4x100m relay
	1992 Seoul	100m hurdles
	1992 Seoul	4x100m relay

Gillian Russell-Love (born 28 September 1973 in St. Andrews) is a Jamaican athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles.

Career

In her early career she won four gold medals at the World Junior Championships, which is a record.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Jamaica
1988	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Kingston, Jamaica	1st	100 m	11.90
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	100 m	12.04 (-0.2 m/s)
			1st	100 m hurdles	14.64 (-0.2 m/s)
			1st	4x100 m relay	46.75
	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	10th (sf)	100m hurdles	13.95 w (wind: +3.8m/s)
1990	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Kingston, Jamaica	1st	100 m hurdles	13.8 (1.8 m/s)
	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Kingston, Jamaica	1st	4x100 m relay	45.39
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Havana, Cuba	2nd	100 m	11.83 (-0.4 m/s)
			5th	200 m	24.77 (-0.5 m/s)
			2nd	100 m hurdles	13.86 (-0.2 m/s)
			1st	4x100 m relay	45.62
	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	1st	100 m hurdles,	13.31 (wind: +0.3m/s) PB
	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	1st	4 x 100 m relay	43.82
1992	World Junior Championships	Seoul, South Korea	1st	100 m hurdles	13.21 (wind: +1.0m/s)
	World Junior Championships	Seoul, South Korea	1st	4 x 100 m relay	43.96
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	14th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.35
1993	Universiade	Buffalo, United States	4th	100 m hurdles	13.46
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	16th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.12 (0.3 m/s)
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	5th	100 m hurdles	12.96 (0.2 m/s)
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	9th (qf)	100 m hurdles	12.78 (1.4 m/s)
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	3rd	4x100 m relay	43.36 (h)
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.84
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1st	100 m hurdles	12.70 CR
	Goodwill Games	Uniondale, United States	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.78
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.66 PB
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	3rd	4 x 100 m relay	44.89
1999	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	100 m hurdles	13.25
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	25th (qf)	100 m hurdles	13.12 (0.2 m/s)

External links

Gillian Russell profile at IAAF^[1]
Picture of Gillian Russell^[2]

References

↑ http://www2.iaaf.org/Results/Bio/63411.html
↑ Hart, Duane, 26548 - Gillian Russell (Jamaica) Winner 100m Hurdles. Commonwealth Games 1998. Kuala Lumpur 1998., Sportingimages.net, retrieved 26 March 2012

Commonwealth Games champions in women's 100 metres hurdles

1934–1966: 80 m hurdles 1970–present: 100 m hurdles

1934: Marjorie Clark (SAF) 1938: Barbara Burke (SAF) 1950: Shirley Strickland (AUS) 1954: Edna Maskell (NRH) 1958: Norma Thrower (AUS) 1962–1970: Pam Kilborn (AUS) 1974: Judy Vernon (ENG) 1978: Lorna Boothe (ENG) 1982: Shirley Strong (ENG) 1986: Sally Gunnell (ENG) 1990: Kay Morley (WAL) 1994: Michelle Freeman (JAM) 1998: Gillian Russell (JAM) 2002: Lacena Golding-Clarke (JAM) 2006: Brigitte Foster-Hylton (JAM) 2010–2014: Sally Pearson (AUS)

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