Tayna Lawrence

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Women's athletics
Olympic medal record
Gold	2004 Athens	4x100 m relay
Silver	2000 Sydney	4x100 m relay
Silver	2000 Sydney	100 metres

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

She graduated at Florida International University, in Miami, Florida, USA. 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.

[edit] Personal bests

Date	Event	Venue	Time
August 30, 2002	100 m	Brussels, Belgium	10.93
May 1, 2000	200 m	Pointe-á-Pitre, France	22.84

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
2000	2000 Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	3rd*	100 m
2000	2000 Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	2nd	4x100 m
2002	IAAF World Cup	Madrid, Spain	2nd	100 m
2002	IAAF Grand Prix	Paris, France	3rd	100 m
2004	2004 Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	1st	4x100 m

* Marion Jones, the American athlete who finished in first place, turned in 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 Olympics.