Sport
Landmark
Merlene Ottey
born 1960
Sprinter with nine Olympic medals over a career of seven Games
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Why they are here
One of the most durable sprinters in history, who won Olympic medals for Jamaica across two decades.
Ottey won her first Olympic medal in Moscow in 1980 and was still reaching finals in her forties, by then running for Slovenia. She also won a long series of World Championship medals, including the 200 metres titles in 1993 and 1995.
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