Grace Jackson
| Medal record | ||
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| Women’s Athletics | ||
Representing  Jamaica
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1988 Seoul | 200 metres |
| World Indoor Championships | ||
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1989 Budapest | 200 metres |
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1987 Indianapolis | 200 metres |
Grace Jackson (born 14 June 1961 in St. Ann, Jamaica, West Indies Federation ) is a retired Jamaican athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 and 200 metres.
Jackson reached the 100 and 200 m finals in the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympic Games and the 200 m final in Barcelona in 1992.
Her breakthrough performance was at the 1988 Summer Olympics, held in Seoul, South Korea. She won a silver medal over 200 m behind Florence Griffith-Joyner, defeating then 200 m World Champion Silke Moller, Heike Drechsler and team mate Merlene Ottey. She also won a bronze medal at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
A detailed biography was published.[1]
Achievements
Personal Bests:
- 100 metres - 11.08sec (1988) - also ran 10.97 wind-assisted (+3.0) in 1988
- 200 metres - 21.72sec (1988) - stood as Jamaican Record from 1988-1990
- 400 metres - 49.57sec (1989) - stood as Jamaican Record from 1989-2002
References
- ^ Personalities - SMALL, Grace Jackson, The Gleaner Company Limited, retrieved 20 January 2012
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