Jenny Lamy
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  Australia
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1968 Mexico City | 200 metres |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
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1966 Kingston | 4x110y relay |
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1970 Edinburgh | 4x100 m relay |
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1974 Christchurch | 4x100 m relay |
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1966 Kingston | 220 yards |
Jennifer Frances Lamy (born 28 February 1949) is a former Australian sprinter.
Lamy's international debut came at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, where she won a silver medal in the 220 yards race behind countrywoman Dianne Burge and shared in a sprint relay gold medal.
Still a junior at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City she won a bronze medal in 200 metres behind the Polish gold medalist Irena Szewińska and another Australian, Raelene Boyle.
Lamy went on to compete in two further Commonwealth Games, winning gold-medals on each occasion as part of the Australian 4 × 100 metres relay teams.
In her career, she won three Australian national championships: the 200 m in 1967 and the 100 m/200 m sprint double in 1969.
Jenny was also one of the Australian 4x100 team who won Gold at the 1969 Pacific Conference Games in Tokyo.
She received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 and was inducted into the Athletics Australia Hall of Fame in 2014.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "LAMY, Jennifer". It's an Honour. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ "Quartet of stars inducted to Athletics Australia Hall of Fame". Australian Olympic Committee. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
External links
[edit]- Jennifer 'Jenny' Lamy at Athletics Australia at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 October 2007)
- Jennifer Lamy at World Athletics
- Jennifer Lamy at Olympics.com
- Jennifer Lamy at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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