Juliet Cuthbert
Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (born 9 April 1964, in Saint Thomas, Jamaica) is a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the sprints (100 and 200 metres). Cuthbert-Flynn has competed at four Olympic Games. She won two silver medals at the 1992 games held in Barcelona.
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| Birth name | Juliet Cuthbert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 April 1964 Saint Thomas, Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Politician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Cuthbert attended Morant Bay High School and later Olney High School in Philadelphia and the University of Texas in Austin, Texas.
She is also the Jamaica Labour Party's Member of Parliament for the St. Andrew West Rural constituency, defeating the People's National Party candidate Hugh Buchanan in Jamaica's General Elections held February 25, 2016
College
While at Texas, she won the Broderick Award, (later referred to as the Honda-Broderick Award and now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate track and field competitor in 1986.[1][2]
Career
Cuthbert competed for her native country of Jamaica in the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain, in both the 100 meter sprint and the 200 meter sprint in which she won the silver medals in both competitions, finishing behind the Americans Gail Devers and Gwen Torrence respectively. After running a good second leg in the 4 x 100 meter sprint relay final, Cuthbert injured a muscle in her leg - before she competed in the second chance and dropped out of the race. This was a disappointing finish to the Summer Olympic Games for her and the other women of the Jamaican relay team. In 1992, Cuthbert was also voted as the Jamaican "Sportswoman of the Year".
Four years later at the Atlanta Olympic Games of 1996, Cuthbert helped the Jamaican 4 x 100 meter sprint relay team along with Michelle Freeman, Nikole Mitchell, and Merlene Ottey finish in third place and win the bronze medal.
With the Jamaican sprint relay team, Cuthbert also won a gold medal (1991) and two silver medals (1995, 1997) at World Championships in Athletics (actually, track and field) .
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 1978 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | Nassau, Bahamas | 3rd | 100 m | 12.38 (-0.1 m/s) |
| 1980 | Hamilton, Bermuda | 1st | 12.0 | ||
| 2nd | 200 m | 25.58 | |||
| Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17) | Nassau, Bahamas | 100 m | 12.0 | ||
| 4th | 200 m | 25.3 | |||
References
- "Longhorn Legends: Juliet Cuthbert". University of Texas Athletics. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- "Track & Field". CWSA. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
External links
- Juliet Cuthbert at World Athletics
- Juliet Cuthbert at the International Olympic Committee
- Juliet Cuthbert at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
