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Merlene Ottey

1960 - Today

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Merlene Joyce Ottey (born 10 May 1960) is a Jamaican-Slovenian former track and field sprinter. She began her career representing Jamaica in 1978 and continued to do so for 24 years before representing Slovenia from 2002 to 2012. She is ranked sixth on the all-time list over 60 metres (indoor), eleventh on the all-time list over 100 metres and seventh on the all-time list over 200 metres. She is the current world indoor record holder for 200 metres with 21.87 seconds, set in 1993. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Merlene Ottey is the 314th most popular athlete (down from 85th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 12th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Jamaican Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Merlene Ottey ranks 314 out of 6,025. Before her are Vyacheslav Ivanov, Prosper Bruggeman, Karen Hoff, Jürgen Schult, Frank Loomis, and Maurice Greene. After her are Faina Melnik, Galina Zybina, Carlo Agostoni, Ron Clarke, Eero Lehtonen, and Georgios Orphanidis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Merlene Ottey ranks 155. Before her are Damon Wayans, Tommy Thayer, Franz Welser-Möst, Mart Laar, Jürgen Schult, and Richard Linklater. After her are Wayne Rainey, Micheál Martin, Fabiola Gianotti, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Nobuyo Fujishiro, and Omar Sharmarke.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Merlene Ottey ranks 23 out of 189. Before her are Madge Sinclair (1938), Millie Small (1947), George Rhoden (1926), Jacob Miller (1952), George Kerr (1937), and Cedella Booker (1926). After her are Stephen Hopkins (1958), Shaggy (1968), Patrick Ewing (1962), Sean Paul (1973), Mary Seacole (1805), and DJ Kool Herc (1955).

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Among ATHLETES In Jamaica

Among athletes born in Jamaica, Merlene Ottey ranks 5. Before her are Ben Johnson (1961), Usain Bolt (1986), George Rhoden (1926), and George Kerr (1937). After her are Veronica Campbell-Brown (1982), Carol (null), Lennox Miller (1946), Don Quarrie (1951), Elaine Thompson (1992), Asafa Powell (1982), and Arthur Wint (1920).

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