Debbie-Ann Parris-Thymes (born 24 March 1973 in

Trelawny Parish Trelawny (Jamaican Patois: ''Trilaani'' or ''Chrilaani'') is a parish in the county of Cornwall in northwest Jamaica. Its capital is Falmouth. It is bordered by the parishes of Saint Ann in the east, Saint James in the west, and Saint Elizab ...

) is a

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n athlete who mainly competes in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once ...

event. She finished 4th in the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. She has also won medals in

relay A relay Electromechanical relay schematic showing a control coil, four pairs of normally open and one pair of normally closed contacts An automotive-style miniature relay with the dust cover taken off A relay is an electrically operated switch ...

. Parris-Thymes ran track collegiately at

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and was elected to the

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in 2017.

Personal bests

* 400 metres - 51.42 (2001) *

- 53.88 (2001)

Achievements

Coaching career

Parris-Thymes has been an assistant coach for the

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team from 2005–present.; accessed August 26, 2017.

References

1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Trelawny Parish Jamaican female hurdlers Jamaican female sprinters Olympic athletes for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Jamaica Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Jamaica World Athletics Championships medalists LSU Lady Tigers track and field athletes LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers track and field coaches Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics FISU World University Games gold medalists for Jamaica Universiade silver medalists for Jamaica World Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Pan American Games competitors for Jamaica 21st-century Jamaican women Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Jamaican Athletics Championships winners {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub