Jennifer Frances Lamy (born 28 February 1949) is a former

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n sprinter. Lamy's international debut came at the

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, where she won a silver medal in the 220 yards race behind countrywoman

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and shared in a sprint relay gold medal. Still a junior at the

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she won a bronze medal in

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behind the Polish gold medalist

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and another Australian,

Raelene Boyle Raelene Ann Boyle (born 24 June 1951) is an Australian retired athlete, who represented Australia at three Olympic Games as a sprinter, winning three silver medals, and was named one of 100 National Living Treasures by the National Trust of ...

. 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

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Hall of Fame in 2014.

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1949 births Living people Australian people of French descent Australian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic female sprinters Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) Australian Athletics Championships winners {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub