Lee Michelle Naylor (born 26 January 1971 in Shepparton, Victoria) is a retired sprinter from

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. She qualified to the quarter-finals in the

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at the

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before finishing 8th and ran on her national

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team that finished sixth in the qualifying round. At the

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she repeated qualifying to the quarter-finals then finishing 8th in the quarterfinals. At the

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her relay team captured the bronze medal. She ran the third leg on her relay team at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unprecedent ...

that won gold. She also set her personal record at 51.35 that year. At the

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she was disqualified for a lane violation. Naylor received a doctorate in

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from the

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. She was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours. She is the mother of Australian rules football player

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* 1971 births Living people People from Shepparton Sportswomen from Victoria (Australia) Australian female sprinters Olympic athletes of Australia Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia World Athletics Championships medalists University of Melbourne alumni {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub