Lorna Marie Boothe (born 5 December 1954 in

Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley Inter ...

) is an English former 100 metres hurdler. She is the

1978 Commonwealth Games The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta from 3 to 12 August 1978, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montreal, Quebec. They were boycotted by Nigeria, in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with apar ...

gold medallist and the

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silver medallist. She is also a former British record holder in the event. She went on to become a senior athletics administrator. She competed in the

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in Montreal and

1980 Summer Olympic Games The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

in Moscow and was the gold medalist in the 100m hurdles at the Commonwealth games in

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and the silver medallist in the event in

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. She went on to become the athletics GB team manager for 9 years and was the Senior Team Manager for the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

. She has worked for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and was involved in setting up the IAAF Academy and World Class Coaches Club and the lottery funded World Class Performance Programme. She is a member of English Sports Council Racial Equality Advisory Group and helped set up the Sporting Equals programme with the Commission for Racial Equality. She coaches hurdlers and sprinters at junior level and is on the Board of the Olympians Committee UK. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the

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for services to Sports Coaching and Administration. Her son Tremayne Gilling is a sprinter with a personal best time of 10.25 seconds over 100 metres.

International competitions

All results regarding 100 metres hurdles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boothe, Lorna 1954 births Living people Athletes from Kingston, Jamaica Jamaican emigrants to the United Kingdom English female hurdlers British female hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Members of the Order of the British Empire Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games