Una Morris

Una Morris

Una Morris at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Birth name	Una Lorraine Morris
Born	(1947-01-17) January 17, 1947 Kingston, Jamaica
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Sprint
Club	Kingston Technical High School Cal Poly Pomona Broncos
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m – 11.4 (1968) 200 m – 23.58 (1964) 400 m – 53.9 (1966)
Medal record Representing  Jamaica Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg 4×100 m relay British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1966 Kingston 440 yd 1966 Kingston 4×110 yd relay

Una Lorraine Morris (born January 17, 1947) is a retired Jamaican sprinter. She competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics in eight sprint events in total, with the best achievement of fourth place in the 200 metres in 1964. She won a bronze medal in the 4×100 metres relay at the 1967 Pan American Games.^[1] in 1963 and 1964 she was chosen as Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year.

Currently she is a radiologist and owner of the restaurant Kingston Cafe in Pasadena, California, as featured on an episode of American reality show Kitchen Nightmares.^[2]

Career highlights

• Youngest Jamaican to be in the top four in the Olympics.
• Held the Jamaican national record in the 200 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters and pentathlon.
• Held the world indoor 300 meters broke it 1967 in Vancouver British Columbia.
• Won the first NCAA women's 200 meters in Illinois Chicago.
• Won AAU indoors 200 meters.
• Silver medalist AAU 400 meters 1964
• Won; gold medalist in CAC games 200 meters and 4X100 meter relay.
• Silver Medalist in 200 meters World vs the Americas.

Bronze medalist in the women's 440 yards Commonwealth games 1966. School Girl Champion in girls championship 1964 and 1965. Broke the Jamaican National record in 220 yards and 440 yards as a High Schooler.

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