Jennifer Innis
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| Nationality | Guyanese, American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 November 1959 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sprinting | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 100 metres | ||||||||||||||
| College team | California State University, Los Angeles | ||||||||||||||
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Jennifer Innis (sometimes spelled Inniss; born 21 November 1959) is a Guyanese and American former sprinter and long jumper. Innis represented Guyana at the 1979 Pan American Games. She competed in the women's 100 metres and long jump at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1] Innis was a finalist in the 1983 World Championships long jump, finishing eleventh. For thirty years, she held the Guyanese women's national record for 100 meters at 11.26 seconds[2] until it was surpassed by Brenessa Thompson in 2017 with a time of 11.14 seconds.[3]
She was the model for the female bronze statue outside the Los Angeles Coliseum created by sculptor Robert Graham for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games.[4] Innis competed in the long jump at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]
Innis then represented the United States at the 1987 Pan American Games, winning a silver medal in the long jump. At the 1987 World Championships long jump, she finished seventh. At the 1989 World Indoor Championships, she placed eighth.
At the 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle, her final international event, she placed fifth in the long jump.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jennifer Innis Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ "Thompson qualifies for Olympic Games". Kaieteur News. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ GTIMES (19 June 2016). "Thompson shatters 30 year old record | Guyana Times". guyanatimesgy.com. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ Crowe, Jerry (11 December 2006). "Schroeder learns to grin and bare the naked truth". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
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- USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Guyanese female sprinters
- Olympic athletes for Guyana
- Guyanese female long jumpers
- American female long jumpers
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Guyana
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States
- Guyanese emigrants to the United States
- California State University, Los Angeles alumni
- Guyanese people of African descent
- Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
- 20th-century American sportswomen
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles women's track and field athletes