玛莲•奥蒂 merlene ottey-page （田径 牙买加、斯洛文尼亚）
athens, 21 august 2004, games of the xxviii olympiad. women's athletics, 100m: merlene ottey of slovenja finishes the semifinal at the 5th place and is not qualified.
born: 10 may 1960
birthplace: cold spring (jamaica)
nationality: slovenia
sport: athletics
attendance at the olympic games
moscow 1980
los angeles 1984
seoul 1988
barcelona 1992
atlanta 1996
sydney 2000
athens 2004
awards
olympic medals:
silver: 3
bronze: 5
other results:
world championships
gold: 3 (91, 93, 95)
silver: 4 (1983, 93, 95)
bronze: 7 (83, 87, 91, 93, 97)
world indoor championships
gold: 3 (89, 91, 95)
silver: 2 ( 87, 91)
bronze: 1 (1989)
the queen without a crown
merlene ottey competed in six editions of the olympic games for jamaica and one edition for slovenia (athens 2004). she was introduced to athletics by her mother. her very long olympic career began at the moscow games in 1980. she finished sixth with the jamaican relay team in the final. but it was in the 200m that she shone to take the bronze medal, an olympic first by a female athlete in her country.
four years later at the los angeles games, she once again excelled, taking two bronze medals, in the 100 and 200m. she again led the 4x100m relay team in the final, which this time finished in eighth place.
although injured, she ended her third olympic games in seoul in 1988 with a fourth-place finish in the 200m, and two eliminations in the 100m semi-final and relay final.
the woman who was elected “athlete of the year” 15 times in jamaica won a new bronze medal at the 1992 barcelona games, still in the 200m. over 100m, she finished fifth, and in the 4x100m relay, jamaica failed once again in the final by not finishing the race.
at 36, she found recognition at the atlanta olympic games in 1996. there she won three medals. in the 100m, she finished at the same time as the usa’s gail devers, separated only by the photo finish, the gold being awarded to devers. in the 200m, merlene finished 12 hundredths of a second behind france’s marie-josé perec. in the 4x100m relay, jamaica was rewarded with the bronze medal in a thrilling neck-and-neck race, with the usa finally victorious and the bahamas second.
the sydney 2000 olympic games allowed merlene ottey to win a silver medal with the relay behind the bahamas. the 100m final ended with her taking fourth place.
competing for slovenia, her coach’s country and her new adopted country since 2002, merlene ottey competed in her last olympic games in athens in 2004. at the age of 44, she managed to qualify for the semi-finals in the sprint events.
only an olympic title is lacking from her incredible career tally of eight medals at the games (a record) and 14 world championship medals, including two world titles over 200m, in 1993 and 1995, and another obtained with the jamaican relay team in 1991.
along with swedish fencer kirstin palm, she is the only woman to have competed at seven editions of the olympic games.
生日：1960年5月10日
出生地：冷泉，牙买加
国籍: 牙买加、斯洛文尼亚
项目: 田径
参加奥运会时间：
1980年苏联莫斯科夏季奥运会
1984年美国洛杉矶夏季奥运会
1988年韩国汉城夏季奥运会
1992年西班牙巴塞罗纳夏季奥运会
1996年美国亚特兰大夏季奥运会
2000年澳大利亚悉尼夏季奥运会
2004年希腊雅典夏季奥运会
奥运成绩:
银牌3 枚
铜牌5 枚
其他成绩:
世界锦标赛
金牌3 枚 1991年1993年1995年
银牌4 枚 1983年1993年1995年
铜牌7 枚 1983年1987年1991年1993年1997年
世界室内锦标赛
金牌3 枚 1989年1991年1995年
银牌2 枚 1987年1991年
铜牌1 枚 1989年
没有皇冠的女皇
玛莲•奥蒂小的时候，就在妈妈的带领下开始接受田径训练，在她的运动生涯中，她代表牙买加参加了六届奥运会，代表斯洛文尼亚参加了一届奥运会。1980年玛莲•奥蒂在苏联莫斯科参加了自己的第一届奥运会，这也是牙买加第一次有女子运动员参加奥运会比赛。在参加的接力比赛的决赛中，奥蒂和队友名列第六，随后，她在200米项目中获得一枚铜牌。四年后的1984年美国洛杉矶夏季奥运会上，她再次在100米和200米比赛中获得两枚铜牌。
尽管她在之前的训练中受伤，但奥蒂还是参加了1988年韩国汉城的夏季奥运会，并在200米比赛中名列第四。1992年奥蒂参加了西班牙巴塞罗纳夏季奥运会，但仍然与金牌无缘，只获得一枚铜牌。 1996年，36岁的奥蒂来到美国亚特兰大，继续为自己的奥运会金牌之梦而努力，在这里，她收获了三枚奖牌，100米比赛中，她以微弱的差距与金牌擦肩而过，200米项目中，她再次以0.12秒的成绩屈居亚军，4x100米接力比赛仍然没能使奥蒂实现自己的奥运金牌之梦，她和队友只获得一枚铜牌。
2000年澳大利亚悉尼夏季奥运会上，奥蒂和队友获得一枚接力银牌，但奥蒂仍然没能拿到自己期望已久的一枚奥运金牌。 2002年后，奥蒂和自己的斯洛文尼亚教练一起开始代表斯洛文尼亚参加比赛，并在自己44岁的时候参加了2004年希腊雅典夏季奥运会。
在自己的运动员生涯中，奥蒂总共15次当选牙买加年度运动员，她也是奥运历史上，两位参加过七届奥运会的运动员之一。 她总共创纪录的获得八枚奥运奖牌，并且获得过14枚世界锦标赛的奖牌，但她却始终与奥运金牌无缘。