Lorna Boothe

Lorna Marie Boothe (born 5 December 1954) is a British/Jamaican former 100 metres hurdler who competed at two Olympic Games. She is also a former British record holder in the event and became a senior athletics administrator.

Biography Boothe finished second behind Liz Damman in the 100 metres hurdles event at the 1975 WAAA Championships.

At the 1976 Olympics Games in Montreal, Boothe represented Great Britain in the women's 100 metres hurdles.

Booth became the British 100 metres hurdles champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1977 WAAA Championships and then the following year represented England at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada and wo a gold medal.

She competed in the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow and was the silver medallist in the event in 1982.

She went on to become the athletics GB team manager for 9 years and was the Senior Team Manager for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. 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 2019 New Year Honours for services to Sports Coaching and Administration.

Personal life 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