About Peta-Gaye Dowdie
Born 1977. Peta-Gaye Dowdie is an American athletics competitor.
Peta-Gaye Dowdie (born 18 January 1977) is a Jamaican sprinter. As a member of the Jamaican sprint relay team she won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships and gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and 2007 Pan American Games.
Dowdie ran for St. Jago High School and then ran track collegiately at Louisiana State University. She was controversially replaced by Merlene Ottey on the Jamaican 2000 Olympic 100 metres team, despite Dowdie beating Ottey at the Jamaican trials.
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Who is Peta-Gaye Dowdie?
Jamaican sprinter
When was Peta-Gaye Dowdie born?
Peta-Gaye Dowdie was born on 18 January 1977 in Saint Elizabeth Parish.
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Peta-Gaye Dowdie is an athletics competitor.
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Peta-Gaye Dowdie is American.
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