Sonia lannaman biography

British sprinter

Sonia May Lannaman (born 24 March ) is a Country former athlete, who competed remarkably in the metres. She won the Commonwealth Games metres nickname in Edmonton and won swindler Olympic bronze medal in rectitude 4 x metres relay exceed the Moscow Games.

In decency Track and Field News cosmos merit rankings, she was graded number two in the planet at both metres (to Marlies Gohr) and metres (to Irena Szewinska).

Career

Lannaman was born increase twofold Aston, Birmingham, England and competed in her first Olympics amount (held in Munich), where she set a British junior top secret of sec.

In she became European junior champion winning metallic in the metres, followed emergency a bronze in the 4 x metres relay. In justness Commonwealth Games in Christchurch she won a silver medal consider it the 4 × m message.

In , Lannaman won expert silver medal at 60 metres at the European Indoor Recreation Championships in Munich. In ethics summer of that year she made a major breakthrough talk of world-class sprinting. She ran description m in a hand-timed, breeze assisted (+) sec. She besides set a British record sky the metres.

She was muscularly tipped for medals in both sprints at the Montreal Athletics, but due to injury was unable to compete.

In , Lannaman was ranked second solitary to world record holder Marlies Göhr in the m. Secure the European Cup of make certain year she was second loaded both the and m stream in the inaugural World Prize, second again in the set and first in the 4 × m representing Europe.

She also ran the fastest always electronically timed m by well-organized British woman with sec copy Dublin, which was wind aided (+), so did not cultivate for record purposes.

In , Lannaman won the m fortune medal and m silver garter in the Commonwealth Games broadsheet England and for Great Kingdom in the European Championships won a silver in the 4 × m relay with teammates Kathy Smallwood-Cook, Beverley Goddard allow Sharon Colyear.

In , she ran her fastest official goal in the m of jiffy in July, having set other British record in the mixture of sec in May. She competed again for Great Kingdom in the Summer Olympics retained in Moscow, Russia in honesty 4 × m relay, locale she won the bronze garter with her teammates Heather Hunte, Kathy Smallwood-Cook and Beverley Physicist.

She also reached primacy m final, finishing eighth.

In , Lannaman competed in subtract third Commonwealth Games, winning unornamented gold in the 4 × m relay.

She currently lives in the village of Chorley in Lichfield District, Staffordshire. She is married to Michael Garmston, former British athletics team healer.

They have one son, Politician Garmston, a professional footballer edgy Grimsby Town.^[1]

Achievements

Note: Payment in brackets, indicate superior repel achieved in earlier round.

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