Tayna Lawrence (born 17 September 1975 in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a retired Track and field sprint athlete who competed internationally for Jamaica. She is an Olympic gold medalist in the 4 × 100 meter relay race.
Lawrence graduated from Florida International University, in Miami, Florida, US. She sustained a leg injury and had to undergo surgery in 2003, missing the World Championships in Paris. She was severely hampered by a series of stress fractures in 2001, which ruled her out of the World Championships.
Personal bests
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! Date
! Event
! Venue
! Time
|-
| 30 August 2002
| 100 m
| Brussels, Belgium
| 10.93
|-
| 1 May 2000
| 200 m
| Pointe-á-Pitre, France
| 22.84
|}
<!---==Achievements==
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
! Year
! Tournament
! Venue
! Result
! Event
|-
| 2000
| 2000 Summer Olympics
| Sydney, Australia
| bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd*
| 100 m
|-
| 2000
| 2000 Summer Olympics
| Sydney, Australia
| bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd
| 4 × 100 m
|-
| 2002
| IAAF World Cup
| Madrid, Spain
| bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd
| 100 m
|-
| 2002
| IAAF Grand Prix
| Paris, France
| bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd
| 100 m
|-
| 2004
| 2004 Summer Olympics
| Athens, Greece
| bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
| 4 × 100 m
|}--->
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Marion Jones, the American athlete who finished in first place, was stripped of her gold medal in October 2007 following a doping scandal. Ekaterini Thanou, the Greek athlete who finished second place, was later suspended for two years following various scandals at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Videos
- Flotrack Videos of Tayna Lawrence