Track and field athlete Merlene Ottey

Merlene Ottey

Living place: Jamaica

Birthday: 10-5-1960 (64 years old)

Population of the world 1960: 3.039 billions

Global rank: #53579

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Track and field athlete Merlene Ottey profile

Who is Track and field athlete Merlene Ottey?
Jamaica and Slovenia's 'Queen of the Track' who won nine Olympic medals in the track event -. More than any woman in history
In 1998, after controversy broke out over whether she should step down from the Jamaican national team to give the young athlete a chance, she moved to Slovenia.
 
 

Young / Before famous

Inspired by a radio station's sprinter Donald Quarrie at the 1976 Olympics, she moved to the United States to train in her track.

Family life info

She was married to Nat Page, an American high jump Olympian.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Track and field athlete Merlene Ottey?
Usain Bolt is a famous Jamaican runner-up song.

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Summary of Merlene Ottey profile

When was Track and field athlete Merlene Ottey born?
Merlene Ottey birthday 10-5-1960 (at the age of 64).
Where is Track and field athlete Merlene Ottey's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Merlene Ottey was born in . is a Track and field athlete, whose Zodiac is Taurus, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rat. Merlene Ottey's global rank is 53579 and whose rank is 120 in list of famous Track and field athlete. Population of the world in 1960 is about 3.039 billions persons.
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Events in 1960 and 10-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Merlene Ottey

  • American U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, shot down over Russia (May 1).
  • Khrushchev kills Paris summit conference because of U-2 (May 16).
  • Top Nazi murderer of Jews, Adolf Eichmann, captured by Israelis in Argentina (May 23)—executed in Israel in 1962.
  • Communist China and Soviet Union split in conflict over Communist ideology.
  • Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Madagascar, and Zaire (Belgian Congo) gain independence.
  • There are 900 US military advisers in South Vietnam. Background: Vietnam War

Birthday Merlene Ottey (10-5) in history

  • Day 10-5 year 1775: Farmer Ethan Allen and his "Green Mountain Boys" organization captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British.
  • Day 10-5 year 1863: Confederate General Stonewall Jackson died after being accidentally shot by his own troops.
  • Day 10-5 year 1869: The United States’ first transcontinental railroad was completed with a ceremony in Promontory Summit, Utah.
  • Day 10-5 year 1924: J. Edgar Hoover became director of the FBI.
  • Day 10-5 year 1940: Winston Churchill succeeded Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister.
  • Day 10-5 year 1994: Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first black president.
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