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Gwen Torrence (born June 12, 1965) was a sprint athlete and an Olympic gold medalist.

Gwen was born, not without problems, in Decatur, Georgia United States. She attended Columbia High School, then the University of Georgia.

She has won medals at nearly every major athletics competition, including the Summer Olympics, Outdoor & Indoor World Championships, Pan American Games, Goodwill Games, and World University Games.

In her era, Gwen won more Olympic and World Championship medals than any other athlete ever had. Her tally of golds would have improved had she been awarded those in which she had finished second to East German Katrin Krabbe, who later tested positive for clenbuteral.

In 1988, Gwen achieved, on one of those rare occasions in athletics, a tie with Evelyn Ashford in the 55 m race at the U.S. national indoor championships. She also had many battles both on the track and in the press with team-mate Florence Griffith Joyner.

In the 200 m at the 1995 World Championships, she was disqualified after convincingly beating the field, for stepping out of her lane. This left her idol, Merlene Ottey, to be promoted to first place. After retiring from athletics, Gwen became a hairdresser and lives with her children, a son named Manley and a daughter named E’mon.

Major Achievements

1985
*World University Games - Kobe, Japan.
**4 x 100 m relay gold medal
1986
*National Championships
**200 m bronze medal
1987
*Pan American Games - Indianapolis, United States.
**200 m gold medal
**4 x 100 m. relay gold medal
*World University Games - Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
**100 m gold medal
**200 m gold medal
1988
*National Championships
**200 m gold medal
*National Indoor Championships
**55 m gold medal (tied)
1989
*World Indoor Championships - Budapest, Hungary.
**60 m silver medal
*National Indoor Championships
**55 m gold medal
1991
*World Championships - Tokyo, Japan.
**100 m silver medal
**200 m gold medal
*National Championships
**100 m silver medal
**200 m silver medal
*National Indoor Championships
**60 m silver medal
1992
*1992 Summer Olympics - Barcelona, Spain.
**200 m. gold medal
**4 x 100 m relay gold medal
**4 x 400 m relay silver medal
*National Indoor Championships
**60 m silver medal
1993
*World Championships - Stuttgart, Germany.
**100 m bronze medal
**200 m silver medal
**4 x 100 m relay silver medal
**4 x 400 m relay gold medal
*National Championships
**100 m silver medal
**200 m gold medal
1994
*1994 Goodwill Games - Saint Petersburg, Russia.
**100 m gold medal
**200 m gold medal
**4 x 100 m. relay gold medal
*National Indoor Championships
**60 m gold medal
**200 m gold medal
1995
*World Championships - Gothenburg, Sweden.
**100 m gold medal
**4 x 100 m. relay gold medal
*National Championships
**100 m gold medal
**200 m gold medal
*National Indoor Championships
**60 m gold medal
1996
*1996 Summer Olympics - Atlanta, United States.
**100 m bronze medal
**4 x 100 m relay gold medal
*National Indoor Championships
**60 m gold medal
**200 m gold medal
1997
*National Indoor Championships
**60 m silver medal

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