Gillian Russell

Gillian Russell

Personal information
Born	(1973-09-28) 28 September 1973 Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing Jamaica Olympic Games Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta 4x100m relay World Indoor Championships Silver medal – second place 1997 Paris 60m hurdles Commonwealth Games Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur 100 m hurdles Central American and Caribbean Games Silver medal – second place 1998 Maracaibo 100 m hurdles Bronze medal – third place 1998 Maracaibo 4×100 m relay CAC Championships Gold medal – first place 1999 Bridgetown 100 m hurdles Gold medal – first place 1999 Bridgetown 4×100 m relay World Junior Championships Gold medal – first place 1990 Sudbury 100m hurdles Gold medal – first place 1990 Sudbury 4x100m relay Gold medal – first place 1992 Seoul 100m hurdles Gold medal – first place 1992 Seoul 4x100m relay CAC Junior Championships Junior (U20) Gold medal – first place 1990 Havana 4x100 m relay Silver medal – second place 1990 Havana 100 m Silver medal – second place 1990 Havana 100 m hurdles CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) Gold medal – first place 1990 Kingston 100 m hurdles Gold medal – first place 1990 Kingston 4×100 m relay CAC Junior Championships Junior (U17) Gold medal – first place 1988 Nassau 100 m Gold medal – first place 1988 Nassau 100 m hurdles Gold medal – first place 1988 Nassau 4x100 m relay CARIFTA Games Youth (U17) Gold medal – first place 1988 Kingston 100 m

Gillian Claire Russell-Love (born 28 September 1973) is a Jamaican athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles.

Career

In her early career she won four gold medals at the World Junior Championships, which is a record. Russell won three consecutive 100 m hurdles NCAA DI titles for the Miami Hurricanes track and field program.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Jamaica
1988	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Kingston, Jamaica	1st	100 m	11.90
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	100 m	12.04   (-0.2 m/s)
			1st	100 m hurdles	14.64   (-0.2 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	46.75
	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	10th (sf)	100m hurdles	13.95 w (wind: +3.8 m/s)
1990	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Kingston, Jamaica	1st	100 m hurdles	13.8   (1.8 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	45.39
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Havana, Cuba	2nd	100 m	11.83   (-0.4 m/s)
			5th	200 m	24.77   (-0.5 m/s)
			2nd	100 m hurdles	13.86   (-0.2 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	45.62
	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	1st	100 m hurdles,	13.31 (wind: +0.3 m/s) PB
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.82
1992	World Junior Championships	Seoul, South Korea	1st	100 m hurdles	13.21 (wind: +1.0 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.96
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	14th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.35
1993	Universiade	Buffalo, United States	16th (h)	100 m	11.98
			4th	100 m hurdles	13.46
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	16th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.12   (0.3 m/s)
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	5th	100 m hurdles	12.96   (0.2 m/s)
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	9th (qf)	100 m hurdles	12.78   (1.4 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	43.36 (h)
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.84
1998	Goodwill Games	Uniondale, United States	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.78
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.66 PB
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	44.89
	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1st	100 m hurdles	12.70 CR
1999	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	100 m hurdles	13.25
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	44.18
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	25th (qf)	100 m hurdles	13.12   (0.2 m/s)