Una Morris

Una Morris

Una Morris at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Birth name	Una Lorraine Morris
Born	(1947-01-17) 17 January 1947 (age 77) Kingston, Jamaica
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Club	Kingston Technical High School Cal Poly Pomona Broncos
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m – 11.4 (1968) 200 m – 23.58 (1964) 400 m – 53.9 (1966)
Medal record Representing  Jamaica Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg 4×100 m relay British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1966 Kingston 440 yd 1966 Kingston 4×110 yd relay Central American and Caribbean Games 1966 San Juan 200 m 1966 San Juan 4x100 m relay

Una Lorraine Morris (born 17 January 1947) is a retired Jamaican sprinter, physician, restaurateur, and food caterer. She represented Jamaica at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics in eight sprint events in total, with the best achievement of fourth place in the 200 metres in 1964. She won a bronze medal in the 4×100 metres relay at the 1967 Pan American Games.^[1] in 1963 and 1964 she was chosen as Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year.^{[citation needed]}

Currently, she is a radiologist, and was the owner of the Kingston Cafe restaurant in Pasadena, California, which was featured on an episode of the American television reality show Kitchen Nightmares with Gordon Ramsay in 2011, which her son, Keone was also involved in the restaurant. In August 2018, the restaurant closed and was converted into a catering business.^[2][3]

She is currently working toward completion of a law degree at Abraham Lincoln Law School. ^[4]

Career highlights

• Youngest Jamaican to be in the top four in the Olympics.
• Held the Jamaican national record in the 200 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters and pentathlon.
• Held the world indoor 300 meters broke it 1967 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
• Won the first NCAA women's 200 meters in Chicago, Illinois.
• Won AAU indoors 200 meters.
• Silver medalist AAU 400 meters 1964
• Won; gold medalist in CAC games 200 meters and 4X100 meter relay.
• Silver Medalist in 200 meters World vs the Americas.

Bronze medalist in the women's 440 yards Commonwealth games 1966. School Girl Champion in girls championship 1964 and 1965. Broke the Jamaican National record in 220 yards and 440 yards as a High Schooler.

References

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