What would you do of you are 50 years old? Most of us would have been at the end of working life and starts to spend time with our grandchildren at this age.But this iron lady who is born on May 10, 1960 (she is 50 now) has started her career in athletics 1980 and still going on.
Once a Jamaican, now a Slovenian, qualified on merit and took part in all the Olympic Games since 1980.
Her favourite events are 100M and 200M.
Recently, she took part in Slovenian Championship and clocked 11.97 seconds in 100M which enabled her to qualify for the European Championship. Now she is aiming to qualify for the Olympics next year.
Ottey holds the record for being the oldest track medalist ever in a major athletics championship, for running the fastest Women's Indoor 200M (in 21.87 seconds) for having the most Olympic appearances (seven) than any other track and field athlete, and for having the most women's World Championships medals (fourteen). Her career achievements and longevity have led to her being called the "Queen of the Track".
Ottey ranks at number 3 on the list of the top 10 all time athletes on the 200 meters - women, and number 5 on the 100 meter list.
She also hold the 100M world record for masters games for more than 45years old category.
20 Olympic medals are in her bag. Only 2 ladies in total has done this so far.
All she say is, "Im enjoy running. Will run till I can't run anymore"
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