Merlene Ottey

Quick Facts

Full Name	Merlene Ottey
Occupation	Runner
Date Of Birth	May 10, 1960(1960-05-10)
Age	64
Birthplace	Hanover Parish
Country	Jamaica
Horoscope	Taurus

Merlene Ottey Biography

Merlene Ottey is one of the most popular and richest Runner who was born on May 10, 1960 in Hanover Parish, Jamaica. Jamaica’s Queen of the Track, from Slovenia, won nine Olympic medals in track events. This is more than any woman in history.

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Merlene Ottey was born to Hubert and Joan Ottey in Cold Spring, Hanover, Jamaica. She was introduced to the sport by her mother, who bought her a manual on track and field. In her early school years in the 1970s, Ottey attended Gurneys Mount and Pondside Schools before graduating from Ruseas and Vere Technical high schools. There she frequently competed barefoot in local races.

Ottey’s inspiration came from listening to the track and field broadcast from the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where Donald Quarrie ran in the sprint finals. Her athletics career took off when she moved to the US and attended the University of Nebraska in 1979, where she joined the track team. She represented Jamaica in the 1979 Pan American Games, winning a bronze medal in the 200 m. She graduated from university with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and married fellow athlete Nathaniel Page in 1984 and briefly used the name Merlene Ottey-Page. The couple later divorced.

Nat Page, an American high-jump Olympian, was her husband.

Merlene Ottey Net Worth

Merlene Ottey is one of the richest Runner from Jamaica. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Merlene Ottey 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After hearing about Donald Quarrie’s 1976 Olympics sprinting, she decided to move to the U.S. in order to pursue track training.

After controversy over whether she should resign from the Jamaican national running team in order to give younger runners a chance to run, she moved to Slovenia in 1998.

Merlene Joyce Ottey OD (born 10 May 1960) is a Jamaican former track and field sprinter. She began her career representing Jamaica in 1978, and continued to do so for 24 years, before representing Slovenia from 2002 to 2012. She is ranked fourth on the all-time list over 60 metres (indoor), seventh on the all-time list over 100 metres and fourth on the all-time list over 200 metres. She is the current world indoor record holder for 200 metres with 21.87 seconds, set in 1993.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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She held the record for most World Championship medals, winning 14 (three gold, three silver, eight bronze) between 1983 and 1997, until Allyson Felix took her total from 13 to 16 in 2017 and then to 18 in 2019. Ottey still holds the record for most World Championship medals in individual events, with 10. 13 of her medals at the Olympics and World Championships were bronze, earning her the nickname “the Bronze Queen” in racing circles. Ottey was appointed an Ambassador at Large by the Jamaican government in 1993.

Facts & Trivia

Merlene Ranked on the list of most popular Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Jamaica. Merlene Ottey celebrates birthday on May 10 of every year.

In 1998 Ottey moved to Slovenia and began training with Slovene coach Srđan Đorđević. There she was still representing Jamaica. However, in May 2002, she became a Slovene citizen, and now resides in Ljubljana, where she represents her new country in international events.