Andrea Lynch

Andrea Lynch
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
1974 Rome 100 m
European Indoor Championships
1974 Gothenburg 60 m
1975 Katowice 60 m
Representing  England
British Commonwealth Games
1974 Christchurch 100 m
1974 Christchurch 4 × 100 m relay
Representing Europe
1977 Düsseldorf 4 × 100 m relay

Andrea Joan Caron Lynch (born November 24, 1952) is a British former track and field sprinter who competed in the 100 metres. The peak of her career was in 1974 when she was a bronze medallist at the 1974 European Athletics Championships and a double silver medallist in the 100 m and 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games.[1][2] Her personal best for the 100 m was 10.9 seconds (hand-timed). She is a former British record holder in the event.[3]

Career

Born in Barbados, she moved to England with her family at a young age. She would later apply to represent the country of her birth for the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, but decided to compete for Britain after she failed to receive a response.[4] She proved herself as a young sprinter for Britain, winning at the English Schools' Athletics Championships over 100 m in 1970 and over 200 metres in 1971.[5] She was the 100 m winner at the 1970 British Schools International Match.[6] Her first major medal came at the 1970 European Athletics Junior Championships, being 100 m silver medallist behind Poland's Helena Kerner.[7]

In 1974 she equalled the world record for the 60 metres, running 7.2 seconds.[8] She had some of her greatest successes in that indoor event, winning the gold medal at the 1975 European Athletics Indoor Championships, having previously won a silver at the competition in 1974.[9]

Lynch represented Great Britain at the Olympics in 1972 and 1976. In her first appearance, while still a teenager, she was a semi-finalist in the 100 m and was seventh in the 4 × 100 metres relay. Returning four years later, she made the Olympic 100 metres final and placed seventh, as well as making the relay final.[10]

The following year she was runner-up to Renate Stecher at the 1975 European Cup and took her last major individual medals at the 1977 Universiade (a 100 m silver and 200 m bronze).[11] Her only global level medal came with the European relay team at the 1977 IAAF World Cup, where she teamed up with national rival Sonia Lannaman and West Germany's Annegret Richter and Elvira Possekel to claim the gold.[12]

At national level she won three 100 m title at the AAA Championships and three 60 m titles at the AAA Indoor Championships (1973, 1975 and 1976).[13][14] She was runner-up in both 100 m and 200 m to Sonia Lannaman at the inaugural UK Championships in Athletics in 1977.[15] She also competed as a guest at the Scottish Athletics Championships in 1972 and won both short sprints.[16]

After retiring from competitive athletics, she remained involved with the sport and took up sprint coaching, including top ranked national junior sprinter Kyle Reynolds-Warmington at Belgrave Harriers.[17][18]

She was formerly married to Canadian Olympic sprinter Brian Saunders.[10]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
1970 European Junior Championships Colombes, France 2nd 100 m 12.19
6th (semis) 200 m 24.7
5th 4 × 100 m relay 46.30[19]
1972 Olympic Games Munich, Germany 7th (semis) 100 m 11.64
7th 4 × 100 m relay 43.71
1974 British Commonwealth Games Christchurch, New Zealand 2nd 100 m 11.31
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 44.30
European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 2nd 60 m 7.17
European Championships Rome, Italy 3rd 100 m 11.28
17th (heats) 200 m 24.22
4th 4 × 100 m relay 43.94
1975 European Indoor Championships Katowice, Poland 1st 60 m 7.17
European Cup Nice, France 2nd 100 m 11.37
1976 Olympic Games Montreal, Quebec, Canada 7th 100 m 11.32
8th 4 × 100 m relay 43.79
1977 Universiade Sofia, Bulgaria 2nd 100 m 11.22
3rd 200 m 23.23
IAAF World Cup Düsseldorf, West Germany 1st 4 × 100 m relay 42.51

National titles

See also

References

  1. ↑ European Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
  2. ↑ Commonwealth Games (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
  3. ↑ UK National Records. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
  4. ↑ Sprinter Denies Rumors of Representing Barbados. The Virgin Islands Daily News (1975-09-08). Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
  5. ↑ English Schools Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
  6. ↑ British Schools International Match. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
  7. ↑ European Junior Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
  8. ↑ World Records Set In Britain. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
  9. ↑ European Athletics Indoor Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
  10. 1 2 Andrea Lynch. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
  11. ↑ World Student Games (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
  12. ↑ IAAF Statistics Book Split 2010. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
  13. ↑ AAA Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
  14. ↑ AAA Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
  15. ↑ UK Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
  16. ↑ Scottish Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
  17. ↑ Sweet success for athletes at Sheffield. England Athletics (2016-02-13). Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
  18. ↑ Andrea Lynch. Power of 10. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
  19. ↑ 1970 European Junior Championships. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.

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