Laura Turner (sprinter)

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|name = Laura Turner

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| nationality = British (English)

|club = Harrow AC

|birth_date = {{birth-date and age|12 August 1982}}

|birth_place = London, England

|height =168 cm

|weight =57 kg

|sport =athletics

|pb = 60 m 7.25
100 m 11.09
200 m 23.29

|olympics = n/a

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Laura Kate Turner-Alleyne (born 12 August 1982) is a British former sprinter, who represented Great Britain at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.{{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/225051.shtml |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906121213/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/225051.shtml |archivedate=2008-09-06 |url-status=dead |title=Athlete biography: Laura Turner |website=Beijing2008.cn |accessdate=27 August 2008}}

Biography

Turner competed in four Athletics World Championships and took five British national championship titles across her career, in 60 m, 100 m and 200 m.{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=6 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=6 April 2025 }}

She was part of the British 4 × 100 m relay team that finished 4th at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka (along with Montell Douglas, Joice Maduaka and Emily Freeman).

Turner represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, competing at the 100 m sprint. In her first round heat she placed fourth in a time of 11.65, which was not enough to advance to the second round.

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Turner, competing for England, was involved in the controversial false start incident as a result of which the race winner Sally Pearson was later disqualified.{{cite web |title=Commonwealth Games 2010: starters to blame for women's 100m final fiasco |website=The Daily Telegraph |date=8 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902220947/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/commonwealthgames/8051211/Commonwealth-Games-2010-starters-to-blame-for-womens-100m-final-fiasco.html |archive-date=2018-09-02 |url-status=live |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/commonwealthgames/8051211/Commonwealth-Games-2010-starters-to-blame-for-womens-100m-final-fiasco.html}} Both Turner and Pearson false-started, but initially only Turner was given the red card to exclude her from the race. Turner immediately protested at being singled out,[http://blogs.bettor.com/High-Drama-at-the-Commonwealth-Games-The-Womens-100m-Final-sees-two-athletes-disqualified-a33005 Bettor.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014192017/http://blogs.bettor.com/High-Drama-at-the-Commonwealth-Games-The-Womens-100m-Final-sees-two-athletes-disqualified-a33005 |date=2010-10-14 }} and decided to run the race and appeal afterwards.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9071395.stm | title=False start upsets Katherine Endacott in Delhi | date=7 October 2010 | publisher=BBC News | accessdate=2 September 2018 }} She finished last, and her appeal was turned down. Pearson was subsequently disqualified and the gold medal was awarded to Nigeria's Oludamola Osayomi. However, she also won a gold medal in Delhi as part of the English team in the Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, alongside Douglas, Katherine Endacott and Abiodun Oyepitan.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/oct/12/commonwealth-games-england-gold-relay |title=Commonwealth Games 2010: Double gold for England in 4x100m relays |author= |date=12 October 2010 |website=theguardian.com |access-date=26 January 2019}} She finished her competitive career in 2013, becoming a coach.

Turner attended Brunel University London, where she graduated with a BSc in Sports Sciences and an MSc in High Performance Physiology.{{cite web |url=https://www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/articles/Brunel-athletes-head-for-Melbourne# |title=Brunel athletes head for Melbourne |author= |date=3 February 2006 |website=Brunel University London|access-date=23 January 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bucs.org.uk/core/core_picker/download.asp?id=28521&filetitle=Laura+Turner-Alleyne+-+Leadership+in+High+Performance+Sport |title=The Life of an International Athlete |last=Turner-Alleyne |first=Laura |website=British Universities and Colleges Sport |access-date=26 January 2019}}