Gowry Retchakan represented Great Britain at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, and won silver medals at the 1992 IAAF World Cup and the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
11 Facts About Gowry Retchakan
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Gowry Retchakan was ranked in the world's top ten at 400 metres hurdles in both 1991 and 1992.
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Gowry Retchakan emerged as one of the UK's leading 400 m hurdlers in the late 1980s.
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Gowry Retchakan was unfortunate to miss out, as she was the seventh fastest athlete overall from the two semis.
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Gowry Retchakan ran 55.66, to finish second behind Sandra Farmer-Patrick and ahead of Margarita Ponomaryova.
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Gowry Retchakan was the ninth fastest in the world for 1992.
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Gowry Retchakan retained the UK 400 m hurdles title in 1993, running 56.62 and reached the semi-finals of the World Championships in Stuttgart, running 55.96.
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In 1998, at the age of 38, Gowry Retchakan had one of her best career results, when she won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.
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Gowry Retchakan finished behind Andrea Blackett in 55.25, her fastest time for six years.
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Gowry Retchakan holds the UK masters records in the W35 and W40 categories.
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Gowry Retchakan was formerly married to the athletics statistician Ian Hodge.