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{{Short description|Jamaican sprinter (born 1951)}}
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| pb = 100 m – 10.07 (1976)<br>200 m – 19.86 (1971)<ref name=sr>{{cite web |title=Don Quarrie |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/qu/don-quarrie-1.html |publisher=[[Sports Reference]] |
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{{Medal|Gold | [[1974 Commonwealth Games|1974 Christchurch]] | [[Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games|200 metres]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1978 Commonwealth Games|1978 Edmonton]] | [[Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games|100 metres]] }}
{{Medal|Country|[[File:Americas (orthographic projection).svg|20px]] Americas}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Cup]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1977 IAAF World Cup|1977 Düsseldorf]]| [[1977 IAAF World Cup – Results#Men's 4×100 metres relay|4 × 100 metre relay]]}}
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'''Donald O'Riley Quarrie''' [[Order of Distinction|CD]] (born 25 February 1951) is a Jamaican former [[track and field]] athlete, one of the world's top [[Sprint (running)|sprinters]] during the 1970s. At the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] he was the gold medallist in the [[200 metres at the Olympics|Olympic 200 meters]] and silver medallist in the [[100 metres at the Olympics|Olympic 100 meters]]. In all, he competed in five [[Olympic Games]] and won four Olympic medals during his career.
He nearly equalled the [[Men's 200 metres world record progression|200 meters world record]] in 1971,
He won [[100 metres]]/[[200 metres]] sprint doubles at the [[1970 Commonwealth Games]], [[1971 Pan American Games]], and [[1974 Commonwealth Games]]. He was the first male to defend either the 100 m or 200 m title at the Commonwealth Games and a 100 m win at the [[1978 Commonwealth Games]] makes him the only person to have won that title three times. He won nine gold medals in the sprints at the [[Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics]] from 1971 to 1981.
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==Active career==
Quarrie made the Jamaican 100 m team for the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] as a 17-year-old, but he injured himself in training, and could not take part. He moved to the [[United States]] and attended the [[University of Nebraska]] and later the [[University of Southern California]],
Quarrie repeated his sprint double the following year at the [[Pan American Games]] in [[Cali]] and his time in the 200 meters was a hand-timed 19.8. One of the favourites for the upcoming [[1972 Summer Olympics|Munich Olympics]], Quarrie again suffered from injuries at the Olympic Games. He did compete in the 200 m but had to abandon his 200 m semi-final after pulling a muscle.<ref name=sr/>
In 1974 Quarrie repeated his 1970 performance by grabbing the 100 and 200 m titles at the Commonwealth Games in [[Christchurch]], becoming the first athlete to retain the title in either event. The next season, he again tied the 200 m world record, 19.8. He also tied the 100 m record with a hand-timed mark (9.9) in 1976 at the [[Modesto Relays|California Relays]] at
In 1976 after winning the AAA's 100/200 titles Quarrie could finally compete at the [[1976 Summer Olympics|Olympics]] without injuries. He first made the 100 m final, which he led until overtaken by Trinidadian [[Hasely Crawford]]. In the 200 m Quarrie led the pack coming out of the turn and held off all challenges to take the title in 20.22.<ref name=sr/>
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At the 1978 Commonwealth Games he won his third consecutive 100 m title but was eliminated in the 200 m after a cramp attack. Quarrie's participation in his fourth [[1980 Summer Olympics|Olympics]] in [[Moscow]] was in doubt after he was involved in a car crash the previous year. He recovered in time to compete but was eliminated in the 100 m semi-finals. His title defense failed in the 200 m but he did make the final and finished third, adding a bronze medal to his collection.<ref name=sr/>
By 1984 Quarrie was no longer among the world's best in the individual sprint events and it was therefore no surprise he was eliminated in the heats of the 200 m event at the [[1984 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles Olympics]]. However, he won a fourth Olympic medal with the Jamaican 4x100 m relay team, which finished second behind the United States. His final competitive race was a 200m in London in September 1984, in which he finished 3rd.<ref name=sr/>
==See also==
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