Greatest female sprinters of all time

#7 Merlene Ottey

Merlene Ottey represented both Jamaica and Slovenia in her career

Ottey is a Jamaican-born Slovenian athlete who began her career by representing Jamaica but switched to represent Slovenia in 2002. She holds the record for her Olympic participation at a record seven Games and has had the longest career as a top level international sprinter. She was also part of the 4x100m relay team of Slovenia at the 2012 European Championship when she was all of 52 years of age.

A winner of 14 World Championship medals and 9 Olympic medals, she has aptly been nicknamed "Queen of the Track". Given her knack of earning the bronze medal on numerous occasions, she also earned the title "Bronze Queen".