Andrea Lynch
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  Great Britain
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| European Championships | ||
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1974 Rome | 100 m |
| European Indoor Championships | ||
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1974 Gothenburg | 60 m |
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1975 Katowice | 60 m |
Representing  England
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| British Commonwealth Games | ||
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1974 Christchurch | 100 m |
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1974 Christchurch | 4 × 100 m relay |
| Representing Europe | ||
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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. Her personal best for the 100 m was 10.9 seconds (hand-timed). She is a former British record holder in the event.
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. 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. She was the 100 m winner at the 1970 British Schools International Match. Her first major medal came at the 1970 European Athletics Junior Championships, being 100 m silver medallist behind Poland's Helena Kerner.
In 1974 she equalled the world record for the 60 metres, running 7.2 seconds. 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.
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