Heather Hunte

Heather Oakes

Personal information
Born	14 August 1959
Medal record Women’s Athletics Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1980 Moscow 4 × 100 m relay 1984 Los Angeles 4 × 100 m relay World Indoor Games 1985 Paris 60 m World Cup 1979 Montreal 4 × 100 m relay Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh 100 m 1986 Edinburgh 4 × 100 m relay

Heather Oakes (née Hunte born 14 August 1959) is an English former sprinter who competed mainly in the 100 metres. In the 4 × 100m relay, she won Olympic bronze medals in Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984. She also won a silver medal in the 60m at the 1985 World Indoor Games, and a gold medal in the 100m at the 1986 Commonwealth Games.

Oakes was born in Hackney, London. She was a member of the Haringey Athletic Club. In 1977, as Heather Hunte, she finished fourth in the 100 m final at the European Junior Championships in Donetsk, being edged out of a medal by teammate Kathy Smallwood (11.71 - 11.72). She won a bronze medal in the sprint relay.

On 21 May 1980, at a meeting at the Crystal Palace, she ran the 100 metres in a wind-assisted 11.01 secs (+4.0). Later that year she competed for Great Britain at the Olympic Games in Moscow, where she won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay, with her team mates Kathy Smallwood, Beverley Goddard and Sonia Lannaman. They ran a UK record of 42.43, which (as of 2013) still stands. She also placed eighth in the 100 m final in 11.34 secs. In 1982, now competing as Heather Oakes, she finished seventh in the 100 metres final at the Commonwealth Games in 11.39. In 1983, at the World Championships in Helsinki, she reached the semi-finals of the 100 metres, running 11.50.

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