Sonia Lannaman

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Sonia Lannaman

Personal information
Born	(1956-03-24) 24 March 1956 (age 68)
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1980 Moscow 4x100 m relay European Championships 1978 Prague 4 x 100 m relay Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1978 Edmonton 100 metres 1978 Edmonton 4 x 100 m relay 1982 Brisbane 4 x 100 m relay 1974 Christchurch 4 x 100 m relay 1978 Edmonton 200 metres Representing Europe World Cup 1977 Düsseldorf 4 × 100 m relay 1977 Düsseldorf 100 metres

Sonia May Lannaman (born 24 March 1956) is a British former

).

Career

Lannaman was born in

in the 4 × 100 m relay.

In 1976, Lannaman won a silver medal at

1976 Montreal Olympics

, but due to injury was unable to compete.

In 1977, Lannaman was ranked second only to world record holder Marlies Göhr in the 100 m. In the European Cup of that year she was second in both the 100 and 200 m and in the inaugural World Cup, second again in the 100 m and first in the 4 × 100 m representing Europe. She also ran the fastest ever electronically timed 100 m by a British woman with 10.93 sec in Dublin, which was wind assisted (+3.8), so did not stand for record purposes.

In 1978, Lannaman won the 100 m gold medal and 200 m silver medal in the 1978 Commonwealth Games for England and for Great Britain in the 1978 European Championships won a silver in the 4 × 100 m relay with teammates Kathy Smallwood-Cook, Beverley Goddard and Sharon Colyear.

In 1980, she ran her fastest official time in the 100 m of 11.20 sec in July, having set another British record in the 200 m of 22.58 sec in May. She competed again for Great Britain in the

, Kathy Smallwood-Cook and Beverley Goddard. She also reached the 200 m final, finishing eighth.

In 1982, Lannaman competed in her third Commonwealth Games, winning a gold in the 4 × 100 m relay.

She currently lives in the village of Chorley in Lichfield District, Staffordshire. She is married to Michael Garmston, former British athletics team physiotherapist. They have one son, Bradley Garmston, a professional footballer for Grimsby Town.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Great Britain /  England
1972	Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany	quarterfinal	100 m	11.72 (11.45)
1973	European Junior Championships	Duisburg, West Germany	1st	100 m	11.73
			3rd	4 × 100 m	45.38
1974	Commonwealth Games	Christchurch, New Zealand	semifinal	100 m	11.93
			2nd	4 × 100 m	44.30
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	semifinal	100 m	11.53
1977	World Cup	Düsseldorf, West Germany	2nd	100 m	11.26
			1st	4 × 100 m	42.51
1978	Commonwealth Games	Edmonton, Canada	1st	100 m	11.27
			2nd	200 m	22.89
			1st	4 × 100 m	43.70
	European Championships	Prague, Czechoslovakia	8th	100 m	11.67
			semifinal	200 m	23.36
			2nd	4 × 100 m	42.72
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	semifinal	100 m	11.38
			8th	200 m	22.80
			3rd	4 × 100 m	42.43
1982	Commonwealth Games	Brisbane, Australia	9th	100 m	11.48
			1st	4 × 100 m	43.15

Note: Results in brackets, indicate superior time achieved in earlier round.

References

External links

• Sonia Lannaman at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)