Alisha Natasha Fortune, Date of Birth

    

Alisha Natasha Fortune

Guyanese female sprinter

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1975

Profession: sprinter

Nationality: Guyana

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Alisha Natasha Fortune

  • Alisha Natasha Fortune (born June 5, 1975) is a Guyanese track and field athlete known for sprint events.
  • She is the 2015 W40 World Champion at 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres.
  • In 2014, she had won gold medals in the same events at the NCCWMA Games in San Jose, Costa Rica.
  • Previously she had represented Guyana at the 2011 ALBA Games.She began running at age 9, initially as a distance runner but was converted to sprinting after coach Dennis Smith saw her running.
  • As early as age 17, she qualified for the 1992 CARIFTA Games, but was not able to attend due to financial limitations.
  • Those limitations meant she never was able to go to the Olympics where Guyana sends limited representation.
  • She was already a W35 masters athlete when she set her personal best in the 200 metres 24.33 (+0.5) winning the Hampton International Classic in Port of Spain in 2010. Her interest in athletics has continued as a professional massage therapist and single mother of three children.
  • Her ability to excel on the world scene later in life has been aided by sponsorship she received from a local store in Georgetown.Originally from Beterverwagting, she also spends time as a football referee and body builder.
  • She took to body building in 2007 and has since made working out at the gym a part of her lifestyle.
  • She entered the Hugh Ross Classic bodybuilding competition and has won five times since.
  • She has also won "Miss Best Legs" every year at the local Flex Night competition.

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