Ka cika wannan jumla: An haifi Paula Dunn a Bradford, West Yorkshire, Ingila, ta kasance memba na Trafford Athletics Club (a baya Stretford). Ta gama na shida a tseren mita 100 a gasar zakarun Turai ta AAA ta 1985, kafin ta sami ci gaba cikin sauri a 1986, ta inganta PB na mita 100 daga 11.67 zuwa 11.25 seconds (ta kuma gudu da iska mai taimakawa 11.14), ta lashe duka AAAs da UK National 100 mita. A Wasannin Commonwealth na wannan shekarar a Edinburgh, ta lashe lambar azurfa a tseren mita 100, kawai kashi ɗaya cikin ɗari na biyu a baya ga wanda ya ci nasara Heather Oakes amma a gaban 'yan wasan Olympics na Kanada Angella Issajenko da Angela Bailey. Daga nan sai ta haɗu da Oakes, Kathy Cook da Joan Baptiste don lashe zinare a tseren mita 4x100. Daga baya a wannan shekarar ta sanya ta bakwai a tseren mita 100 a gasar cin kofin duniya.
Gasar zakarun Turai a Stuttgart.