Legends
ANJU BOBBY GEORGE
Born:
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Event:
April 19, 1977
India
Long Jump
Career Highlights:
2007 Osaka World Championship Long Jump Finalist
2007 Amman Asian Championship Long Jump Silver Medalist
2006 Doha Asian Games Long Jump Silver Medalist
2005 Helisinki World Championship Long Jump Finalist
2005 Incheon Asian Championship Long Jump Gold Medalist
2004 Athens Olympic Games Long Jump Finalist
2003 Paris World Championship Long Jump Bronze Medalist
2003 Birmingham World Indoor Championsship Long Jump Finalist
2002 Busan Asian Games Gold Medalist
ALLEN JOHNSON
Born:
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Event:
March 1, 1971
USA
110mH
Career Highlights:
2008 Valencia World Indoor 60mH Silver Medalist
2005 Helisinki World Championship 110mH Bronze Medalist
2004 Budapest World Indoor Championship 60mH Gold Medalist
2003 Paris World Championship 100mH Gold Medalist
2003 Birmingham World Indoor Championship 60mH Gold Medalist
2001 Edmonton World Championship 100mH Gold Medalist
2000 Sydney Olympic Games 110mH Finalist
1997 Athens World Championship 100mH Gold Medalist
1995 Gothenburg World Championship 100mH Gold Medalist
1995 Barcelona World Indoor Championship 60mH Gold Medalist
Born:
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Event:
December 30, 1973
Trinidad and Tobago
100m, 200m
Career Highlights:
2001 Edmonton World Championship 4X100m Silver Medalist
2001 Edmonton World Championship 100m Bronze Medalist
2000 Sydney Olympic Games 100m Silver Medalist
2000 Sydney Olympic Games 200m Bronze Medalist
1997 Athens World Championship 200m Gold Medalist
1997 Athens World Championship 100m Finalist
1996 Atlanta Olympic Games 100m Bronze Medalist
1996 Atlanta Olympic Games 200m Bronze Medalist
1995 Gothenburg World Championship 100m Bronze Medalist
BRANDON JOHNSON
Born:
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March 2, 1985
USA
800m
Notable Performances:
2016 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships 800m Finalist
2015 IAAF Nassau World Relays Distance Medley Relay Gold Medalist – WORLD RECORD (9:15.50)
2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships 800m Bronze Medalist
2013 Moscow World Championships 800m Semi-Finalist
2013 No. 3 USA Ranking & No. 8 in the World
Personal Bests:
800m – 1:43.84 (July 13, 2013; Madrid, Spain)
DAVID NEVILLE
Born:
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Event:
June 1, 1984
USA
400m
Career Highlights:
2008 Beijing Olympic Games 400m Bronze Medalist
2008 Beijing Olympic Games 4x400m Gold Medalist
2007 Rio de Janeiro Pan American Games 4x400m Silver Medalist
2007 San Salvador NACAC Championships 4x400m Gold Medalist
HADI AL-SOMAYLI
Born:
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Event:
August 21, 1971
Saudi Arabia
400mH
Career Highlights:
2005 Incheon Asian Championships 400mH Gold Medalist
2002 Asian Games 400mH Gold Medalist
2001 Edmonton World Championships 400H Finalist
2000 Sydney Olympic Games 400mH Silver Medalist
INGER MILLER
Born:
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Event:
June 12, 1972
USA
100m, 200m
Career Highlights:
2003 Paris World Championship 4x100m Relay Silver Medalist
2001 Edmonton World Championship 4x100m Gold Medalist
2000 USA Championships 100m Silver Medalist
2000 USA Championships 200m Silver Medalist
1999 Seville World Championships 200m Gold Medalist
1999 Seville World Championships 100m Silver Medalist
1999 USA Championships 100m Gold Medalist
1999 USA Championships 200m Bronze Medalist
1999 World Indoor Championships 60m Bronze Medalist
1998 USA Championships 100m Bronze Medalist
1997 Athens World Championship 4x100m Gold Medalist
1997 Athens World Championship 100m Finalist
1997 Athens World Championship 200m Finalist
1997 USA Championships 200m Gold Medalist
1997 USA Championships 100m Bronze Medalist
1996 Atlanta Olympic Games 4x100m Gold Medalist
1996 Atlanta Olympic Games 200m Finalist
1996 USA Championships 200m Bronze Medalist
JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE
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March 3, 1962
USA
Long Jump, Heptathlon
Considered by many to be the greatest female all-around athlete in history, Jackie Joyner-Kersee’s achievements include three Olympic gold medals, four World Outdoor Championships gold medals, and the still-standing world record of 7,291 points in the women’s heptathlon. JJK was a four-time Olympian, who won the long jump gold medal in 1988, and long jump bronze in 1992 and 1996. In Olympic heptathlon competition she won the silver medal in 1984 and the gold medal in 1988 and 1992. A four-time World Outdoor Championships team member, she won long jump gold medals in 1987 and 1991, and heptathlon gold in 1987 and 1993. The USA 100m hurdles champion in 1994, JJK won the national long jump title nine times, and the national championship in the heptathlon on eight occasions.
During her career at the USA Indoor Championships, she won the 60m hurdles title in 1992, and the long jump national crown in 1992, ’94, ’95. As a collegian at UCLA, Joyner-Kersee won the NCAA heptathlon title in 1982, 1983. The former long jump world record holder, she set the heptathlon world record three times and was a two-time 100mH U.S. record holder, four-time U.S. long jump record holder, two-time U.S. 60m hurdles record holder and six-time and current U.S. indoor long jump record holder. She is the current U.S. indoor 50mH, 55mH and 60mH record holder. JJK, the first woman ever to break 7,000 points in the heptathlon, was world ranked three times at 100m hurdles, 11 times at LJ (#1 three times) and 11 times in the heptathlon (#1 six times).
Jaysuma Ndure
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Event:
July 1, 1984
Norway
100m, 200m
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2012 European Championships 100m Bronze Medalist
2013 Moscow World Championship 200m Finalist
2011 Daegu World Championships 200m Finalist
2008 Beijing Olympic Games 100m Quarter-Finalist
2007 Norway National Championships 200m Gold Medalist
2007 Norway National Championships 100m Gold Medalist
2004 African Championships 100m Bronze Medalist
Holds Norwegian National Record in 100m with time of 9.99
Holds Norwegian National Record in 200m with time of 19.89
Holds Gambian National Record in 100m with time of 10.26
Holds Gambian National Record in 200m with time of 20.471
Personal Bests:
100m – 9.99 (June 30, 2011; Lausanne, Switzerland)
200m – 19.89 (September 23, 2007; Stuttgart, Germany)
JON DRUMMOND
Born:
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Event:
September 9, 1972
USA
100m, 200m
Career Highlights:
2003 USA Championships 100m Bronze Medalist
2002 USA Indoor Championships 60m Bronze Medalist
2002 USA Championships 100m Bronze Medalist
2000 Sydney Olympic Games 4x100m Gold Medalist
2000 Sydney Olympic Games 100m Finalist
2000 USA Championships 100m Silver Medalist
2000 USA Indoor Championships 60m Gold Medalist
1999 Seville World Championship 4x100m relay Gold Medalist
1997 USA Championships 200m Gold Medalist
1996 Atlanta Olympic Games 4x100m Silver Medalist
1996 USA Championships 100m Bronze Medalist
1993 USA Indoor Championships 60m Gold Medalist
1993 World Championships 4x100m Gold Medalist
JORDAN CLARKE
Born:
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July 10, 1990
USA
Shot Put
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2016 USA Outdoor Championship Semi-Finalist
2015 Beijing World Championships Semi-Finalist
2015 USA Outdoor Championships Bronze Medalist
2014 Mexico City Pan American Sports Festival Gold Medalist
2013 NCAA Men’s Indoor Shot Put Champion
2012 NCAA Men’s Outdoor Shot Put Champion
2012 NCAA Men’s Indoor Shot Put Champion
2011 NCAA Men’s Outdoor Shot Put Champion
2009 Pan American Junior Championships Silver Medalist
Personal Bests:
Shot Put– 21.49m (June 28, 2015; Eugene, OR)
KEVIN YOUNG
Born:
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Event:
September 16, 1966
USA
400mH
Career Highlights:
400mH World Record Holder - 46.78 (1992 Olympic Games)
1993 Stuttgart World Championship Gold Medalist
1992 Barcelona Olympic Games 400mH Gold Medalist - WR
1991 Tokyo World Championship 400mH Finalist
1988 Seoul Olympic Games 400mH Finalist
LATAVIA THOMAS
Born:
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Event:
December 14, 1988
USA
800m
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
3x NCAA Champion
8x All-American
3x NCAA Mideast Regional Champion
10x All-SEC
Personal Bests:
800m – 1:59.67 (August 7, 2011; Ninove, Belgium)
LAWRENCE JOHNSON
Born:
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May 7, 1974
USA
Pole Vault
Career Highlights:
2001 USA Championships Pole Vault Gold Medalist
2001 World Indoor Championships Pole Vault Gold Medalist
2001 USA Indoor Championships Pole Vault Gold Medalist
2000 Sydney Olympic Games Pole Vault Silver Medalist
2000 USA Championships Pole Vault Gold Medalist
2000 USA Indoor Championships Pole Vault Gold Medalist
1998 USA Championships Pole Vault Gold Medalist
1998 USA Indoor Championships Pole Vault Gold Medalist
1998 World Indoor Championships Pole Vault Silver Medalist
LEONARD SCOTT
Born:
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January 19, 1980
USA
60m, 100m
Career Highlights:
2006 Moscow World Indoor Championship 60m Gold Medalist
2006 Stuttgart World Athletics Final 100m Silver Medalist
2005 Helsinki World Championship 100m Finalist
MARIE JOSE-PEREC
Born:
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May 9, 1968
FRA
200m, 400m
Career Highlights:
1996 Atlanta Olympic Games 200m Gold Medalist
1996 Atlanta Olympic Games 400m Gold Medalist
1995 Gothenburg World Championship 400m Gold Medalist
1994 Helsinki European Championship 400m Gold Medalist
1994 Helsinki European Championship 4x400m Relay Gold Medalist
1992 Barcelona Olympic Games 400m Gold Medalist
1991 Tokyo World Championship 400m Gold Medalist
1990 Split European Championship 400m Bronze Medalist
MAURICE GREENE
Born:
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Event:
July 23, 1974
USA
100m, 200m
Career Highlights:
Former 100m World Record Holder - 9.79 (June 16, 1999)
Former 60m World Record Holder - 6.39 (March 2, 1998)
2004 Athens Olympic Games 4x100m Silver Medalist
2004 Athens Olympic Games 100m Bronze Medalist
2001 Edmonton World Championships 100m Gold Medalist
2000 Sydney Olympic Games 100m Gold Medalist
2000 Sydney Olympic Games 4x100m Gold Medalist
1999 Seville World Championships 100m Gold Medalist
1999 Seville World Championships 200m Gold Medalist
1999 Seville World Championships 4x100m Gold Medalist
1997 Athens World Championships 100m Gold Medalist
1995 World Indoor Championships 60m Finalist
QUINCY WATTS
Born:
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Event:
June 19, 1970
USA
400m
Career Highlights:
1993 Stuttgart World Championships 4x400m Gold Medalist
1993 Stuttgart World Championships 400m Finalist
1992 Barcelona Olympic Games 400m Gold Medalist - Olympic Record & NCAA Record (43.50)
1992 Barcelona Olympic Games 4x400m Gold Medalist
1991 Tokyo World Championship 4x400m Silver Medalist
RICHARD THOMPSON
Born:
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Event:
June 7, 1985
Trinidad and Tobago
100m
Career Highlights:
2012 London Olympics Games 4x100m Silver Medalist
2012 London Olympics Games 100m Finalist
2011 Daegu World Championships 4x100m Finalist
2009 Berlin World Championships 4x100m Silver Medalist
2009 Berlin World Championships 100m Finalist
2008 Beijing Olympic Games 100m Silver Medalist
2008 Beijing Olympic Games 4x100m Gold Medalist
TORRI EDWARDS
Born:
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Event:
January 31, 1977
USA
100m, 200m
Career Highlights:
2007 Osaka World Championships 4x100m Gold Medalist
2006 USA Championships 100m Bronze Medalist
2003 Paris World Championships 100m Gold Medalist
2003 Paris World Championships 200m Silver Medalist;
2003 Paris World Championships 4x100m Silver Medalist
2003 USA Championships 100m Gold Medalist
2003 USA Championships 200m Gold Medalist
2003 World Indoor Championships Bronze Medalist
2000 Sydney Olympic Games 4x100m Bronze Medalist
DAWN HARPER NELSON
Born:
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Event:
May 13, 1984
USA
100mH
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2017 London World Championships 100mH Silver Medalist
2017 USA Outdoor Championships 100mH Finalist
2015 USA Outdoor 100mH Champion
2015 Overall Diamond League Winner
2015 Beijing World Championship Semi-Finalist
2014 USA Outdoor 100mH Champion
2014 Overall Diamond League Winner
2013 Moscow World Championship Finalist
2013 USA Outdoor 100mH Semi-Finalist
2013 Overall Diamond League Winner
2012 London Olympic Games 100mH Silver Medalist
2012 USA Outdoor 100mH Champion
2012 Overall Diamond League Winner
2012 All-Athletics Female Hurdler of the Year in North & Central America
2011 Daegu World Championships 100mH Bronze Medalist
2011 USA Outdoor 100mH Bronze Medalist
2009 Berlin World Championship Finalist
2009 USA Outdoor 100mH Champion
2008 Beijing Olympic Games 100mH Gold Medalist
2008 USA Outdoor 100mH Bronze-Medalist
Personal Bests:
100mH – 12.37s (August 7, 2012) London Olympic Games
JEHUE GORDON
Born:
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Event:
December 15, 1991
Trinidad and Tobago
400mH
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2014 Commonwealth Games 400mH Silver Medalist
2013 Moscow World Championships 400mH Gold Medalist
2013 Moscow World Championships 4x400m Relay Finalist – (6th Place)
2012 London Olympic Games 400mH Finalist – (6th place)
2011 Daegu World Championships 400mH Semi-Finalist
2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships 400mH Bronze Medalist
2010 CARIFTA Games (U-20) 110mH Gold Medalist
2010 CARIFTA Games (U-20) 400mH Gold Medalist
2010 CARIFTA Games (U-20) 4x400m Relay Bronze Medalist
2010 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) 400mH Gold Medalist
2010 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) 4x400m relay Gold Medalist
2010 Moncton World Junior Championships 400mH Gold Medalist
2009 Berlin World Championships 400mH Finalist – (4th Place; 48.26s) National Record
2009 CARIFTA Games (U-20) 110mH Gold Medalist
2009 CARIFTA Games (U-20) 400mH Gold Medalist Championship Record
2009 CARIFTA Games (U-20) 4x400m Relay Gold Medalist
2008 Bydgoszcz World Junior Championships 400mH Semi-Finalist
2008 CARFITA Games (U-20) 400mH Bronze Medalist
Personal Bests:
400mH – 47.69 (August 15, 2013; Moscow, Russia)
