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At the time, her medal haul was the second most for female track and field athlete in history, behind only Fanny Blankers-Koen who won four gold medals in 1948. [38] In February 1989, Griffith Joyner announced her retirement from racing. [36] [39] She cited her new business opportunities outside of sprinting.
Frederick Carlton Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. Lewis was a dominant sprinter and long jumper whose career spanned from 1979 to 1996, when he last won the Olympic long jump.
Sha'Carri Richardson (/ ʃ ə ˈ k ær iː / shə-KERREE; [3] born March 25, 2000 [4]) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres.Richardson rose to fame in 2019 as a freshman at Louisiana State University, running 10.75 seconds to break the 100 m collegiate record at the NCAA Division I Championships.
Jack London (athlete) Great Britain: Georg Lammers Germany: 1932 Los Angeles details: Eddie Tolan United States: Ralph Metcalfe United States: Arthur Jonath Germany: 1936 Berlin details: Jesse Owens United States: Ralph Metcalfe United States: Tinus Osendarp Netherlands: 1948 London details: Harrison Dillard United States: Barney Ewell United ...
Abby Kathryn Steiner (born November 24, 1999) is an American track and field sprinter. She is the U.S. indoor record holder in the 200 m and 300 m , and the NCAA record holder in the 200 m. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Steiner holds personal bests of 10.90 seconds over 100 m and 21.77 seconds over 200 m.
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (born 21 August 1996) [5] is a Puerto Rican [6] [7] [8] track and field athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles.At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she became the first Puerto Rican of Afro-Latino descent and the second person representing Puerto Rico to win a gold medal.
Jones' time was the second-fastest ever by an American. She was named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week on February 12 for her performance in Karlsruhe. At the 2008 USA Indoor Championships, Jones won her second straight national championship with a time of 7.88 seconds and also won the Visa Championship Series title for the 2008 indoor ...
While races over imperial measured distances were very common in the first half of the 20th century, only the mile remains common today due to its historical prominence in track and field: all other imperial measured distance races became increasingly rare, and the IAAF deleted these events from the world record books in 1976.