What was the full name of the record-breaking American sprinter known as Flo-Jo?
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Al Joyner Alfrederick "Al" Joyner (born January 19, 1960) is an American former athlete and now coach. He was born in East St. Louis, Illinois. He is the 1984 Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump. He was also the husband of three-time Olympic gold medalist and world 100 m and 200 m record holder Florence Griffith Joyner and is the brother of three-time Olympic gold medalist and world heptathlon record holder Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
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Florence Griffith Joyner Florence Delorez Griffith Joyner (December 21, 1959 – September 21, 1998), also known as Flo-Jo, was an American track and field athlete. She is considered the fastest woman of all time based on the fact that the world records she set in 1988 for both the 100 m and 200 m still stand. During the late 1980s she became a popular figure in international track and field because of her record-setting performances and flashy personal style.
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Michelle Collins (athlete) Michelle Collins (born February 12, 1971) is an American track and field athlete, known for long sprints. She was the 2003 World Indoor Champion at 200 metres. Her 22.18 from that meet would clearly be an American record, but it was never ratified. Her career came to an apparent end when she was handed an 8-year suspension for using Performance-enhancing drugs, after she was linked to the BALCO Scandal. She never tested positive but admitted using THG and EPO. Her results were retroactively disqualified. After some legal wrangling, Collins threatened to appeal the decision by USADA. She agreed to drop her appeal and her suspension was reduced to the more conventional 4-year ban.
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Forrest Beaty Forrest O. Beaty is a retired American track and field athlete memorable for setting the National High School record in the straight 220 yard dash, a race slightly longer than the 200 metres straight. It is the longest standing record on the books, although mostly because that distance is not ran anymore. His record time, set on a Cinder track in 1961 as a high school junior at Herbert Hoover High School in Glendale, California was hand timed at 20.2 and equaled the world record for the imperially measured distance. Later in his high school career, he also set the record for the 100-yard dash at 9.4, just .2 off the world record in that event. He was also spectacular on the football field for the school. He won both races at the CIF California State Meet (coming out of the tunnel at East Los Angeles College) in 1961, repeating in the 100y in 1962. He was named the CIF Southern Section Athlete of the Year in 1962, the same award he shared with future Olympic Champion Ulis Williams in 1961. He was also "Track and Field News" High School Athlete of the year in 1962.
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Edith McGuire Edith Marie McGuire (born June 3, 1944), later known as Edith McGuire Duvall, is an American former sprinter.
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John J. Tammaro Jr. John J. Tammaro Jr. (September 22, 1925 - February 25, 2001) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.
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Joie Ray (athlete) Joseph W. "Joie" Ray (1894–1978) was an American track and field athlete and member of the United States National Track and Field Hall of Fame. He held world records for the 1 mi and 2 mi distances. He represented the United States in the three Olympic Games held the 1920s, earning a bronze medal for the 3000 m team race in 1924.
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J. Ira Courtney John Ira Courtney (April 27, 1889 – April 15, 1968) was an American sprinter, who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay events. In 1909–1914, he won several championships as a sprinter and hurdler, and later became a handball player.
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Frans Luitjes Franciscus Jacobus "Frans" Luitjes (21 June 1944 – 27 October 1965) was a Dutch sprinter. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m events, but failed to reach the finals.
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Francis Lane Francis Adonijah Lane (September 23, 1874 – February 17, 1927) was an American sprinter who competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Greece.
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Lon Myers Laurence Eugene "Lon" Myers (February 16, 1858 – February 16, 1899) was an American sprinter and middle distance runner.
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Derrick Florence Derrick Florence (born June 19, 1968) is a former American sprinter. He had an outstanding career at Ball High School in Galveston, Texas, in the mid-1980s before fading into obscurity. Florence won the gold medal in the 100 metres at the 1986 World Junior Championships and was named "High School Boys Athlete of the Year" by "Track & Field News".
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Jackie Thompson (athlete) Jackie Thompson (born July 20, 1954) is an American sprinter. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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Forest K. Ferguson Forest King Ferguson, Jr. (June 21, 1919 – May 15, 1954), nicknamed Fergie Ferguson, was an American college athlete who attended the University of Florida and was a member of the university's football, boxing, and track and field teams, and later served as a decorated officer in the U.S. Army. He is remembered as one of the most remarkable athletes that the University of Florida ever produced.
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Eddie Carey Eddie Carey (born May 11, 1960) is an American former sprinter. He is the girls cross country and track coach of a small high school.
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Joe DeLoach Joseph ("Joe") Nathaniel DeLoach (born June 5, 1967) is a former American sprinter; the 1988 Olympic champion in the 200 m.
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Coby Miller Coby Miller (born October 19, 1976 in Ackerman, Mississippi) is an American track and field athlete, who specialises in the sprint events. In his career, he recorded a sub-10 second personal best in the 100 meters and a sub-20 second best in the 200 meters. In the latter distance, he won the 1999 Summer Universiade and reached the 2000 Sydney Olympics final. He suffered leg injuries in the 2001 and 2002 seasons, but returned in late 2002 as part of the gold-medal-winning American 4 x 100 m relay team at the IAAF World Cup, breaking the championship record. He ran under ten seconds in the 100 m Olympics Trials in 2004, but failed to qualify for the event. However, he won an Olympic silver medal at the 2004 Athens Games as part of the American 4 x 100 m relay team. At his peak he was regularly ranked among the top ten American sprinters.
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Michael Norman (sprinter) Michael Norman, Jr. (born December 3, 1997) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the 100 meters, 200 meters, and 400 meters. He graduated from Vista Murrieta High School in Murrieta, California in 2016. He currently attends University of Southern California. He broke the NFHS record in the 400 meters with a time of 45.19 seconds at the 2015 CIF California State Meet held at Buchanan High School in Clovis, California on June 6, 2015. His time is the fastest 400 meters run by a U.S. high school athlete against other high school-aged athletes, along with Aldrich Bailey who also ran 45.19 seconds in Lubbock, Texas on April 28, 2012. The time, however, is not the fastest 400 meters ever run by a U.S. high school-aged athlete according to the List of United States High School National Records in Track and Field. The time of 44.69 seconds set by Darrell Robinson is the fastest. However, it was set at a non-NFHS sanctioned meet, therefore only being acknowledged as a National Record by Track & Field News. Norman's NFHS record is currently awaiting NFHS ratification. On June 30, 2015, Norman was named the Gatorade Player of the Year for his achievements in Track and Field. He is only the 2nd non-senior to win the Gatorade Player of the Year award in the 30-year history of the program and the first male sprinter to win the honors as a non-senior.
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Pat Porter Patrick ("Pat") Ralph Porter (May 31, 1959 – July 26, 2012) was an American distance runner. Born in Wadena, Minnesota, he graduated from Adams State in 1982 with a degree in marketing, after which he became one of the most dominant U.S. distance runners of the 1980s. Porter was a two time U.S. Olympian, running the 10000 meters at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games. In 1983 he set the World Record for a road 10K at 27:31.8. He won the silver medal at the 1985 IAAF World Cup in Canberra, Australia, getting nipped at the tape by Ethiopia's Wodajo Bulti by six hundredths of a second.
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Fred Wolcott Fred Wolcott (November 28, 1915 - January 26, 1972) is a former American track and field athlete who was United States champion and world record holder in the sprint hurdles events in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
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Tim Dale Tim Dale (born August 19, 1957) is an American former sprinter.
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Jim Bausch James Aloysius Bernard Bausch (March 29, 1906 – July 9, 1974), also known as "Jarring Jim", was an American athlete who competed mainly in the decathlon.