American athlete (born 1966)
Jearl Miles Clark
Jearl Miles Clark on the awards stand in Sydney
Born September 4, 1966 (1966-09-04 ) (age 58)Gainesville, Florida , U.S.
Jearl Atawa Miles Clark (née Miles ; born September 4, 1966, in Gainesville, Florida ) is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 and 800 meters.[ 1]
She held the American record in the women's 800 m at 1:56.40.
She competed for the United States in the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona , Spain in the 4 x 400 meters where she won the silver medal with her teammates Natasha Kaiser , Gwen Torrence and Rochelle Stevens .
She returned to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , U.S. where she again ran with Rochelle Stevens and fellow Americans Maicel Malone and Kim Graham to win the gold medal in the 4 x 400 meters.
She made a third appearance in the Olympics in the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney , Australia and again walked off with the gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres with her teammates Monique Hennagan , Marion Jones and LaTasha Colander-Richardson . This medal was later stripped due to steroid doping admissions of Marion Jones. However, she and 6 other members of the team would successfully appeal the decision to strip them of their medals in July 2010.[ 2]
She is married to J. J. Clark, brother of Olympians Joetta Clark and Hazel Clark . Her father-in-law is Joe Louis Clark .
She was a volunteer track and field coach at the University of Connecticut , where her husband worked as head coach for track and field. She was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2010.[ 3] [ 4]
Miles-Clark is a 1989 graduate of Alabama A&M University .
She currently resides with her husband, J.J. and their son, Jorell in California.
1972 : Dagmar Käsling , Rita Kühne , Helga Seidler , Monika Zehrt (GDR ) 1976 : Doris Maletzki , Brigitte Rohde , Ellen Streidt , Christina Brehmer (GDR ) 1980 : Tatyana Prorochenko , Tatyana Goyshchik , Nina Zyuskova , Irina Nazarova (URS ) 1984 : Lillie Leatherwood , Sherri Howard , Valerie Brisco-Hooks , Chandra Cheeseborough , Diane Dixon , Denean Howard (USA ) 1988 : Tatyana Ledovskaya , Olga Nazarova , Mariya Pinigina , Olha Bryzhina , Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova (URS ) 1992 : Yelena Ruzina , Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova , Olga Nazarova , Olha Bryzhina , Liliya Nurutdinova , Marina Shmonina (EUN ) 1996 : Rochelle Stevens , Maicel Malone-Wallace , Kim Graham , Jearl Miles , Linetta Wilson (USA ) 2000 : Jearl Miles Clark , Monique Hennagan , LaTasha Colander , Andrea Anderson (USA ) 2004 : DeeDee Trotter , Monique Henderson , Sanya Richards , Monique Hennagan , Moushaumi Robinson (USA ) 2008 : Mary Wineberg , Allyson Felix , Monique Henderson , Sanya Richards , Natasha Hastings (USA ) 2012 : DeeDee Trotter , Allyson Felix , Francena McCorory , Sanya Richards-Ross , Keshia Baker , Diamond Dixon (USA ) 2016 : Allyson Felix , Phyllis Francis , Natasha Hastings , Courtney Okolo , Taylor Ellis-Watson , Francena McCorory (USA ) 2020 : Sydney McLaughlin , Allyson Felix , Dalilah Muhammad , Athing Mu , Kaylin Whitney , Wadeline Jonathas , Kendall Ellis , Lynna Irby (USA ) 2024 : Shamier Little , Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone , Gabrielle Thomas , Alexis Holmes , Quanera Hayes , Aaliyah Butler , Kaylyn Brown (USA )
1983 : Kerstin Walther , Sabine Busch , Marita Koch , Dagmar Rübsam , Undine Bremer , Ellen Fiedler (GDR) 1987 : Dagmar Neubauer , Kirsten Emmelmann , Petra Müller , Sabine Busch , Cornelia Ullrich (GDR) 1991 : Tatyana Ledovskaya , Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova , Olga Nazarova , Olha Bryzhina , Anna Chuprina (URS) 1993 : Gwen Torrence , Maicel Malone-Wallace , Natasha Kaiser , Jearl Miles , Terri Dendy , Michelle Collins (USA) 1995 : Kim Graham , Rochelle Stevens , Camara Jones , Jearl Miles , Nicole Green (USA) 1997 : Anke Feller , Uta Rohländer , Anja Rücker , Grit Breuer (GER) 1999 : Tatyana Chebykina , Svetlana Goncharenko , Olga Kotlyarova , Natalya Nazarova , Natalya Sharova , Yekaterina Bakhvalova (RUS) 2001 : Sandie Richards , Catherine Scott-Pomales , Debbie-Ann Parris , Lorraine Fenton , Michelle Burgher , Deon Hemmings (JAM) 2003 : Demetria Washington , Jearl Miles Clark , Me'Lisa Barber , Sanya Richards , DeeDee Trotter (USA) 2005 : Yuliya Pechonkina , Olesya Krasnomovets , Natalya Antyukh , Svetlana Pospelova , Tatyana Firova , Olesya Zykina (RUS) 2007 : DeeDee Trotter , Allyson Felix , Mary Wineberg , Sanya Richards , Monique Hennagan , Natasha Hastings (USA) 2009 : Debbie Dunn , Allyson Felix , Lashinda Demus , Sanya Richards , Natasha Hastings , Jessica Beard (USA) 2011 : Sanya Richards-Ross , Allyson Felix , Jessica Beard , Francena McCorory , Natasha Hastings , Keshia Baker (USA) 2013 : Jessica Beard , Natasha Hastings , Ashley Spencer , Francena McCorory , Joanna Atkins (USA) 2015 : Christine Day , Shericka Jackson , Stephenie Ann McPherson , Novlene Williams-Mills , Anastasia Le-Roy , Chrisann Gordon (JAM) 2017 : Quanera Hayes , Allyson Felix , Shakima Wimbley , Phyllis Francis , Kendall Ellis , Natasha Hastings (USA) 2019 : Phyllis Francis , Sydney McLaughlin , Dalilah Muhammad , Wadeline Jonathas , Jessica Beard , Allyson Felix , Kendall Ellis , Courtney Okolo (USA) 2022 : Talitha Diggs , Abby Steiner , Britton Wilson , Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone , Kaylin Whitney , Allyson Felix , Jaide Stepter Baynes (USA) 2023 : Eveline Saalberg , Lieke Klaver , Cathelijn Peeters , Femke Bol , Lisanne de Witte (NED)
1971 : C. Toussaint , E. Stroy , G. Norman , M. Laing (USA ) 1975 : J. Yakubowich , M. MacGowan , R. Campbell , J. McTaggart (CAN ) 1979 : E. Kelley , S. Dabney , P. Jackson , R. Bryant (USA ) 1983 : A. Jackson , J. Brown , E. Gabriel , K. Bolton (USA ) 1987 : D. Dixon , R. Stevens , V. Brisco-Hooks , D. Howard (USA ) 1991 : J. Miles , M. Malone , N. Kaiser , T. Downing (USA ) 1995 : I. Bonne , S. Morales , N. McLeón , J. Duporty (CUB ) 1999 : J. Duporty , Z. Calatayud , I. Bonne , D. Pernía (CUB ) 2003 : M. Barber , M. Robinson , J. Clay , D. Trotter (USA ) 2007 : A. Martínez , D. Pernía , Z. Calatayud , I. Terrero (CUB ) 2011 : A. Martínez , D. Peña , S. Clement , D. Bonne (CUB ) 2015 : S. Little , K. Jefferson , S. Wimbley , K. Baisden (USA ) 2019 : L. Irby , J. Stepter , A. Cockrell , C. Okolo (USA ) 2023 : Z. Hechavarría , R. Almanza , S. Diago , L. Veitía (CUB )
1958–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1980–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–presentUSA Track & Field Notes OT : Since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT : The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Distance :The event was over 440 yards until 1932, 1955, 1957–8, 1961–3, 1965–6, 1969–70 and 1973–4
1927–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1980–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–presentUSA Track & Field Notes OT : 1928, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT : The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Distance :The event was over 880 yards in 1958, 1961–3, 1965–6, 1969–70 and 1973–4
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