Sandie Richards
Medal record | ||
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Women's athletics | ||
Representing Jamaica | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2000 Sydney | 4x400m relay | |
2004 Athens | 4x400m relay | |
World Championships | ||
2001 Edmonton | 4x400 m relay | |
1997 Athens | 400 m | |
1993 Stuttgart | 400 m | |
1997 Athens | 4x400 m relay | |
2003 Paris | 4x400 m relay | |
World Indoor Championships | ||
1993 Toronto | 400 m | |
1993 Toronto | 4x400 m relay | |
2001 Lisbon | 400 m | |
1995 Barcelona | 400 m | |
1997 Paris | 400 m | |
2001 Lisbon | 4x400 m relay | |
2003 Birmingham | 4x400 m relay | |
Commonwealth Games | ||
1998 Kuala Lumpur | 400m | |
2002 Manchester | 400 m | |
Central American and Caribbean Games | ||
1998 Maracaibo | 400 metres | |
World Junior Championships | ||
1986 Athens | 400 m |
Angella ("Sandie") Richards (born 6 November 1968 in Clarendon Park) is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
Career
[edit]She was a world junior representative, finishing third in the 400 m at the 1986 Championships. The next year, she won bronze at the World Student Games, followed by her Olympic debut a year later in Seoul, South Korea.
Richards competed for San Jacinto College and then the Texas Longhorns women's track and field team, where she won the 1990 4 × 400 meter relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.[1][2]
In 1998, Richards won Commonwealth gold at 1998 Commonwealth Games and won a 400 m bronze and relay gold at the 1998 Goodwill Games. She was a member of the winning 4 x 400 m relay team at the 2001 World Championships, taking Jamaica's first ever mile relay gold medal in the 18-year history of the championships. At the opening ceremony of the 2001 World Championships, she captained the Jamaican team and carried the flag. She has the record for the most World Indoor final appearances with nine (five at 400 m and four at 4x400 m). She graduated in sociology from the University of Texas at Austin.
International competitions
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Jamaica | |||||
1984 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | Nassau, Bahamas | 2nd | 400 m | 54.81 |
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17) | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1st | 400 m | 55.77 | |
1985 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 2nd | 800 m | 2:13.18 |
1986 | CARIFTA Games | Les Abymes, Guadeloupe | 2nd | 200 m | 23.66 |
1st | 400 m | 52.18 | |||
World Junior Championships | Athens, Greece | 3rd | 400m | 52.23 |
References
[edit]- ^ "WOMEN'S JUNIOR COLLEGE RECORDS". Track and Field News. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Longhorn Hall of Honor: Sandie Richards". 7 November 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
External links
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