LaTasha Colander-Clark Biography
- Title:
- 2000 Sydney Olympic Games Gold Medal Relay Sprinter
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Should Performance Enhancing Drugs (Such as Steroids) Be Accepted in Sports?"
- Reasoning:
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No position found as of Dec. 4, 2008
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Founder, LaTasha Colander-Clark’s Treasures Within Foundation, 2000-present
- Filed appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to retain gold medal won in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games 4x400m relay with teammates Marion Jones, Jearl Miles-Clark, Monique Hennagan, and Andrea Anderson, May 1, 2008
- The International Olympic Committee after Marion Jones admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs stripped LaTasha Colander-Clark and her 2000 Sydney Olympic Games relay teammates of their gold medals, Apr. 2008
- Inducted into the University of North Carolina Hall of Fame, 2006
- Silver medalist, 200m, USA Outdoor Championships, 2005
- Gold medalist (pending decision of the CAS as of Dec. 4, 2008), 4x400m relay, Summer Olympic Games, Sydney, Australia, 2000
- Competitor, Summer Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, 2004
- Olympic Trials 100m Champion, 2004
- Inducted into the Virginia Hall of Fame, 2002
- Two-time USA Outdoor 400m Champion, 2000, 2001
- USA Junior Champion, 100m hurdle, 1994
- World Junior Champs runner-up, 100m hurdle, 1994
- Education:
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- BA, Mass Communications, University of North Carolina, 1998
- Other:
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- World Record Holder, 4x200m relay
- Born on Aug. 23, 1976 in Portsmouth, VA
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