Andrea Anderson

Andrea Anderson ( Andrea Arlene Anderson ; born September 17, 1977 in Harbor City ) is an American sprinter who specialized in the 400-meter run .

At the Junior World Championships in Sydney in 1996 she won silver over 100 m and in the 4 x 100 meter relay .

In 1999 she was fourth at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg and won silver with the US team in the 4-by-400-meter relay . At the World Championships in Seville , she was part of the 4-by-400-meter US relay, which eventually won silver.

At the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000, she won the gold medal in the 4-by-400-meter relay as the runner used in the preliminary run. After Marion Jones was disqualified for doping in 2007 , the IOC Executive Committee decided on April 10, 2008 to disqualify the United States relay altogether. Anderson and the other three runners concerned took legal action against this decision before the International Court of Justice (CAS), which ruled in their favor in July 2010.

Best times

• 100 m: 11.43 s, 22 August 1996, Sydney
• 200 m : 23.32 s, May 4th 1996, Westwood
• 400 m: 51.18 s, July 15, 2000, Sacramento

Web links

• Andrea Anderson in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete portrait at US Track & Field
• Andrea Anderson in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Footnotes

1. ↑ Final Award - CAS 2008 / A / 1545 Andrea Anderson, LaTasha Colander Clark, Jearl Miles-Clark, Torri Edwards, Chryste Gaines, Monique Hennagan, Passion Richardson v / IOC ( Memento of the original from May 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info : The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . July 17, 2010 (PDF; 288 kB)