Antonio McKay

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Antonio McKay 1984

Antonio McKay ( Antonio Ricardo McKay ; born February 9, 1964 in Atlanta , Georgia ) is a retired American sprinter . The specialist for the 400-meter run won two Olympic gold with the 4-by-400-meter relay .

Life

After winning the US eliminations in 1984, he was also extremely successful at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles : As the final runner in the 4 x 400 meter relay, he secured the US team together with Sunder Nix , Ray Armstead and Alonzo Babers won the gold medal, and in the individual race he took bronze in 44.71 s behind his compatriot Alonzo Babers (44.27 s) and Gabriel Tiacoh from Ivory Coast (44.54 s).

He won his second season gold three years later at the 1987 World Championships in Rome (in the cast Danny Everett , Roddie Haley , McKay and Harry Reynolds ). As a single runner, he did not start there.

A year earlier, at the Goodwill Games , which were held for the first time in Moscow in 1986 , he was victorious over 400 meters, winning his first gold medal in an individual race. Two more followed at the World Indoor Championships in Indianapolis in 1987 and in Budapest in 1989 .

At the national level, he was particularly successful indoors: He won in 1987, 1988, 1989 and again in 1993. In outdoor championships, apart from a win at the university championships in 1984 - McKay started for Georgia Tech - he won no title: 1986 was he sixth and 1987 third.

In the hall he also ran a world record over 400 meters (45.79 s, 1984) and a world best time over 300 meters (32.51 s, 1987). At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , he won another gold medal in the relay. However, he was only used in the preliminary stages; the final was played by Danny Everett , Steve Lewis , Kevin Robinzine and Harry Reynolds .

In 1990, phenylpropanolamine was found in a doping test at McKay, whereupon he was banned for three months. On appeal, the ban was lifted on the grounds that his doctor had prescribed him a flu drug without knowing that it contained the substance. His last international relay success was the silver medal at the World Indoor Championships in Seville in 1991 .

Antonio McKay is 1.80 m tall and weighed 76 kg during his playing days. He now coaches a private high school in Atlanta and was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1999 .

Personal bests

  • 400 m: 44.69 s, August 13, 1986, Zurich

Individual evidence

  1. McKay's Ban Halted on Appeal , Los Angeles Times May 30, 1990
  2. There everything is swallowed , Der Spiegel April 30, 1990, p. 212

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