Calvin Harrison
Calvin Harrison (born January 20, 1974 in Orlando ) is a former American athlete who specializes in the 400-meter run .
He and his twin brother Alvin Harrison made history when they became the first pair of twins to win a relay competition together at the Modern Olympics. Together with Michael Johnson and Antonio Pettigrew , they won the gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney . However, this medal was stripped of them on August 2, 2008 because of a doping offense by Antonio Pettigrew.
Calvin Harrison himself was banned for two years in 2004 for taking the banned substance Modafinil , so he missed participation in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and lost his gold medal from the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Paris . His brother Alvin was even banned for four years for misusing various performance-enhancing drugs.
Calvin Harrison was 1.86 m tall and had a competition weight of 75 kg.
Top performances
Web links
- Calvin Harrison in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Calvin Harrison in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung: IOC decision - USA relay gold withdrawn from Sydney ( memento of the original from August 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , August 2, 2008
- ↑ Leichtathletik.de: Alvin Harrison admits extensive doping , October 19, 2004
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| SURNAME | Harrison, Calvin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th January 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orlando (Florida) , United States |