Cottrell J. Hunter
Cottrell J. Hunter III (born December 14, 1968 in Washington, DC ) is a former American shot putter . With a height of 1.86 m, his competition weight was 149 kg.
Hunter graduated from Penn State in 1991 and then worked as a throwing coach at the University of North Carolina . He had to give up this job when he entered into a relationship with sprint world champion Marion Jones in 1998 because coach-athlete affairs contradicted university rules. The couple married on October 3, 1998. In 2001, the two divorced. Today Hunter is the coach of the North Carolina State University Football Team.
Hunter began his track and field career after failing to qualify for a prestigious basketball team in high school. In 1991 he was third in the shot put at the Pan American Championships, but could not qualify for the final at the 1991 World Championships . In 1992 it exceeded the 20-meter mark for the first time.
Hunter made his breakthrough to the top of the world in 1995. At the World Indoor Championships , he was second behind the Finn Mika Halvari with 20.58 meters . In the outdoor season he won the Pan American Championships. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, he finished seventh with 20.39 meters.
With 20.33 meters he won bronze at the 1997 World Championships in Athens. At the 1999 World Championships in Seville, the German Oliver-Sven Buder led with 21.42 meters before the last round . In the last round, Hunter managed the longest shot of his career to date, at 21.79 meters, with which he won the world title ahead of Buder. One day after winning the title, his wife Marion Jones successfully defended her title in the 100-meter run .
At the US Trials 2000 Hunter managed to further increase his personal best to 21.87 meters. In the run-up to the 2000 Olympic Games , Hunter was convicted of doping with nandrolone , which brought his career to an abrupt end.
literature
- Peter Matthews (Ed.): Athletics 2000. Surbiton 2000, ISBN 1-899807-07-1
Web links
- Cottrell J. Hunter in the database of World Athletics (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hunter, Cottrell J. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hunter, Cottrell J. III |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American shot putter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Washington, DC |