Floyd Heard
Floyd Heard ( Floyd Wayne Heard ; born March 24, 1966 in West Point , Mississippi ) is a former American sprinter .
Career
In 1986 he set a world record for the year in the 200-meter run with 20.12 seconds . A year later he won gold over the same distance at the Pan American Games and was sixth at the World Athletics Championships in Rome . In 1989 he won his second national title in the 200 m after 1986. At the 1991 World Cup in Tokyo, he was eliminated in the semifinals.
On April 17, 1994, he set the current world record of 1: 18.68 minutes in the 4 x 200 meter relay race in Walnut together with Michael Marsh , Leroy Burrell and Carl Lewis .
In 2000, Heard became the oldest US sprinter to date to qualify for the Olympic Games. In June of this year he was convicted of doping and given a warning. Shortly thereafter, he reached the semifinals at the Olympic Games in Sydney .
Floyd Heard is 1.78 m tall and weighed 71 kg during his playing days. He graduated from Texas A&M University and later started for the Santa Monica Track Club .
Personal bests
- 100 m : 10.10 s, June 14, 1991, New York City
- 200 m: 19.88 s, July 23, 2000, Sacramento
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF News - Newsletter No. 46 ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.3 MB) , IAAF November / December 2000
Web links
- Floyd Heard in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Floyd Heard in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Athlete portrait at USA Track & Field
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heard, Floyd |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heard, Floyd Wayne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sprinter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | West Point , Mississippi |