Sam Graddy

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Sam Graddy athletics
nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday February 10, 1964
Career
discipline sprint
status resigned
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Pan American Games 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Pan American Games logo Pan American Games
gold Caracas 1983 4 × 100 m
silver Caracas 1983 100 m
Olympic rings Olympic games
gold Los Angeles 1984 4 × 100 m
silver Los Angeles 1984 100 m
Sam Graddy
Position (s):
Wide Receiver
Jersey numbers:
83, 85
born February 10, 1964 in Gaffney , South Carolina
Career information
Active : 1987 - 1992
Undrafted in 1987
College : Tennessee
Teams
Career statistics
Captured passports     18th
Captive yards     477
Touchdowns     3
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

  • No notable successes

Sam Graddy ( Samuel Louis "Sam" Graddy III ; born February 10, 1964 in Gaffney , South Carolina ) is a former American sprinter and Olympic champion .

In 1983 he was third in the 100-meter run at the Pan American Games in Caracas and won the 4-by-100-meter relay . However, after Juan Núñez was convicted of doping and disqualified, Graddy won the silver medal in the 100-meter run.

At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles , he won the silver medal over 100 meters, behind his compatriot Carl Lewis (gold) and ahead of the Canadian Ben Johnson (bronze), as well as the team gold medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay together with his teammates Ron Brown , Calvin Smith and Carl Lewis, ahead of the teams from Jamaica (silver) and Canada (bronze). In 1984 Graddy also won the national 100-meter championship with 10.28 s.

After graduating from the University of Tennessee , he earned his living as a professional football player with the Denver Broncos in the 1987 and 1988 seasons. He then played with the Los Angeles Raiders from 1990 to 1992.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Frank Litsky: Use of Steroids: Discovery in the Face of Disbelief. The New York Times , August 28, 1983, accessed October 6, 2017 .
  2. ^ T&FN - Past Results. (No longer available online.) In: trackandfieldnews.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2017 ; accessed on October 6, 2017 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / trackandfieldnews.com