Joe DeLoach

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Joe DeLoach (actually: Joseph Nathaniel DeLoach ; born June 5, 1967 in Bay City , Texas ) is a former American sprinter and Olympic champion in the 200-meter run .

Career

DeLoach was born into a large family. He has eleven sisters and one brother. He started running as a child, but then wanted to become an American football player. Only later did he focus on his career as a sprinter. Like his fiercest rival Carl Lewis before, DeLoach also trained at the University of Houston .

In his active sporting time, DeLoach only played one major international competition, the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. At the beginning of the Olympic season, DeLoach had great difficulties in setting outstanding times. In the US eliminations for the Olympic Games in Indianapolis, the so-called Trials, he was on point in top form and won over 200 meters. This victory earned him qualification for the Olympic Games. He beat his teammate from the Santa Monica Track Club , the reigning Olympic champion Carl Lewis . DeLoach missed qualifying for Seoul with a fifth place over 100 meters .

In the Olympic final, he and Lewis, who wanted to repeat his four Olympic victories from 1984, were top favorites. During the run, Lewis looked like the sure winner over three-quarters of the way, but DeLoach still caught him and eventually became an Olympic Champion with an Olympic record of 19.75s. This run was the only individual Olympic competition in which Carl Lewis had to admit defeat.

After the Olympic Games, DeLoach could no longer build on his achievements. He had to do without qualification for the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona due to an injury. Then he retired from active sports. DeLoach lives in his hometown of Bay City with his wife and three children.

Doping allegations

In 2003 it became known that in a doping test before the Olympic Games at DeLoach in 1988, prohibited doping substances had been found. The Olympic Committee of the USA (USOC) canceled the suspension due to the fact that it was taken unintentionally, and kept the case (as well as other positive samples from other athletes, such as Carl Lewis) secret from the IOC , so that DeLoach could compete in Seoul. In contrast to Carl Lewis, DeLoach himself did not comment on the doping allegations.

Personal bests

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Sports Illustrated : An ex-USOC official says some athletes were allowed to bend the drug rules ( Memento of August 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). April 15, 2003
  2. ^ The Guardian : Lewis: "Who cares I failed drug test?" April 24, 2003
personal data
SURNAME DeLoach, Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES DeLoach, Joseph Nathaniel (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American athlete
DATE OF BIRTH 5th June 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Bay City , Texas