Lillie Leatherwood

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Lillie Mae Leatherwood (born July 6, 1964 in Tuscaloosa , Alabama ) is a former American athlete and Olympic champion .

Leatherwood broke into world class in 1984. At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, she reached the final in the 400-meter run and finished fifth in 50.25 seconds. She was the starting runner of the American 4-by-400-meter relay , which won gold in the line-up of Leatherwood, Sherri Howard , Chandra Cheeseborough and Valerie Brisco-Hooks , setting a new Olympic record in 3: 18.29 minutes.

In 1985 Leatherwood won their first of four US championship titles in the 400-meter course, followed by the other titles in 1987, 1988 and 1991. In 1987 Leatherwood won silver behind Sabine Busch from the GDR at the first officially held World Indoor Championships in Indianapolis . At the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Leatherwood finished fifth in the individual race in 50.82 seconds, with the relay team consisting of Diane Dixon , Denean Howard , Valerie Brisco and Leatherwood, she won bronze in 3: 21.04 minutes behind the relay teams from the GDR and the USSR. In 1988 at the Olympic Games in Seoul Leatherwood was only used in the relay prelim. In the final, Sherri Howard and Lillie Leatherwood had to make way for Valerie Brisco and Florence Griffith-Joyner . Since the US relay reached second place, the runners used in the run also received a silver medal.

After a long break, Lillie Leatherwood returned to the top in 1991. At the World Indoor Championships in Seville, she won bronze with the relay behind the relay from Germany and the USSR. In the outdoor season, she improved her personal best at the US championship to 49.66 seconds. At the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, she finished seventh in the individual race in 51.53 seconds, after running 50.68 seconds in the semifinals. With the season in the cast Rochelle Stevens , Diane Dixon, Jearl Miles and Leatherwood as the final runner, she finished second behind the USSR final runner in 3: 20.15 minutes.

Lillie Leatherwood was briefly married to sprinter Emmitt King during her career . With a height of 1.68 m, her competition weight was 56 kg. Today Lillie Leatherwood works for the Tuscaloosa Police Department as a physical education teacher.

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SURNAME Leatherwood, Lillie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leatherwood King, lily
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sprinter and Olympic champion
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Tuscaloosa