Meredith Rainey Valmon

Meredith Rainey Valmon ( Meredith Lee Rainey Valmon, née Rainey; born October 15, 1968 in Brooklyn ) is a former American middle -distance runner who specialized in the 800-meter distance .

In 1991 she was sixth at the World Indoor Championships in Seville and was eliminated from the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in the preliminary stages.

At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, ​​she did not get past the first round.

In 1993 she was fifth at the World Championships in Stuttgart . In 1995 she won the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata and came back to fifth place at the World Cup in Gothenburg .

At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, she reached the semifinals.

In 1999 she was fourth at the World Indoor Championships in Maebashi , won bronze at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg and was eliminated from the World Championships in Seville in the preliminary stages.

She was US champion three times (1990, 1995, 1996) and twice US indoor champion (1991, 1999) over 800 m. Starting for Harvard University , she became NCAA champion in 1989 and NCAA indoor champion in 1990.

She has been married to former sprinter Andrew Valmon since 1996 .

Personal bests

• 400 m : 51.56 s, May 6, 1990, Philadelphia
  • Hall: 52.96 s, February 25, 1990, Ithaca
• 800 m: 1: 57.04 min, June 17, 1996, Atlanta
  • Hall: 1: 59.11 min, March 7, 1999, Maebashi

Web links

• Meredith Rainey Valmon in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete portrait at USA Track & Field
• Meredith Rainey Valmon in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
• Meredith Rainey Valmon in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )