Mikele Barber

Mikele Barber medal table
Mikele Barber 2007 in Osaka
Sprinter
United States
World championships
gold	2007 Osaka	4 × 100 m
Pan American Games
gold	2007 Rio de Janeiro	100 m
silver	2007 Rio de Janeiro	4 × 100 m

Mikele "Miki" Barber (born October 4, 1980 in Livingston ) is an American sprinter .

At the beginning of her career, she mostly appeared in the 400-meter run . At the World Junior Athletics Championships in Annecy in 1998 , she won the bronze medal with the US 4 x 400 meter relay , over 400 m she finished eighth in 54.24 s.

As a student at the University of South Carolina , she attended two Universiads . In 1999 in Palma she secured second place over 400 m in 51.03 seconds. In 2001 in Beijing she won the bronze medal in 51.93 s over the same distance and the gold medal in the 4 x 400 meter relay.

She later focused on the 100-meter run . At the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2007 , she won the gold medal over this distance in a personal best of 11.02 s and the silver medal with the 4 x 100 meter relay .

She celebrated her greatest success so far at the 2007 World Athletics Championships in Osaka . Together with Lauryn Williams , Allyson Felix and Torri Edwards , she won the gold medal for the United States in the 4 x 100 meter relay.

Mikele Barber is 1.57 m tall and has a competition weight of 52 kg. She is the twin sister of Me'Lisa Barber .

Top performances

Open air:

• 100 m: 11.02 s, July 24, 2007, Rio de Janeiro
• 200 m : 22.73 s, June 23, 2007, Indianapolis
• 400 m: 50.63 s, May 13, 2001, Columbia

Hall:

• 60 m : 7.14 s, February 28, 2010, Albuquerque
• 200 m: 23.06, March 10, 2000, Fayetteville
• 400 m: 51.92, March 14, 2003, Fayetteville

Web links

• Mikele Barber in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Mikele Barber's athlete profile on the USATF website