Tim Montgomery
Tim Montgomery (born January 28, 1975 in Gaffney , South Carolina ) is a former American sprinter .
Montgomery has been in the top of the world in the 100 meter run since his bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athens . At the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton , he won silver over 100 meters and gold with the US team in the 4 x 100 meter relay . He had his sporting climax at the Golden League meeting in Paris in 2002 , when he set the then world record of 9.78 seconds over 100 meters.
However, his achievements were eclipsed in 2004 by the shadow of the doping affair surrounding the company BALCO and the artificial designer steroid THG in the USA. Montgomery was not allowed to participate in the Athens Olympics. Even with his world record, suspicions arose. At the time, he ran a hundredth of a second faster than the hitherto best-known doping offender, Ben Johnson, in 1988 in Seoul, who was stripped of the gold medal one day after his Olympic victory.
In December 2005 he was suspended for doping by the International Sports Court for two years, his results from March 31, 2001 including the world record were annulled. One day after the decision, Montgomery announced his resignation.
In an interview with the American pay-TV broadcaster HBO at the end of November 2008, Montgomery admitted to having been doping with testosterone and growth hormones at the Olympic Games 2000 in Sydney .
Tim Montgomery had a competition weight of 73 kg with a height of 1.78 m. Together with his former partner, the American sprinter Marion Jones , he has a son.
Litigation
On April 30, 2008, Montgomery was arrested for drug trafficking. He had tried to sell 111 grams of heroin to an informant . In May of the same year he was sentenced to three years and ten months in prison for a check fraud involving an amount of 3.7 million euros.
His partner Jones was sentenced on January 11, 2008 to a six-month prison term for aiding and abetting and perjury . Her trainer Steve Riddick and his former manager Charles Wells were involved. Riddick received house arrest for five years and three months and Wells for six months.
In October 2008, the verdict was passed in the criminal proceedings for heroin possession. Montgomery was sentenced to an additional five years in prison by the US Federal Court in Norfolk, Virginia. Montgomery had pleaded guilty.
Web links
- Tim Montgomery in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ BBC News : I won gold on drugs - Montgomery . November 24, 2008
- ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung : Because of heroin trafficking: Tim Montgomery has to be behind bars for five years . October 11, 2008
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Montgomery, Tim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gaffney, South Carolina |