Torri Edwards

Torri Edwards
nation	United States
birthday	January 31, 1977
place of birth	Fontana
size	163 cm
Weight	57 kg
Career
discipline	sprint
Best performance	10.78 s ( 100 m )
status	resigned
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 0 × 1 × World championships 2 × 2 × 0 × World championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Olympic games bronze Sydney 2000 4 × 100 m  World championships gold Paris 2003 100 m silver Paris 2003 200 m silver Paris 2003 4 × 100 m gold Osaka 2007 4 × 100 m  Indoor world championships bronze Birmingham 2003 60 m

Torri Edwards (born January 31, 1977 in Fontana , California ) is an American athlete .

Her special disciplines are the 100-meter and 200-meter run . At the 2003 World Championships in Paris , she became world champion over 100 meters and she took second place over 200 meters. She also won a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games with the US 4 x 100 meter relay .

On August 7, 2004, Torri Edwards was suspended for two years for doping. She had previously tested positive for the stimulant nikethamide . The athlete had previously qualified over 100 and 200 meters as well as with the sprint relay for the 2004 Olympic Games , in which she could no longer participate. At the 2007 World Championships in Osaka , she won gold in the 4 x 100 meter relay.

Torri Edwards has a competition weight of 57 kg with a height of 1.63 m.

Web links

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• Torri Edwards in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Torri Edwards in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )