- Monique Hennagan
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Medal record
Monique HennaganWomen's athletics Competitor for the United States Olympic Games Gold 2000 Sydney 4x400 metres relay Monique Hennagan (born May 26, 1976 in Columbia, South Carolina) is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 meters. She won her first relay medal at the 1999 World Indoor Championships and her second in 2003.
At the Athens Olympics in 2004, Hennagan was part of the US team which finished first in the 4 x 400 meters relay. They were however disqualified in 2010 after Crystal Cox, who ran for the team in a preliminary round, admitted to using doping.[1]
In 2008, Hennagan had her relay medal from the 4 x 400 meters relay from 2000 Olympics stripped because of teammate Marion Jones admitting to performance enhancing drug use. On July 16, 2010, She and 6 other members of the US Women's Track and Field team won their appeal to the IOC to have their medals reinstated.[2]
Personal bests
- 100 metres: 11.26 seconds (2005)
- 200 metres: 22.87 seconds (2005)
- 400 metres: 49.56 seconds (2004)
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing the United States 1994 World Junior Championships Lisbon, Portugal 2nd 400 metres 1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 3rd 4x400m relay 2000 Summer Olympics Athens, Greece 1st 4x400m relay 2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, UK 3rd 4x400m relay 2004 Summer Olympics Athens, Greece 1st 4x400m relay World Athletics Final Athens, Greece 2nd 400 metres External links
- ^ Jamaica Observer (16 March 2010). "Jamaica gains Athens Olympics women's 4x400m silver". The Jamaica Observer. http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/Jamaica-Athens-Olympics-women-s-4x400m-silver?ito=feeds-newsxml. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ Associated Press (April 10, 2008). "US relay runners win Olympic medals appeal". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=5385884.
Olympic Champions in Women's 4×400 m relay - 1972: East Germany (Käsling, Kühne, Seidler, Zehrt)
- 1976: East Germany (Maletzki, Rohde, Streidt, Brehmer)
- 1980: Soviet Union (Prorochenko, Goistchik, Zyuskova, Nazarova)
- 1984: United States (Leatherwood, Howard, Brisco-Hooks, Cheeseborough)
- 1988: Sovie Union (Ledovskaya, Nazarova, Pinigina, Bryzhina)
- 1992: Unified Team (Ruzina, Dzhigalova, Nazarova, Bryzhina, Nurutdinova, Shmonina)
- 1996: United States (Stevens, Malone-Wallace, Graham, Miles, Wilson)
- 2000: United States (Miles Clark, Hennagan, Colander, Anderson)
- 2004: United States (Trotter, Henderson, Richards, Hennagan, Cox, Robinson)
- 2008: United States (Wineberg, Felix, Henderson, Richards, Hastings)
Categories:- 1976 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- American sprinters
- People from Columbia, South Carolina
- North Carolina Tar Heels athletes
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
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