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Clive Terrelonge Personal information Born June 30, 1969 Medal recordMen's Athletics Competitor for Jamaica
World Indoor Championships Gold 1995 Barcelona 800 metres Clive Terrelonge (born June 30, 1969) is a track coach at the University of Connecticut. Before coaching, he was an accomplished collegiate and professional athlete who specialized in the 800m and 400m.
Terrelonge was a two-time Olympian for Jamaica, competing in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and in 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. At the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Terrelonge became the first Jamaican ever to win a World Championship gold medal in the 800 metres.
While competing for Lincoln University, PA, Terrelonge earned 19 Division III All-America honors in the 400, 800 and the 4x400-meter relay. He is a former NCAA double 400 and triple 800-meter indoor/outdoor champion and held the 800-meter NCAA Division III outdoor record until Nick Symmonds of Willamette University broke it in the spring of 2006. Terrelonge was inducted into the NCAA Division III Hall of Fame in 2005.
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World Indoor Champions in Men's 800 m 1985: Colomán Trabado (ESP) • 1987: José Luíz Barbosa (BRA) • 1989 – 1991: Paul Ereng (KEN) • 1993: Tom McKean (GBR) • 1995: Clive Terrelonge (JAM) • 1997: Wilson Kipketer (DEN) • 1999: Johan Botha (RSA) • 2001: Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS) • 2003: David Krummenacker (USA) • 2004: Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA) • 2006: Wilfred Bungei (KEN) • 2008 – 2010: Abubaker Kaki Khamis (SUD)
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