- Duane Ross
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United StatesMen’s athletics World Championships Bronze 1999 Sevilla 110 m hurdles Randolph Duane Ross (born 5 December 1972 in Shelby) is a retired American track and field athlete who specialized in the 110 meters hurdles. He was the 1995 NCAA champion in the event and went on to win the bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. He qualified for the 2004 Athens Olympics, but did not manage to make the final.
He was coached by Trevor Graham and was later called to testify against him as part of the investigations into the BALCO scandal. Ross received a two-year ban for attempted use, possession and trafficking of performance-enhancing drugs in 2010 after information revealed his infractions from 2001.
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Career
As a college athlete at Clemson University, he won the 110 m hurdles at the 1995 NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship for the Clemson Tigers. He made his first appearance on the world track stage at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships, where he finished fourth in the 60 meters hurdles competition, just behind compatriot Tony Dees. He returned at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Maebashi, but again failed to reach the podium with another fourth place finish, this time losing out to Falk Balzer. He had greater success outdoors that year, as he won the bronze medal in the 110 m hurdles at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in his career personal best time of 13.12 seconds. An appearance at the 1999 IAAF Grand Prix Final, however, brought yet another fourth place finish.[1]
He was the runner up at the 2004 United States Olympic Trials and competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He failed to reach the final after running 13.30 seconds for fifth place in the semi-finals of the men's hurdles competition.[2]
He was called to testify against former coach Trevor Graham as part of a federal investigation into the BALCO affair. Following analysis of information received from BALCO in 2010, Ross was suspended for two years by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and all his results from November 2001 onwards were disqualified.[3] He was punished for attempted use, possession, and trafficking of performance-enhancing drugs.[4]
Ross is currently the head men's track coach at Methodist University in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Personal bests
Event Time (sec) Venue Date 50 metres hurdles 6.36 Liévin, France 21 February 1999 60 metres hurdles 7.42 Madrid, Spain 16 February 1999 110 metres hurdles 13.12 Seville, Spain 25 August 1999 - All information taken from IAAF profile.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Event 1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 4th 60 m hurdles 1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 4th 60 m hurdles World Championships Seville, Spain 3rd 110 m hurdles IAAF Grand Prix Final Munich, Germany 4th 110 m hurdles 2003 World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco Disqualified (6th) 110 m hurdles 2004 Summer Olympics Athens, Greece Disqualified (5th (semis)) 110 m hurdles World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco Disqualified (8th) 110 m hurdles See also
References
- ^ Ross Duane. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-27.
- ^ Duane Ross. Sports-reference. Retrieved on 2010-04-27.
- ^ Ross suspended two years. ESPN/Associated Press (2010-02-05). Retrieved on 2010-04-27.
- ^ IAAF Newsletter Edition 112. IAAF (2010-04-27). Retrieved on 2010-04-27.
External links
- IAAF profile for Duane Ross
- Profile from USATF
Categories:- 1972 births
- Living people
- American hurdlers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Clemson Tigers track and field athletes
- American sportspeople in doping cases
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