- Sandie Richards
Sandie Richards (born
November 6 ,1968 in Clarendon Park) is aJamaica ntrack and field athlete. She was abronze medal ist in the 4x400 m relay at the2004 Olympic Games inAthens ,Greece .She was a world junior representative, finishing third in the 400 m at the
1986 Championships. The next year she won bronze at the World Student Games, followed by her Olympic debut a year later inSeoul, South Korea . Sandie won Commonwealth gold at1998 Commonwealth Games . She was a member of the winning4 x 400 m relay team at the 2001 World Championships, taking Jamaica's first ever mile relay gold medal in the 18-year history of the championships. At the opening ceremony of the 2001 World Championships she captained the Jamaican team and carried the flag. She has the record for the most World Indoor final appearances with nine (five at 400 m and four at 4x400 m). She graduated insociology from theUniversity of Texas at Austin .
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