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Medal record
Mikele BarberWomen's Athletics Competitor for the United States World Championships Gold 2007 Osaka 4x100 m relay Pan American Games Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro 100 m Mikele ("Miki") Ronisse Barber (born October 4, 1980 in Livingston, New Jersey) is an American sprinter who won gold at the 4 x 100 meters relay event in 2007 World Championships in Athletics, in Osaka, Japan, and an individual gold medal at the 100 meters in 2007 Pan Am Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
She is the twin sister of Me'Lisa Barber, who has also won relay medals on the world stage. Recently qualified for the World Championships in Degu South Korea
External links
- USATF (Athlete Biography) Mikele Barber
- The University of South Carolina (Athlete Biography): Mikele Barber
Pan American Champions in Women's 100 m 1951: Julia Sánchez (PER) • 1955: Barbara Jones (USA) • 1959: Lucinda Williams (USA) • 1963: Edith McGuire (USA) • 1967: Barbara Ferrell (USA) • 1971: Iris Davis (USA) • 1975: Pam Jiles (USA) • 1979: Evelyn Ashford (USA) • 1983: Esmeralda García (BRA) • 1987: Gail Devers (USA) • 1991: Liliana Allen (CUB) • 1995: Chryste Gaines (USA) • 1999: Chandra Sturrup (BAH) • 2003: Lauryn Williams (USA) • 2007: Mikele Barber (USA) • 2011: Rosângela Santos (BRA)
Categories:- 1980 births
- Living people
- African American track and field athletes
- American sprinters
- People from Essex County, New Jersey
- Sportspeople from New Jersey
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
- African American female track and field athletes
- American sprinter stubs
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