Maxie Parks

Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Gold	1976 Montreal	4x400m relay

Maxwell Lander ("Maxie") Parks (born July 9, 1951) is a former American athlete from Fresno, California, winner of a gold medal in 4x400 m Men's relay with Herman Frazier, Benny Brown, and Fred Newhouse at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. In the late 1970s he competed for the UCLA for several years. In 1977 he ran on the World Cup team, anchoring the 1,600m relay team to what appeared to be a runaway victory when he collapsed on the track with a severely pulled hamstring 150m from the finish. He never competed again.

Prior to UCLA he was a graduate of Washington Union High School,^[1] then Fresno City College and was elected into the California Community College Track and Field Hall of Fame^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.trackinfo.org/tracksCentral.html Trackinfo
2. ^ http://www.oabalegacyrenewed.com/alumni.html FCC Distinguished Alumni

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Name	Parks, Maxie
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Date of birth	July 9, 1951
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