Sheila Echols
Sheila EcholsPersonal information |
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Sheila Ann Echols |
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October 2, 1964 (1964-10-02) (age 52) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
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Sheila Ann Echols (born October 2, 1964) is a retired track and field athlete from the United States who competed in the 100 metres and the long jump. She won a gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in the 4 x 100 m relay. She also won the 1989 IAAF World Cup 100 m title.
Career
Echols was born in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, she won a gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay, alongside team mates Alice Brown, 100 m gold medalist Florence Griffith Joyner and 100 m silver medalist Evelyn Ashford. They ran 41.98 seconds. She was also an international long jumper and competed in that event at two Olympics. In Seoul, she failed to qualify for the final, placing 16th with a jump of 6.37m. In 1992, at the Olympic Games in Barcelona, she placed 7th in the final with a jump of 6.62m. She won a silver medal in the sprint relay at the 1993 World Championships, where she ran in the heats but not the final. Her biggest individual success came when she won the 1989 World Cup 100 metres title ahead of Mary Onyali and Reigning World Champion Silke Gladisch-Moller. Her 100 metres personal best of 10.83 was achieved at the 1988 US Olympic Trials.
Echols ran track collegiately at Louisiana State University.
Personal bests
- Long jump — 6.94m (1987)
- 100 metres — 10.83 (1988)
References
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- 1928
Rosenfeld, Smith, Bell, Cook (CAN)
- 1932
Carew, Furtsch, Rogers, von Bremen (USA)
- 1936
Bland, Rogers, Robinson, Stephens (USA)
- 1948
Stad-de Jong, Witziers-Timmer, van der Kade-Koudijs, Blankers-Koen (NED)
- 1952
Faggs, Jones, Moreau, Hardy (USA)
- 1956
Strickland de la Hunty, Croker, Mellor, Cuthbert (AUS)
- 1960
Hudson, Williams, Jones, Rudolph (USA)
- 1964
Ciepły, Kirszenstein, Górecka, Kłobukowska (POL)
- 1968
Ferrell, Bailes, Netter, Tyus (USA)
- 1972
Krause, Mickler, Richter, Rosendahl (FRG)
- 1976
Göhr, Stecher, Bodendorf, Wöckel (GDR)
- 1980
Müller, Wöckel, Auerswald, Göhr (GDR)
- 1984
Brown, Bolden, Cheeseborough, Ashford (USA)
- 1988
Brown, Echols, Griffith Joyner, Ashford (USA)
- 1992
Ashford, Jones, Guidry, Torrence, Finn (USA)
- 1996
Devers, Miller, Gaines, Torrence, Guidry (USA)
- 2000
Fynes, Sturrup, Davis-Thompson, Ferguson, Lewis (BAH)
- 2004
Lawrence, Simpson, Bailey, Campbell, McDonald (JAM)
- 2008
Borlée, Mariën, Ouédraogo, Gevaert (BEL)
- 2012
Madison, Felix, Knight, Jeter, Tarmoh, Williams (USA)
- 2016
Bartoletta, Felix, Bowie, Gardner, Akinosun (USA)
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1980–1992 The Athletics Congress | |
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1993–present USA Track & Field | |
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- OT: 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
- Distance:The event was over 100 yards until 1927; from 1929-31, 1955, 1957-8, 1961-2, 1965-6, 1969-70 and 1973-4
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1923–1979 Amateur Athletic Union | |
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1980–1992 The Athletics Congress | |
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1993–present USA Track & Field | |
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- OT: Since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event.
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Men's track & road athletes | |
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Men's field athletes | |
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Women's track & road athletes | |
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Women's field athletes | |
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Coaches |
- Stan Huntsman (men's head coach)
- Dean Hayes (men's assistant coach)
- Irving "Moon" Mondschein (men's assistant coach)
- Tom Pagani (men's assistant coach)
- Russ Rogers (men's assistant coach)
- Joe Vigil (men's assistant coach)
- Terry Crawford (women's head coach)
- Ken Foreman (women's assistant coach)
- Dave Rodda (women's assistant coach)
- Fred Thompson (women's assistant coach)
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Men's track & road athletes | |
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Men's field athletes | |
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Women's track & road athletes | |
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Women's field athletes | |
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Coaches |
- Mel Rosen (men's head coach)
- Harry Groves (men's assistant coach)
- Erv Hunt (men's assistant coach)
- Ed Jacoby (men's assistant coach)
- Bill Moultrie (men's assistant coach)
- Fred Samara (men's assistant coach)
- Barbara Jacket (women's head coach)
- Dorothy Doolittle (women's assistant coach)
- Lance Harter (women's assistant coach)
- Bert Lyle (women's assistant coach)
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