Maurice Greene (athlete)

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Maurice Greene
Men's athletics
Olympic Games
Gold 2000 Sydney 100 m
Gold 2000 Sydney 4x100 m relay
Silver 2004 Athens 4x100 m relay
Bronze 2004 Athens 100 m
World Championships
Gold 1997 Athens 100 m
Gold 1999 Sevilla 100 m
Gold 1999 Sevilla 200 m
Gold 1999 Sevilla 4x100 m relay
Gold 2001 Edmonton 100 m
World Indoor Championships
Gold 1999 Maebashi 60 m
Goodwill Games
Gold 1998 New York City 100 m
Gold 1998 New York City 4x100 m relay

Maurice Greene (born July 23, 1974) is an American sprinter in athletics, who holds several world records and Olympic medals.

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[edit] Biography

Maurice Greene was born in Kansas City, Kansas. In his youth and high school, he participated in both football and track and field, but eventually proved to be best in the latter.

In 1995 he took part in his first major international tournament at the World Championships in Gothenburg, but was eliminated in the 100 m quarter-finals. His next season was disappointing, as he failed to make the American team for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

However, the following season would be his breakthrough. At the World Championships in Athens, Greene won the 100 m title. This marked the beginning of Greene's dominance in the 100 m. He successfully defended his title in 1999 and 2001 and captured the Olympic gold medal in the 2000 Olympics. At the 1999 World Championships, he also won the 200 m title, the first to win both events at a World Championships.

In 1999 he set the 100 m world record at 9.79s (+0.1m/s wind), beating Donovan Bailey's standing world record of 9.84s (+0.7m/s wind), and lowering the world record by the largest margin since the advent of electronic timing. Greene also matched Donovan Bailey's 50m indoor world record but was never ratified as a world record. He also set the 60m indoor world record twice. His 60m indoor record is currently at 6.39s. Both records still stand.

In 2002, Greene lost his 100m world record to fellow American Tim Montgomery, who beat his time by 0.01 (9.78s +2.0 m/s), while Greene himself was injured and watched the race from the stands. Montgomery has since been found guilty of using performance enhancing drugs, and his record has been retroactively disqualified. The record was broken legitimately by Asafa Powell in 2005 with a time of 9.77s (+1.6 m/s wind).

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greene added to his medal tally with the bronze after finishing third in his attempt to defend his 100 m title, and a silver as the anchor leg runner on the United States 4x100 m relay team, narrowly denied another Olympic Gold by the British team, who won by 0.01 seconds.

Greene has run 52 sub-10 second 100 m races during his career, more than any other sprinter in history. Ato Boldon (from Trinidad and Tobago) is a distant second with 28, and Frankie Fredericks of Namibia is third all-time with 27 sub-10's. [1]. Previously Greene had held the record for the most wind-legal sub-10 second clockings for 100 m in one season, when he ran 9 sub-10's in 1999. This record was also broken by Asafa Powell in 2006.

[edit] Personal bests

Date Event Venue Time
50 m tied current world record but not ratified 5.56
March 2nd 1998 & March 3rd 2001 60 m current world record Madrid & Atlanta Ga 6.39
June 16, 1999 100 m former world record Athens, Greece 9.79 +0.1m/s wind
July 7, 1997 200 m Stockholm, Sweden 19.86 +1.6m/s wind

[edit] Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Event
1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 4th 60 m
1997 IAAF World Championships Athens, Greece 1st 100 m
1997 U.S. National Championships 1st 100 m
1998 Goodwill Games New York City, New York 1st 100 m
1998 Goodwill Games New York City, New York 1st 4x100 m relay
1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 1st 60 m
1999 IAAF World Championships Sevilla, Spain 1st 100 m
1999 IAAF Grand Prix Final Munich, Germany 2nd 200 m
1999 IAAF World Championships Sevilla, Spain 1st 200 m
1999 IAAF World Championships Sevilla, Spain 1st 4x100 m relay
1999 U.S. National Championships 1st 200 m
2000 2000 Summer Olympics Sydney, Australia 1st 100 m
2000 U.S. National Championships 1st 100 m
2001 IAAF World Championships Edmonton, Alberta 1st 100 m
2002 U.S. National Championships 1st 100 m
2004 2004 Summer Olympics Athens, Greece 3rd 100 m
2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Sacramento, California 1st 100 m


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Olympic champions in men's 100 m
1896: Tom Burke | 1900: Frank Jarvis | 1904: Archie Hahn | 1908: Reggie Walker | 1912: Ralph Craig | 1920: Charlie Paddock | 1924: Harold Abrahams | 1928: Percy Williams | 1932: Eddie Tolan | 1936: Jesse Owens | 1948: Harrison Dillard | 1952: Lindy Remigino | 1956: Bobby Joe Morrow | 1960: Armin Hary | 1964: Bob Hayes | 1968: Jim Hines | 1972: Valeri Borzov | 1976: Hasely Crawford | 1980: Allan Wells | 1984: Carl Lewis | 1988: Carl Lewis | 1992: Linford Christie | 1996: Donovan Bailey | 2000: Maurice Greene | 2004: Justin Gatlin


Olympic champions in men's 4×100 m relay
1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996
2000 2004
2000 United States Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis & Maurice Greene
Persondata
NAME Greene, Maurice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION America athlete, Olympic medalist
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Kansas City, Kansas
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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