Grace-Ann Dinkins

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Grace-Ann Dinkins (born 13 September 1966), also known as Gracie-Ann Dinkins or Grace Dinkins, is an Olympic-class track and field athlete from the USA who competes for Liberia, her parents' home country, in the 100 m, 200 m, and 400 m races. Over her competitive career, she became the record-holder for those distances in Liberia.

Dinkins competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics for Liberia in the 100 m race, but did not advance to the finals. She returned to compete in the 2000 Summer Olympics also competing for Liberia in the 100 m race, but once more failed to advance to the finals.

A 1987 graduate of California State University, Dominguez Hills, Dinkins retired from track and field competition in 2003 but still works closely with the Liberian track and field teams.^[1]

Dinkins' between- and post-Olympics profession has been as a trauma surgeon at King-Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She was featured on an episode of TLC's (now Discovery Health Channel's) reality TV series Trauma: Life In The E.R. as a chief resident in 1998. More recently, she spoke at the press conference as the trauma surgeon on call who treated one of the victims of the shooter who attacked and killed two Israeli ticketing agents for El Al Airlines at LAX Airport in 2002.^[2]

[edit] Notes

1. ^  Liberian Track Team Leaves For Morocco: Article from the Liberian newspaper The Analyst on Grace Dinkins' work with the 2005 Liberian Track Team (Retrieved 6 February 2006)
2. ^  Press Conference Transcript: CNN transcript from press conference about shooting at El Al Airlines counter at LAX in 2002 (Retrieved 6 February 2006)

[edit] External links

• IAAF profile for Grace-Ann Dinkins
• Liberian National Track And Field Federation Home Page, featuring articles and commentary from Grace-Ann Dinkins