Sandie Richards

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Medal record
Women's athletics
Olympic Games
Silver	2000 Sydney	4x400m relay
Bronze	2004 Athens	4x400m relay
World Championships
Gold	2001 Edmonton	4x400 m relay
Silver	1997 Athens	400 m
Bronze	1993 Stuttgart	400 m
Bronze	1997 Athens	4x400 m relay
Bronze	2003 Paris	4x400 m relay

Sandie Richards (born November 6, 1968 in Clarendon Park) is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.

She was a world junior representative, finishing third in the 400 m at the 1986 Championships. The next year she won bronze at the World Student Games, followed by her Olympic debut a year later in Seoul, South Korea. Sandie won Commonwealth gold at 1998 Commonwealth Games. She was a member of the winning 4 x 400 m relay team at the 2001 World Championships, taking Jamaica's first ever mile relay gold medal in the 18-year history of the championships. At the opening ceremony of the 2001 World Championships she captained the Jamaican team and carried the flag. She has the record for the most World Indoor final appearances with nine (five at 400 m and four at 4x400 m). She graduated in sociology from the University of Texas at Austin.