Raymond Pierre

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Raymond Pierre
Personal information
Born September 19, 1967
Medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for the  United States
Pan American Games
Gold 1987 Indianapolis 400 metres

Raymond Pierre (born September 19, 1967) is a former American track and field athlete, who competed in the sprinting events during his career. He is best known for winning the men's 400-meter dash event at the 1987 Pan American Games.

He also won silver medals in the 4×400 m relay at the 1989 IAAF World Cup (with Antonio Pettigrew among others) and at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships alongside Charles Jenkins, Andrew Valmon and Antonio McKay. He was the alternate relay runner at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, helping the United States team qualify into the final with a championship record of 2:59.06 minutes, which the team later improved upon in their gold medal winning run.

References

Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 4×400 metres


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