American Track-And-Field athlete and coach
Dennis Mitchell
Full name Dennis Allen Mitchell National team 100 meters
College team University of Florida Personal best 100m : 9.91
200m : 20.09
Dennis Allen Mitchell (born February 20, 1966) is an American former college and international
.
Athletic career
Mitchell was born in
University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2005.
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In 1991, just a month before the World Championships , Mitchell set his first world record in the 4 x 100 meters relay of 37.67 at Zürich . At the World Championships, Mitchell was again a member of the American 4 x 100 meters relay team, in which he set a new world record of 37.50 in the final. Mitchell also won a bronze medal in the individual 100 meters race, just 0.01 seconds shy of the world record.
In 1992, Mitchell won his first United States National Championships title in the 100 meters (he repeated this victory in 1994 and 1996). At the Barcelona Olympics , Mitchell ran his third world record in 4 x 100 meters relay of 37.40 and won again a bronze medal in the 100 meters race.
At the 1993 World Championships , Mitchell won his third bronze at the international championships in individual 100 meters and his third gold in relay event with a world record, as this time the American team equaled their own world record of 37.40.
Mitchell won a gold medal in 100 meters at the 1994 Goodwill Games , but injured himself in the heats of 100 -meters at the 1995 World Championships . At the 1996 Summer Olympics , Mitchell was fourth in 100-meters and won a silver medal as a member of the second-place U.S. 4x100-meters relay team.
His personal best for the 100 metres was 9.91 seconds, set in Tokyo on 25 August 1991 in the World Athletics Championships final.
Personal life
Mitchell is married to Damu Cherry-Mitchell, an Olympian in the 100-meter hurdles, and has four children. He coaches his own club, Star Athletics, in Montverde, Florida. He has trained world class athletes including Sha'Carri Richardson , Kenny Bednarek , Justin Gatlin , Aaron Brown , Kaylin Whitney , Javianne Oliver , and Twanisha Terry , among others.
Doping history
In 1998, Mitchell was banned by
BALCO
scandal involvement by a teammate.
On May 1, 2008, it was announced that the U.S. government, in its trial against Trevor Graham , would have Mitchell, as well as Antonio Pettigrew as witnesses, with Mitchell to testify that Graham injected him with human growth hormone .[4]
See also
Olympics portal
References
External links
1912 : David Jacobs , Henry Macintosh , Victor d'Arcy , Willie Applegarth (GBR )
1920 : Charley Paddock , Jackson Scholz , Loren Murchison , Morris Kirksey (USA )
1924 : Loren Murchison , Louis Clarke , Frank Hussey , Al LeConey (USA )
1928 : Frank Wykoff , James Quinn , Charley Borah , Henry Russell (USA )
1932 : Bob Kiesel , Emmett Toppino , Hector Dyer , Frank Wykoff (USA )
1936 : Jesse Owens , Ralph Metcalfe , Foy Draper , Frank Wykoff (USA )
1948 : Barney Ewell , Lorenzo Wright , Harrison Dillard , Mel Patton (USA )
1952 : Dean Smith , Harrison Dillard , Lindy Remigino , Andy Stanfield (USA )
1956 : Ira Murchison , Leamon King , Thane Baker , Bobby Morrow (USA )
1960 : Bernd Cullmann , Armin Hary , Walter Mahlendorf , Martin Lauer (EUA )
1964 : Paul Drayton , Gerry Ashworth , Richard Stebbins , Bob Hayes (USA )
1968 : Charles Greene , Mel Pender , Ronnie Ray Smith , Jim Hines (USA )
1972 : Larry Black , Robert Taylor , Gerald Tinker , Eddie Hart (USA )
1976 : Harvey Glance , Lam Jones , Millard Hampton , Steve Riddick (USA )
1980 : Vladimir Muravyov , Nikolay Sidorov , Aleksandr Aksinin , Andrey Prokofyev (URS )
1984 : Sam Graddy , Ron Brown , Calvin Smith , Carl Lewis (USA )
1988 : Viktor Bryzhin , Vladimir Krylov , Vladimir Muravyov , Vitaliy Savin (URS )
1992 : Michael Marsh , Leroy Burrell , Dennis Mitchell , Carl Lewis , James Jett (USA )
1996 : Robert Esmie , Glenroy Gilbert , Bruny Surin , Donovan Bailey , Carlton Chambers (CAN )
2000 : Jon Drummond , Bernard Williams , Brian Lewis , Maurice Greene , Tim Montgomery , Kenny Brokenburr (USA )
2004 : Jason Gardener , Darren Campbell , Marlon Devonish , Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR )
2008 : Keston Bledman , Marc Burns , Emmanuel Callender , Richard Thompson , Aaron Armstrong (TTO )
2012 : Nesta Carter , Michael Frater , Yohan Blake , Usain Bolt , Bailey-Cole (JAM )
2016 : Asafa Powell , Yohan Blake , Nickel Ashmeade , Usain Bolt , Jevaughn Minzie , Kemar Bailey-Cole (JAM )
2020 : Lorenzo Patta , Marcell Jacobs , Fausto Desalu , Filippo Tortu (ITA )
1983 : Emmit King , Willie Gault , Calvin Smith , Carl Lewis (USA)
1987 : Lee McRae , Lee Vernon McNeill , Harvey Glance , Carl Lewis (USA)
1991 : Andre Cason , Leroy Burrell , Dennis Mitchell , Carl Lewis (USA)
1993 : Jon Drummond , Andre Cason , Dennis Mitchell , Leroy Burrell , Calvin Smith (USA)
1995 : Donovan Bailey , Robert Esmie , Glenroy Gilbert , Bruny Surin (CAN)
1997 : Robert Esmie , Glenroy Gilbert , Bruny Surin , Donovan Bailey , Carlton Chambers (CAN)
1999 : Jon Drummond , Tim Montgomery , Brian Lewis , Maurice Greene (USA)
2001 : Morné Nagel , Corné du Plessis , Lee-Roy Newton , Matthew Quinn (RSA)
(USA)
2005 : Ladji Doucouré , Ronald Pognon , Eddy De Lépine , Lueyi Dovy , Oudéré Kankarafou (FRA)
2007 : Darvis Patton , Wallace Spearmon , Tyson Gay , Leroy Dixon , Rodney Martin (USA)
2009 : Steve Mullings , Michael Frater , Usain Bolt , Asafa Powell , Dwight Thomas , Lerone Clarke (JAM)
2011 : Nesta Carter , Michael Frater , Yohan Blake , Usain Bolt , Dexter Lee (JAM)
2013 : Nesta Carter , Kemar Bailey-Cole , Nickel Ashmeade , Usain Bolt , Warren Weir , Oshane Bailey (JAM)
2015 : Nesta Carter , Asafa Powell , Nickel Ashmeade , Usain Bolt , Rasheed Dwyer (JAM)
2017 : CJ Ujah , Adam Gemili , Danny Talbot , Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (GBR)
2019 : Christian Coleman , Justin Gatlin , Mike Rodgers , Noah Lyles , Cravon Gillespie (USA)
2022 : Aaron Brown , Jerome Blake , Brendon Rodney , Andre De Grasse (CAN)
2023 : Christian Coleman , Fred Kerley , Brandon Carnes , Noah Lyles , J.T. Smith (USA)
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OT : The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
2020 OT : The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Distance :Until 1927 the event was over 100 yards, and again from 1929-31
ro :In 1886 the event was won after a run-off
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