Deon Minor

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Deon Minor
Medal record
Men's
athletics
Representing the  United States
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Paris 4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 1999 Maebashi 4×400 m relay
Pan American Junior Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Kingston 400 m

Deon Minor (born January 22, 1973) is an American former

IAAF World Indoor Championships from 1997 to 1999, setting a world record
mark of 3:02.83 minutes in the latter competition.

Career

Minor grew up in

NCAA titles.[2]

He was the 400 m

4×400-meter relay title with his Baylor teammates, winning indoors in 1992 and outdoors in 1995.[4] He set a personal record of 44.75 seconds in Austin, Texas in June 1992 and went on to take the world junior title in Seoul later that year, winning the 400 m at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[5]

After graduating in 1995, he continued to focus on track and aimed to qualify for the

Mark Everett, and Sean Maye) to the gold medal in a time of 3:04.93 minutes.[7]

He came third at the 1999 national indoor championships behind Angelo Taylor and Milton Campbell, again earning qualification to the global championships. At the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships, he was again eliminated in the 400 m semi-finals. The American relay team (Andre Morris, Dameon Johnson, Minor and Campbell) repeated their gold medal of two years earlier but this time set a world record for the relay, taking the victory in a time of 3:02.83 minutes.[8] Minor competed at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the summer and took sixth place in the 400 m final.[9] In his final year at the top level of track and field, he ran at the 2000 Olympic Track Trials, but he finished sixth in the heats stage.[10]

His world record relay mark was beaten in 2006 by a team of Kerron Clement, Wallace Spearmon, Darold Williamson and Jeremy Wariner. However, their mark of 3:01.96 minutes was never ratified as an official world record as no post-race EPO test was conducted, meaning that Minor's time remained the official world record.[11]

Personal life

He joined the

Michael Johnson. He has a son, Bradley Deon Minor II, with his wife Claudia Minor.[2]

References

  1. ^ Pan American Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-13.
  2. ^ a b Tillman, Lauren (2006-06-27). Where Are They Now: Deon Minor Archived 2012-03-18 at the Wayback Machine. Baylor Bears. Retrieved on 2011-01-13.
  3. ^ NCAA Division I Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-13.
  4. ^ NCAA Division Outdoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-13.
  5. ^ IAAF World Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-13.
  6. USATF
    . Retrieved on 2011-01-13.
  7. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2011-01-13.
  8. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2011-01-13.
  9. ^ USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships Archived 2010-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. USATF/Cool Running (1999-06-26). Retrieved on 2011-01-13.
  10. ^ US Olympic Team Trials. Mile Split (2000-07-14). Retrieved on 2011-01-13.
  11. IAAF
    (2006-07-11). Retrieved on 2011-01-13.

External links

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