Joe DeLoach
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Full name | Joseph Nathaniel Deloach, Jr. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Track | June 5, 1967||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Houston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Santa Monica Track Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 100m: 10.03 200m: 19.75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joseph ("Joe") Nathaniel DeLoach (born June 5, 1967) is an American former sprinter who was the 1988
200 m
.
Born in Bay City, Texas into a family with 11 sisters and one brother, DeLoach enjoyed running at a young age and desired to become a football player, but later set his mind to sprinting. He trained at the University of Houston, like Carl Lewis before him.
During his career, DeLoach took part in one Olympiad, the
100 m
). The first performance was enough to qualify for the Games. There, he and Lewis were the favorites. In the final, DeLoach caught Lewis and finished in the Olympic record time of 19.75. This performance marked the only time Carl Lewis was defeated in an individual Olympic final.
In 2003, Dr. Wade Exum, the
IAAF investigated the allegations, and announced that the dosages were in low concentration and no rules had been broken.[2]
References
- ^ "Scorecard". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
- ^ USOC's Actions on Lewis Justified by IAAF, Alan Abrahamson, Los Angeles Times, May 1, 2003