Passion Richardson

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Passion Richardson
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 4 × 100 m relay
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1999 Winnipeg 4 × 100 m relay
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1997 Catania 4 × 100 m relay

Passion J. Richardson (born January 25, 1975) is an American former track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events.

She had most of her success with the American women's

doping and Richardson and her teammates lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in order to retain their medals.[1]

Aside from her Olympic appearance she was a relay gold medalist at the

60-meter dash at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
in 2000.

She retired from the sport in 2001 and returned to her alma mater, the University of Kentucky, as a track coach.

Career

Born in

Fort Bragg, North Carolina,[2] she grew up in Ohio and attended Berea High School, Berea, Ohio. After graduating in 1993 she went on to study marketing at the University of Kentucky.[3] While there she competed athletically for the Kentucky Wildcats and gained four All-American honours: she was an indoor 55 metres finalist in 1994 and 1996, a 4 × 100 metres relay finalist in 1996, and a 100 metres finalist in 1997.[4]

In 1997 she set a personal record of 11.28 seconds for the 100 m at the

United States Indoor Track and Field Championships, ending up in fourth place. She failed to get past the heats of the outdoor 100 m event later that year. In 1999 she was a finalist in both the 60 m (sixth) and the 100 m (eighth) at the national championships.[6] A second international relay medal came for Richardson at the 1999 Pan American Games, as the team took the silver medals.[4]

At the 2000 USA Indoor Championships she claimed second place in the 60 m, equalling her personal record. She took eighth place at the

performance-enhancing drugs during the games.[7] Richardson and the other runners filed an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport to contest their disqualification and retain their medals.[3] In her defense, she said in an interview on The Early Show: "I competed fairly. I should not have to suffer the consequences for someone else's bad decisions and choices...I don’t believe that I should have to give back my medal...you don't know what was going on in the other teams, so how do you really rectify that situation? There's really no positive outcome in either way that it goes."[8]

After the Sydney Olympics, her career began to wind down. Her fifth-place finish in the 60 m at the national indoor championships was her last performance at the national level.[6] She returned to her alma mater in the middle of that year and she became an assistant coach on the Kentucky Wildcats staff.[4]

Personal records

  • 55-meter dash
    – 6.83 seconds (1999)
  • 60-meter dash
    – 7.20 seconds (1997)
  • 100-meter dash
    – 11.28 seconds (1997)
  • 200-meter dash
    – 23.56 seconds (2000)

References

  1. ^ Marion's teammates entitled to medals Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine. Back Page Leads (2010-08-02). Retrieved on 2013-11-30.
  2. ^ Passion Richardson. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2013-11-30.
  3. ^ a b Passion Richardson. Sports and Drugs. Retrieved on 2013-11-30.
  4. ^ a b c Passion Richardson. University of Kentucky. Retrieved on 2013-11-30.
  5. ^
    USATF
    . Retrieved on 2013-11-30.
  6. ^ a b Passion Richardson. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-11-30.
  7. ^ Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2013-11-30.
  8. ^ Should the Teammates of Athletes Who Are Found Guilty of Using Performance Enhancing Drugs in the Olympics Also Return Their Medals?. Sports And Drugs. Retrieved on 2013-11-30.

External links

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