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United States At The 2003 Pan American Games
The United States sent a delegation to 14th Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from August 1–17, 2003. At the 2003 Pan Ams, the USA garnered 270 medals: 117 gold, 80 silver and 73 bronze. Medals Gold *Men's Recurve Individual: Vic Wunderle *Men's Recurve Team: Guy Krueger, Glenn Meyers, and Vic Wunderle *Women's Recurve Individual: Jennifer Nichols *Women's Recurve Team: Jennifer Nichols, Stephanie Miller, and Janet Dykman *Men's 200 metres: Kenneth Brokenburr *Men's 400 metres: Mitch Potter *Men's Pole Vault: Toby Stevenson *Men's Shot Put: Reese Hoffa *Men's Decathlon: Stephen Moore *Women's 100 metres: Lauryn Williams *Women's 400m Hurdles: Joanna Hayes *Women's 4 × 100 m Relay: Angela Williams, Consuella Moore, Angela Daigle, and Lauryn Williams *Women's 4 × 400 m Relay: Me'Lisa Barber, Moushaumi Robinson, Julian Clay, and De'Hashia Trotter *Women's Pole Vault: Melissa Mueller *Women's Discus: Aretha Hill *Women's Javelin: Kim Kreiner *Wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Olympic Committee
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee and the National Paralympic Committee for the United States. It was founded in 1895 as the United States Olympic Committee, and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The USOPC is one of only four NOCs in the world that also serve as the National Paralympic Committee for their country. The USOPC is responsible for supporting, entering and overseeing U.S. teams for the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Youth Olympic Games, Pan American Games, and Parapan American Games and serves as the steward of the Olympic and Paralympic Movements in the United States. The Olympic Movement is overseen by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC is supported by 35 international federations that govern each sport on a global level, National Olympic Committees that oversee Olympic sport as a whole in their respective nations, and national federations that administer each sport at the nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Hayes
Joanna Dove Hayes (born December 23, 1976, Williamsport, Pennsylvania) is an American hurdler, who won the gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She originally specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. She won the silver medal at the 1999 Summer Universiade in a career best time of 54.57 seconds, and the gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games. She competed at the 1999 World Championships and 2003 World Championships without reaching the final. From 2004 she competed internationally in the 100 metres hurdles. She finished fourth at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, and in August she won the Olympic gold medal in a career best time of 12.37 seconds. She also won the 2004 World Athletics Final toward the end of the season. At the 2005 World Championships, she was among the favorites, having run 12.47 seconds in June. She did reach the final race, only to fail to finish after stumbling in the hurdles. She finished third at the 2005 World Athleti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Han
Kevin Qi Han (born November 25, 1972) is a Chinese American badminton player who won the bronze medal in the inaugural men's singles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games, followed by the gold medal four years later in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Career Olympics Han competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Howard Bach. They defeated Dorian James and Stewart Carson of South Africa in the first round, then were defeated in the round of 16 by Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard Hansen of Denmark. Pan Am Games Kevin Han won a bronze medal, a silver medal and two gold medals at the Pan American Games. In 1995 he won bronze in the inaugural men's singles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games, followed by silver medal in men's doubles with partner Thomas Reidy losing the 1995 Pan Am Games final to Canadians Anil Kaul & Iain Sydie. He finally won a gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in men's singles, beating Canadian Stuart Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Bach
Howard Bach (born February 22, 1979) is a Vietnamese-American male badminton player from the United States. He was the 2005 world champion in the men's doubles with Tony Gunawan. Early life He was born in Vietnam, Howard Bach came to the U.S. at the age of two, when his father, Cam Sen Bach, emigrated to San Francisco with his family in 1982. From 1991–1993, he attended Marina Middle School in San Francisco. When he was five years old, Howard Bach was brought by his father to the Golden Gate YMCA in San Francisco's Tenderloin District. It was here that over the next 11 years, Howard Bach would be coached by his father in badminton. Bach was a 16-year-old student at Galileo High School when he decided to dedicate himself to the sport of badminton. During his early years, he was also coached and mentored by USA coach of the year, Dick Ng. At age 16, he moved to Colorado Springs to train at the U.S. Olympic Site. Career 2004 Olympics Bach competed in badminton at the 2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiffany Lott-Hogan
Tiffany Lott-Hogan (born August 1, 1975) is an Olympic athlete representing the United States, competing in the heptathlon. Lott-Hogan won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2003 Pan American Games, and won the NCAA championship in the event in 1997 and 1998 while attending Brigham Young University. She qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ..., and finished 20th in the heptathlon. Stats * Weight: 139 lbs (63 kg) * Height: 5 ft 7.5 in (172 cm) References * 1975 births Brigham Young University alumni People from Pleasant Grove, Utah Sportspeople from Utah County, Utah Track and field athletes from Utah American heptathletes Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Kreiner
Kimberly "Kim" A. Kreiner (born July 26, 1977, in Akron, Ohio) is a female javelin thrower from the United States. Her personal best throw is 64.19 meters, achieved in May 2007 in Fortaleza. She finished fifth at the 2001 Universiade, won the 2003 Pan American Games and finished eighth at the 2006 World Cup. She also competed at the World Championships in 2003 and 2005 as well as the Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008 without reaching the final. She is a four time National Champion, winning in 2001 and 2004–2006. She held the American record from 2002 until 2010. In 2004, she won the U.S. Olympic Trials The United States Olympic Trials are competitions held in certain sports to select the United States' participants in those sports at the Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading i .... International competitions References External links * * 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Akron, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aretha Hill
Aretha Thurmond, née Hill (born August 14, 1976) is an American discus thrower. Her personal best distance is , achieved in March 2004 in Marietta. Thurmond is a 1994 graduate of Renton High School and in 1998 she graduated from the University of Washington with a bachelor's degree in sociology. Thurmond is currently employed with USA Track & Field USA Track & Field (USATF) is the United States national governing body for the sports of track and field, cross country running, road running and racewalking (known as the sport of athletics outside the US). The USATF was known between 1979 and ... as the Managing Director of International Teams. College career Thurmond was a member of the track team at the University of Washington 1995–98.She was a discus thrower. During her time she set many collegiate records. Her records include ones in the Pac-10 Conference. She was also a four-time NCAA All-American. Personal life She is married to the former University of Was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Mueller
Melissa Mueller (born November 16, 1972, in Waukesha, Wisconsin) is an American pole vaulter. She finished fifth at the 1999 World Indoor Championships and won the gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo. She also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Her personal best jump is 4.60 metres, achieved in July 2003 at an All-comers track meet in Atascadero, California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori .... She now lives in Georgia. References * 1972 births Living people American female pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Sportspeople from Waukesha, Wisconsin Track and field athletes from Wis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De'Hashia Trotter
De'Hashia Tonnek "DeeDee" Trotter (born December 8, 1982 in Twentynine Palms, California) is an American athlete. Trotter is a former NCAA national champion in the 400m, and competed in the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics. There, she was a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 4 × 400 m relay (2004 and 2012), in addition to a bronze medalist in the 2012 400m event. She placed 5th in the same event in 2004. Trotter is currently a brand ambassador for international companEducation First and a global motivational speaker. Early life Trotter was born in Twenty Nine Palms, California on December 8, 1982. She grew up in Decatur, Georgia, graduating from Cedar Grove High School in 2001. She was a member of both the track and basketball teams, helping to lead the basketball team in her senior year to an undefeated season on home court. She specialized in both the 200m and 400m in track, and in her senior year, she also helped lead the 4 × 400 m relay team from her highschool ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Clay
Julian may refer to: People * Julian (emperor) (331–363), Roman emperor from 361 to 363 * Julian (Rome), referring to the Roman gens Julia, with imperial dynasty offshoots * Saint Julian (other), several Christian saints * Julian (given name), people with the given name Julian * Julian (surname), people with the surname Julian * Julian (singer), Russian pop singer Places * Julian, California, a census-designated place in San Diego County * Julian, Kansas, an unincorporated community in Stanton County * Julian, Nebraska, a village in Nemaha County * Julian, North Carolina, a census-designated place in Guilford County * Julian, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Centre County * Julian, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Boone County Other uses * ''Julian'' (album), a 1976 album by Pepper Adams * ''Julian'' (novel), a 1964 novel by Gore Vidal about the emperor * Julian (geology), a substage of the Carnian stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moushaumi Robinson
Moushaumi Robinson (born April 13, 1981, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is an American track and field athlete. She represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay for her contributions in the preliminary round. References External links * * Living people 1981 births American female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field Sportspeople from Hattiesburg, Mississippi Track and field athletes from Mississippi African-American female track and field athletes Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Olympic female sprinters 21st-century African-American s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Me'Lisa Barber
Me'Lisa Barber is an American Sprint (running), sprinter. After graduating from University of South Carolina, she was the 2005 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, 2005 USA Outdoor Champion in the 100 metres and the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 2006 World Indoor Champion in the 60 metres. She was also one of the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, 2003 World Champions in the 4 × 400 metres relay and one of the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, 2005 World Champions in the 4 × 100 metres relay. Life and career Barber grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. Her 4 × 100 metre and 4 × 400 metre high school relays with her twin sister, Miki Barber, Miki, at Montclair High School (New Jersey), Montclair High School were both honored as All-American. Throughout her collegiate career, Barber won four Southeastern Conference, SEC titles. In 2001, while attending the University of South Carolina, she won a gold medal at the Universiade, World University Games in the 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
