Andrew Hermann (born February 25, 1971) is an American

racewalk Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asse ...

er. Hermann was born in

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. He finished 31st at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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, in the men's 50 kilometres walk. He competed at the

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and 1999 World Championships but was disqualified, and did not finish at the

1994 Goodwill Games The 1994 Goodwill Games was the third edition of the multi-sport event, created by Ted Turner, which was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia between July 23 and August 7, 1994. The event – designed to improve Soviet Union – United States relatio ...

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* 1971 births Living people American male racewalkers Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics People from Newport, Oregon Track and field athletes from Oregon World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games {{US-racewalk-athletics-bio-stub