John Bryan Bronson (born September 9, 1972) is an American 400-meter hurdler, who won the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athens. He also represented his country at the

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. He won three consecutive titles at the

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from 1996 to 1998. His personal best time was 47.03 seconds, achieved in June 1998 in

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. The time is currently sixth on the all-time list. He began his career as a sprint specialist and was the gold medallist in the

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and 4×100 metres relay at the 1991 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. In his youth he was chosen as the

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. He studied at

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and represented his college athletically in

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competition. He was the 1993 NCAA outdoor champion in the 400 m hurdles. He narrowly missed on sharing the US$1,000,000 jackpot on the 1998 IAAF Golden League circuit as he won the first six meetings but came only sixth in the 1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final. At the end of the season he won at the

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with a games record time of 47.15 seconds. He received a two-year ban from the sport in 1999 after failing a drugs test for steroids. He returned to action in 2002 and 2004 but never again competed at a top level championship. While at Jasper High School, he was ''

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'' "High School Athlete of the Year" in 1991.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bronson, Bryan 1972 births Living people American male hurdlers American sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Olympic track and field athletes of the United States Rice Owls men's track and field athletes World Athletics Championships medalists People from Jasper, Texas Track and field athletes from Texas Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games