Joey Woody (born May 22, 1973, in

Iowa City, Iowa Iowa City, offically the City of Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the home of the University of Iowa and county seat of Johnson County, at the center of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the time ...

) is an American track and field athlete in the

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event. Woody attended

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and the

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, where he was the 1997

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champion in the 400 m hurdles. Woody placed third in the

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and qualified for the 1997 World Championships in Athens. In the 1999 World Championships in Seville, he improved to sixth place. In the 2000 US Olympic Trials, he placed fourth, therefore just missed qualifying for the 2000 Olympics. He again just missed qualifying for the 2004 Olympics. Woody qualified for the 2003 World Championships in Paris and made it to the finals, winning the silver medal behind 2001 World Champion Félix Sánchez. This was the largest success of his running career. Woody is now the Director of Track and Field and Cross Country at the University of Iowa.

Career highlights

* 2003 World Championships: Silver medalist, 400 meter hurdles * 1999 World Championships: 6th, 400 meter hurdles * 1999 World Championships: Gold medalist, 4x400 meter relay (ran 2nd leg of semifinal) *1997 NCAA Champion

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1973 births Living people American male hurdlers Sportspeople from Iowa City, Iowa University of Northern Iowa alumni World Athletics Championships medalists Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games Track and field athletes from Iowa {{US-hurdles-athletics-bio-stub