Linetta A. Wilson (born October 11, 1967) is a former 1996

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gold medalist in the women's 4 × 400 meter relay for the United States. She competed in the opening round with

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, Kim Graham, and

Maicel Malone Maicel D. Malone-Wallace (born June 12, 1969 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American former track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 meters. She was on the 1996 Olympic Games gold medal winning team in the women's 4 x 400 meters relay ...

and was replaced by

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in the Final. Wilson grew up in Pasadena, attending Muir High School. She twice placed second to Chewuakii "Choo Choo" Knighten in the

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State Championships in a still standing fastest non-winning time, She also excelled in hurdles, placing in the state meet twice. She is a member of team that may become the permanent 4 × 100 meter shuttle hurdle relay (30") High School Recordholders—the official height of the hurdles has been changed. She continued to the

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where she won an Indoor and Outdoor

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National Championship and was on three of their Big 8 Championship teams. Her Indoor Championship in the 500 meters set a new National Record and narrowly missed the World Record at the time. During that period, Wilson was Nationally ranked in the

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three times. After Nebraska she competed for the Los Angeles area South Bay Track Club. She set her Personal Record in the 400 meters of 51.02 during the semi-final of the 1996 Olympic Trials. In 2000, Wilson was convicted of sending prescription medicine through the mail and was sentenced to a year in jail. She returned to competition and competed as late as 2005.Stanford Invitational
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* 1967 births Living people American female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Nebraska Cornhuskers women's track and field athletes Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field Track and field athletes from California John Muir High School alumni Olympic female sprinters {{US-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub