Tyree Washington (born August 28, 1976) is a retired American sprinter. Born in Riverside, California, Washington attended both

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and San Bernardino Valley College. His coach during 2003 was Antonio Pettigrew, who ran alongside Washington, Michael Johnson and

Jerome Young Jerome Young (born August 14, 1976) is an American former track and field sprinter who specialized in the 400-meter dash. He won gold medals with the United States 4 × 400-meter relay team at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics and 1997 ...

in breaking the

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world record in 1998 with a time of 2:54.20. However, both Young and Pettigrew were later found to have violated doping regulations during their careers, and the

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now list the 1993 US quartet of Andrew Valmon,

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, Butch Reynolds and Michael Johnson as the world record holders. At the 2003 World Championships, Washington originally finished first in the 4 × 400 metres relay with Young, Calvin Harrison and Derrick Brew; and second in the

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behind Young. Calvin Harrison was found guilty of a doping violation (modafinil) in June 2003, leading to the quartet being stripped of the 4 × 400 m medals. Young was given a lifetime ban for a second offence in 2004; this was applied retrospectively to 1999 (Young's first failed test) in 2008, leading to Washington being awarded the

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. His last major win was at the 2006 world indoor championships. He retired in 2008 after failing to qualify at the US Olympic trials.

Achievements

Personal bests

* All information from IAAF Profile

Competition record

**1997 Junior College State Champion 400 meters (Fresno, Ca); Junior College State Champion 400 meters (Fresno, Ca); Junior College State Record Holder 200 meters; Junior College State Record Holder 400 meters; Junior College National Record Holder 400 meters (Bakersfield, Ca). ** World Championships – Athens, Greece. ***400 m

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***4 × 400 m relay

**1998 Goodwill Games Silver medalist 400 meters (New York); Goodwill Games Silver medalist 200 meters (New York) *2003 ** World Championships – Paris, France. ***400 m

(originally silver before the disqualification of his best friend Young for a doping violation) ***4 × 400 m relay disqualified due to a doping of one of his teammates (originally gold medal) ** IAAF World Indoor Championships – Birmingham, England. *** 400 m gold medal *** 4 × 400 m relay gold medal ** 2005 World Athletic Final 400 meter Champion (Monte Carlo) *2006 ** IAAF World Indoor Championships – Moscow, Russia. ***4 × 400 m relay gold medal He ran the fastest time in 2001 (44.28 seconds) and again in 2003 (44.33 seconds).

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Tyree Washington
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