James Trapp (born December 28, 1969) is an American former sprinter and professional
football
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player who is a co-owner and Facility Coordinator for D1 Sports Training in
Greenville, SC
Greenville ( ; ) is a city in Greenville County, South Carolina, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 70,720 at the 2020 census, it is the sixth-most populous city in the state. The Greenville metropolitan area had 928,1 ...
. He was selected by the
Los Angeles Raiders in the third round of the
1993 NFL draft.
Trapp earned a
Super Bowl
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ring while playing for the
Baltimore Ravens
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in the 2000 season.
Track and field
Trapp was a World-Class sprinter. At the 1991 World University Games he won a gold medal in the
4 × 100 meter relay. He was a 1992 U.S. Olympic Team alternate in the 4 × 100 meter relay. At the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Trapp won the gold medal in the 200 meter dash, with a time of 20.60 seconds.
His personal bests are 10.03 seconds in the
100 meters and 20.17 seconds in the
200 meters, but also competed in the
55 meters, posting a personal best of 6.16 seconds.
Personal bests
References
External links
Clemson Tigers bio
1969 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Greenville, South Carolina
American football cornerbacks
Los Angeles Raiders players
Oakland Raiders players
Baltimore Ravens players
Jacksonville Jaguars players
Clemson Tigers football players
Clemson Tigers men's track and field athletes
Players of American football from South Carolina
Sportspeople from Lawton, Oklahoma
Track and field athletes from Oklahoma
Track and field athletes from South Carolina
Players of American football from Oklahoma
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States
World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade
NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
20th-century American sportsmen
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