Cindy Greiner

American heptathlete and long jumper

Cindy Greiner

Personal information

Birth name

Cynthia Suggs

Full name

Cynthia Greiner

Born

February 15, 1957 (1957-02-15) (age 67)
San Diego, California, U.S.

Medal record

Women's athletics

Representing the United States
Pan American Games
	1987 Indianapolis	Heptathlon
	1983 Caracas	Heptathlon

Cynthia Greiner (née Suggs; born February 15, 1957, in San Diego, California) is a retired female heptathlete and long jumper from the United States, who won the gold medal at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis, United States. She is a two-time U.S. champion (1984 and 1990). Greiner set her personal best (6300 points) in the heptathlon during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1983	Pan American Games	Caracas, Venezuela	2nd	Heptathlon
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	4th	Heptathlon
1987	Pan American Games	Indianapolis, United States	1st	Heptathlon
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	12th	Heptathlon
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	8th	Heptathlon
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	10th	Heptathlon
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	9th	Heptathlon

External links

Cindy Greiner at World Athletics
Cindy Greiner at Olympics.com
Cindy Greiner at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Profile at trackfield.brinkster.net
Athletes from the Past, Where Are They Now?, article in the Aberdeen News, July 5, 2008

Pan American Champions in women's pentathlon and heptathlon

Pentathlon

Heptathlon

v t e US National Championship winners in women's pentathlon and heptathlon
1950–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1950–4: Stanisława Walasiewicz 1955–6: Barbara Mueller 1957–9: Ann Roniger 1960: Jo Ann Terry 1961–7: Pat Daniels 1968: Chi Cheng (TPE) 1969: Jan Glotzer 1970: Pat Daniels 1971: Marilyn King 1972–3: Jane Frederick 1974: Mitzi McMillan 1975–6: Jane Frederick 1977: Linda Cornelius 1978: Modupe Oshikoya (NGR) 1979: Jane Frederick
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Themis Zambrzycki (BRA) 1981: Jane Frederick 1982: Jackie Joyner 1983: Jane Frederick 1984: Cindy Greiner 1985–6: Jane Frederick 1987: Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1988: Sheila Tarr 1989: Jolanda Jones 1990: Cindy Greiner 1991–2: Jackie Joyner-Kersee
1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1994: Kym Carter 1995: Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1996–8: Kelly Blair LaBounty 1999: Shelia Burrell 2000–1: DeDee Nathan 2002–4: Shelia Burrell 2005: Hyleas Fountain 2006: GiGi Johnson 2007–8: Hyleas Fountain 2009: Diana Pickler 2010: Hyleas Fountain 2011: Sharon Day-Monroe 2012: Hyleas Fountain 2013–4: Sharon Day-Monroe 2015–6: Barbara Nwaba 2017: Kendell Williams 2018–19: Erica Bougard 2021^{2020 OT}: Annie Kunz 2022: Anna Hall
Notes	Held as a women's pentathlon from 1950 to 1980 Since 1992 the championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

v t e 1984 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	1984 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Ray Armstead Alonzo Babers Kirk Baptiste Ron Brown Tonie Campbell Don Clary Paul Cummings Brian Diemer Marco Evoniuk Greg Foster Sam Graddy Johnny Gray John Gregorek Danny Harris Tranel Hawkins Jim Heiring Thomas Jefferson Earl Jones Roger Kingdom Steve Lacy Carl Lewis Henry Marsh John Marshall Antonio McKay Walter McCoy Edwin Moses Sunder Nix Daniel O'Connor Vince O'Sullivan Doug Padilla Pete Pfitzinger Pat Porter Alberto Salazar Carl Schueler Steve Scott Calvin Smith Willie Smith Jim Spivey John Tuttle Craig Virgin
Men's field athletes	Duncan Atwood Willie Banks Earl Bell Tim Bright Ed Burke Art Burns Michael Carter Mike Conley Sr. John Crist Milton Goode Bill Green Al Joyner Dave Laut Carl Lewis Jud Logan Doug Lytle Mike McRae Larry Myricks Doug Nordquist Tom Petranoff John Powell Steve Roller Dwight Stones Mike Tully Mac Wilkins Augie Wolf Jim Wooding
Women's track and road athletes	Evelyn Ashford Sharrieffa Barksdale Joan Benoit Jeanette Bolden Cindy Bremser Valerie Brisco-Hooks Alice Brown Judi Brown Julie Brown Robin Campbell Chandra Cheeseborough Mary Decker Diane Dixon Benita Fitzgerald-Brown Kim Gallagher Randy Givens Florence Griffith Joyner Joan Hansen Denean Howard Sherri Howard Julie Isphording Missy Kane Lillie Leatherwood Pam Page Diana Richburg Kim Turner Angela Wright-Scott Ruth Wysocki
Women's field athletes	Jodi Anderson Carol Cady Laura De Snoo Leslie Deniz Cindy Greiner Lorna Griffin Joni Huntley Jackie Joyner Carol Lewis Ramona Pagel Louise Ritter Karin Smith Pam Spencer Lynda Sutfin Cathy Sulinski Angela Thacker
Coaches	—

v t e 1988 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	1988 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Brian Abshire Jeff Atkinson Tracy Baskin Bruce Bickford Arthur Blake Terry Brahm Tonie Campbell Mark Conover Mark Deady Joe DeLoach Brian Diemer Danny Everett Mark Everett Marco Evoniuk Ed Eyestone Johnny Gray Jim Heiring Andy Kaestner Roger Kingdom Carl Lewis Steve Lewis Tim Lewis Sydney Maree Henry Marsh Roy Martin Antonio McKay (r) Lee McNeill (r) Dennis Mitchell Gary Morgan Edwin Moses Doug Padilla Pete Pfitzinger Andre Phillips Steve Plasencia Pat Porter Butch Reynolds Albert Robinson (r) Kevin Robinzine (r) Carl Schueler Steve Scott Calvin Smith Andrew Valmon (r) Kevin Young
Men's field athletes	Willie Banks Randy Barnes Earl Bell Tim Bright Mike Buncic Robert Cannon Hollis Conway Brian Crouser Lance Deal Jim Doehring Ken Flax Randy Heisler Jim Howard Dave Johnson Gary Kinder Carl Lewis Jud Logan Larry Myricks Billy Olson Tom Petranoff Mike Powell Charles Simpkins Brian Stanton Dave Stephens Gregg Tafralis Kory Tarpenning Mac Wilkins
Women's track and road athletes	Evelyn Ashford Valerie Brisco Alice Brown (r) Joetta Clark Gail Devers-Roberts Nancy Ditz Diane Dixon Sheila Echols (r) Kim Gallagher Margaret Groos Denean Howard-Hill Sherri Howard (r) Vicki Huber Jacqueline Humphrey Regina Jacobs Lynn Jennings Florence Griffith Joyner Francie Larrieu-Smith Lillie Leatherwood (r) Pam Marshall LaVonna Martin Leslie Maxie Lynn Nelson Cathy O'Brien PattiSue Plumer LaTanya Sheffield Mary Decker Slaney Gwen Torrence Delisa Walton-Floyd Schowonda Williams Dannette Young (r)
Women's field athletes	Wendy Brown Carol Cady Bonnie Dasse Sheila Echols Cindy Greiner Jackie Joyner-Kersee Trish King Carol Lewis Donna Mayhew Ramona Pagel Connie Price Louise Ritter Karin Smith Coleen Sommer Lynda Sutfin
Coaches	Stan Huntsman (men's head coach) Dean Hayes (men's assistant coach) Irving "Moon" Mondschein (men's assistant coach) Tom Pagani (men's assistant coach) Russ Rogers (men's assistant coach) Joe Vigil (men's assistant coach) Terry Crawford (women's head coach) Ken Foreman (women's assistant coach) Dave Rodda (women's assistant coach) Fred Thompson (women's assistant coach)

v t e 1992 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	1992 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Michael Bates Arthur Blake Leroy Burrell Mark Croghan Tony Dees Brian Diemer Danny Everett Mark Everett Marco Evoniuk Ed Eyestone Johnny Gray Darnell Hall (r) Terrance Herrington Steve Holman Allen James Chip Jenkins James Jett (r) Michael Johnson Bob Kempainen Bob Kennedy Carl Lewis (r) Steve Lewis Daniel Lopez Michael Marsh Dennis Mitchell McClinton Neal Herm Nelson José Parrilla David Patrick Jack Pierce Steve Plasencia Aaron Ramirez Reuben Reina Carl Schueler Steve Spence Jim Spivey John Trautmann Andrew Valmon (r) Quincy Watts Todd Williams Mark Witherspoon Kevin Young
Men's field athletes	Charles Austin Ron Backes Mike Barnett Brian Blutreich Tim Bright Mike Buncic Mike Conley Hollis Conway Brian Crouser Lance Deal Jim Doehring Ken Flax Joe Greene Dave Johnson Carl Lewis Jud Logan Aric Long Rob Muzzio Darrin Plab Mike Powell Tom Pukstys Charles Simpkins Mike Stulce Kory Tarpenning John Tillman Dave Volz Anthony Washington
Women's track and road athletes	Evelyn Ashford Tonja Buford Joetta Clark Gwynneth Coogan Gail Devers Sandra Farmer-Patrick Michelle Finn Carlette Guidry Suzy Hamilton Victoria Herazo Denean Hill (r) Regina Jacobs Julie Jenkins Lynn Jennings Esther Jones (r) Natasha Kaiser Janis Klecker Francie Larrieu-Smith Debbi Lawrence LaVonna Martin Jearl Miles Cathy O'Brien Annette Peters PattiSue Plumer Meredith Rainey Michelle Rohl Shelly Steely Rochelle Stevens Judi St. Hilaire Lynda Tolbert Gwen Torrence Janeene Vickers Dannette Young (r)
Women's field athletes	Paula Berry Kym Carter Sharon Couch Bonnie Dasse Pam Dukes Sheila Echols Carla Garrett Cindy Greiner Tanya Hughes Jackie Joyner-Kersee Donna Mayhew Penny Neer Ramona Pagel Connie Price-Smith Sue Rembao Amber Welty
Coaches	Mel Rosen (men's head coach) Harry Groves (men's assistant coach) Erv Hunt (men's assistant coach) Ed Jacoby (men's assistant coach) Bill Moultrie (men's assistant coach) Fred Samara (men's assistant coach) Barbara Jacket (women's head coach) Dorothy Doolittle (women's assistant coach) Lance Harter (women's assistant coach) Bert Lyle (women's assistant coach)