Lillie Leatherwood
American athlete (born 1964)
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| Full name | Lillie Mae Leatherwood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 6, 1964 (1964-07-06) (age 59) Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lillie Mae Leatherwood (born July 6, 1964)[1] is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
Biography
Leatherwood was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Brought up in Ralph, she attended the University of Alabama, in the 1986 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships she captured the 400-m title with a 1st-place finish in an indoor collegiate record-setting time of 51.23s. She was also the National Champion in the 400-meter dash at the 1985 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, with a time of 53.12 seconds.
Leatherwood competed for the United States in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, U.S. in the 4 x 400 metres where she won the gold medal with her teammates Sherri Howard, Olympic 400 m champion Valerie Brisco-Hooks and 400 m silver medalist Chandra Cheeseborough.
Leatherwood became a member of Zeta Phi Beta sorority in 1986 through the Iota Eta chapter at the University of Alabama. She became married on November 20, 1986 to teammate & Olympian, Emmit King, and they are now divorced. King was a member of Phi Beta Sigma. Leatherwood now resides in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and is retired from her career with the Tuscaloosa City Police Department.[2]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lillie Leatherwood". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ January 31, 2013, Stephanie Taylor. "Leatherwood says PAL job is 'worth it': Tuscaloosa officer, Olympic medalist says she enjoys helping kids". The Tuscaloosa News.
Tuscaloosa Police Department Officer Lillie Leatherwood
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- Lillie Leatherwood at World Athletics
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- 1972:
Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne, Helga Seidler, Monika Zehrt (GDR) - 1976: Doris Maletzki, Brigitte Rohde, Ellen Streidt, Christina Brehmer (GDR)
- 1980:
Tatyana Prorochenko, Tatyana Goyshchik, Nina Zyuskova, Irina Nazarova (URS) - 1984:
Lillie Leatherwood, Sherri Howard, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Chandra Cheeseborough, Diane Dixon, Denean Howard (USA) - 1988: Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olha Bryzhina, Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova (URS)
- 1992:
Yelena Ruzina, Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova, Olga Nazarova, Olha Bryzhina, Liliya Nurutdinova, Marina Shmonina (EUN) - 1996: Rochelle Stevens, Maicel Malone-Wallace, Kim Graham, Jearl Miles, Linetta Wilson (USA)
- 2000: Jearl Miles Clark, Monique Hennagan, LaTasha Colander, Andrea Anderson (USA)
- 2004: DeeDee Trotter, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards, Monique Hennagan, Moushaumi Robinson (USA)
- 2008: Mary Wineberg, Allyson Felix, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards, Natasha Hastings (USA)
- 2012: DeeDee Trotter, Allyson Felix, Francena McCorory, Sanya Richards-Ross, Keshia Baker, Diamond Dixon (USA)
- 2016: Allyson Felix, Phyllis Francis, Natasha Hastings, Courtney Okolo, Taylor Ellis-Watson, Francena McCorory (USA)
- 2020: Sydney McLaughlin, Allyson Felix, Dalilah Muhammad, Athing Mu, Kaylin Whitney, Wadeline Jonathas, Kendall Ellis, Lynna Irby (USA)
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