Reggie Witherspoon (sprinter)

American sprinter
Reggie Witherspoon
Personal information
Birth nameReginald Edwin Witherspoon
BornMay 31, 1985 (1985-05-31) (age 39)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 4×400 m relay

Reginald Edwin "Reggie" Witherspoon (born May 31, 1985, in Pasadena, California) is an American sprinter. He competed for University of Florida and later Baylor University. He was part of the USA's gold medal-winning team in the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, after running in the heats. Witherspoon also held the Indoor National High School Record at 400 m, which was held by William Reed, with his time of 46.11 seconds at the 2003 National Scholastic Indoor Championships in New York.

References

  • Reggie Witherspoon at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  • Reggie Witherspoon at Olympics.com
  • Regi Witherspoon at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
  • Reggie Witherspoon at DyeStat [dead link]
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Medley
  • 1908:  William Hamilton, Nathaniel Cartmell, John Taylor, Mel Sheppard (USA)
4 × 400 m
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Qualification
  • 2008 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track
and road athletes
Men's
field athletes
Women's track
and road athletes
Women's
field athletes
Coaches
  • Bubba Thornton (men's head coach)
  • Harvey Glance (men's assistant coach)
  • Ron Mann (men's assistant coach)
  • Boo Schexnayder (men's assistant coach)
  • Criss Somerlot (men's assistant coach)
  • Joe Vigil (men's assistant coach)
  • Jeanette Bolden (women's head coach)
  • Chandra Cheeseborough (women's assistant coach)
  • J.J. Clark (women's assistant coach)
  • Kim Keenan-Kirkpatrick (women's assistant coach)
  • Connie Price-Smith (women's assistant coach)
  • Rita Somerlot (women's assistant coach)
  • Brooks Johnson (relay coach)
  • Orin Richburg (relay coach)
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  • World Athletics


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