Calvin Harrison is an American

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 athlete. He won a gold medal in the Men's 4 x 400 metres relay

4 x 400 metres relay

The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...

 at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

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 in Sydney

Sydney

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, Australia

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. He is the twin

Twin

A twin is one of two offspring produced in the same pregnancy. Twins can either be monozygotic , meaning that they develop from one zygote that splits and forms two embryos, or dizygotic because they develop from two separate eggs that are fertilized by two separate sperm.In contrast, a fetus...

 brother of fellow Olympic medalist Alvin Harrison

Alvin Harrison

Alvin Harrison is an American athlete. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at both the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in the 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is the twin brother of fellow Olympic medalist Calvin Harrison...

. At the 2000 Olympics, Alvin Harrison and Calvin Harrison made history by becoming the first twins ever to compete and win Olympic gold medals together on the same relay team since the inception of the modern Olympic Games. In the 4 x 400m relay, Alvin ran the first leg and Calvin ran the third leg. In 2008, the 2000 Sydney Olympics 4 x 400 metres relay US team was stripped of their medals after teammmate Antonio Pettigrew

Antonio Pettigrew

Antonio Pettigrew was an American sprinter who specialized in the 400 meters. He was born in Macon, Georgia....

 admitted that he had used performance-enhancing drugs. Calvin also co-authored the book Go to Your Destiny, which debuted on the Oprah Winfrey Show in 2001.

Calvin Harrison did not participate in the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

 due to a stimulant violation involving modafinil

Modafinil

Modafinil is an analeptic drug manufactured by Cephalon, and is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of narcolepsy, shift work sleep disorder, and excessive daytime sleepiness associated with obstructive sleep apnea...

 at the 2003 U.S. championships. Harrison received a two-year suspension that ended in 2006.

While Alvin won an individual Silver medal at the Olympics, when the twins were in high school at North Salinas High School

North Salinas High School

North Salinas High School is a public high school established in Salinas, California. It is one of four primary high schools of the Salinas Union High School District...

, in Salinas, California

Salinas, California

Salinas is the county seat and the largest municipality of Monterey County, California. Salinas is located east-southeast of the mouth of the Salinas River, at an elevation of about 52 feet above sea level. The population was 150,441 at the 2010 census...

, Calvin was the star. He set the still standing NFHS National High School record in the 400 meters of 45.25 while winning the 1993 CIF California State Meet

CIF California State Meet

The CIF California State Meet is the annual championship track and field meet for the California Interscholastic Federation. The meet was started in 1915 for boys and 1974 for girls. Every athlete in every high school in California has a direct qualification path that can reach the state meet...

 defeating Michael Granville

Michael Granville

Michael Granville is a retired American 800 metres runner. He is known for being the National High School record holder in the race. Running for Bell Gardens High School set the record of 1:46.45 in the trial round of the 1996 CIF California State Meet at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California...

, the national 800 meter record holder in the process. That year he also won the 200 meters and teamed with Alvin to win the 4x400 meter relay, plus third place in the 4x100 meter relay, leading North Salinas to tie for the team title--the only time the school has even been in contention.

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