Chryste Gaines
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Chryste Dionne Gaines (born September 14, 1970 in Lawton, Oklahoma
) is an American
athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.
A 1988 graduate of South Oak Cliff High School
in Dallas
, Texas
, Gaines competed for the United States in the 1996 Summer Olympics
held in Atlanta, Georgia
, U.S.
, in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the gold medal with teammates Olympic 100m champion Gail Devers
, Inger Miller
and Gwen Torrence
who won the 200m gold and a bronze in the 100m.
She returned to Sydney
for the 2000 Summer Olympics
as the sole survivor of the 4 x 100 meters, this time she lined up with double sprint gold medalist Marion Jones
and fellow Americans Torri Edwards
and Nanceen Perry
but could only come away with the bronze medal.
Recently, she (with her other 4x100 meter teammates) had been asked to return her bronze medal won at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000 as well as other achievements due to steroid use. She and 6 other members of the 2000 team would successfully appeal the IOC
's decision to force them to return their 2000 medals in July 2010.
Lawton, Oklahoma
The city of Lawton is the county seat of Comanche County, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Located in the southwestern region of Oklahoma approximately southwest of Oklahoma City, it is the principal city of the Lawton Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area...
) is an American
United States
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athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.
A 1988 graduate of South Oak Cliff High School
South Oak Cliff High School
South Oak Cliff High School is a public secondary school located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas...
in Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, Gaines competed for the United States in the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
held in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
, U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the gold medal with teammates Olympic 100m champion Gail Devers
Gail Devers
Yolanda Gail Devers is a retired three-time Olympic champion in track and field for the US Olympic Team. Devers was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up near National City, California and graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1984...
, Inger Miller
Inger Miller
Inger Miller is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for United States. She is the daughter of Lennox Miller, an Olympic champion runner from Jamaica....
and Gwen Torrence
Gwen Torrence
Gwen Torrence is a retired American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist. She was born in Decatur, GA. She attended Columbia High School and the University of Georgia....
who won the 200m gold and a bronze in the 100m.
She returned to Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
for the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
as the sole survivor of the 4 x 100 meters, this time she lined up with double sprint gold medalist Marion Jones
Marion Jones
Marion Lois Jones , also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is a former world champion track and field athlete, and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA...
and fellow Americans Torri Edwards
Torri Edwards
Torri Edwards is an American sprinter. She was a rising young star in 100 and 200 metres, winning an Olympic medal in 4×100 metres relay in 2000. In 2003 she won six medals in major international competitions, including one World Championship gold...
and Nanceen Perry
Nanceen Perry
Nanceen Perry is a former sprinter from the United States.She competed in the 4x100 meters relay in Sydney 2000, but her bronze medal was stripped after confessions of steroid doping by teammate Marion Jones.-External links:...
but could only come away with the bronze medal.
Recently, she (with her other 4x100 meter teammates) had been asked to return her bronze medal won at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000 as well as other achievements due to steroid use. She and 6 other members of the 2000 team would successfully appeal the IOC
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
's decision to force them to return their 2000 medals in July 2010.