Jeanette Bolden. is a former Olympian

United States

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 athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.

She competed for the United States in the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

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 held in Los Angeles

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, U.S.

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 in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the gold medal with her team mates 100 metre silver medalist Alice Brown

Alice Brown (athlete)

Alice Regina Brown is a retired American sprinter. She was a silver medalist in the 1984 Olympic 100m final in a time of 11.13 seconds...

, Chandra Cheeseborough

Chandra Cheeseborough

Chandra Danette Cheeseborough is an American track and field athlete. Cheeseborough broke onto the international track scene at age 16 by winning two gold medals at the 1975 Pan American Games, taking the 200 m in an American record time of 22.77 seconds...

 and Olympic 100m champion Evelyn Ashford

Evelyn Ashford

Evelyn Ashford is a retired American athlete, the 1984 Olympic champion in the 100 m. She has run under the 11 second barrier over 30 times and was the first to run under 11 seconds in an Olympic Games.As a 19-year-old, Ashford finished 5th in the 100 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics...

. She also placed 4th in the 100 metres

100 metres

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 in a time of 11.25 seconds.

Bolden has suffered from Asthma

Asthma

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 throughout her life. Her athletic career came to a sudden end at the 1988 Olympic Trials

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 when she ruptured her Achilles tendon

Achilles tendon

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 just moments after teammate Florence Griffith Joyner set the still standing World Record in the 100 metres. It was one of the most heartbreaking memories for her coach Bob Kersee

Bob Kersee

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. Unable to run with the same intensity as before, she applied her efforts to coaching, initially as an Assistant Coach at UCLA under Kersee.

Bolden is currently head track and field coach for UCLA's women's program. In 2008, she served as the United States Olympic Women's Head Coach.