Name Sandie Richards | Role Olympic athlete | |
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Olympic medals Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay Similar People Monique Hennagan, Michelle Burgher, Natalya Nazarova, Novlene Williams‑Mills, Monique Henderson | ||
Jamaican olympic track field athlete sandie richards on clmtv
Alexandra ("Sandie") Richards (born 6 November 1968 in Clarendon Park) is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
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- Jamaican olympic track field athlete sandie richards on clmtv
- Womens 400m Final 1997 IAAF World Championships
- Career
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Women's 400m Final - 1997 IAAF World Championships
Career
She was a world junior representative, finishing third in the 400 m at the 1986 Championships. The next year she won bronze at the World Student Games, followed by her Olympic debut a year later in Seoul, South Korea.
In 1998, Richards won Commonwealth gold at 1998 Commonwealth Games and won a 400 m bronze and relay gold at the 1998 Goodwill Games. She was a member of the winning 4 x 400 m relay team at the 2001 World Championships, taking Jamaica's first ever mile relay gold medal in the 18-year history of the championships. At the opening ceremony of the 2001 World Championships she captained the Jamaican team and carried the flag. She has the record for the most World Indoor final appearances with nine (five at 400 m and four at 4x400 m). She graduated in sociology from the University of Texas at Austin.