Антонио Петтигрю: Американдық спринтердің өмірі мен мансабы

American sprinter

Antonio Pettigrew (November 3, 1967 – August 10, 2010) was an American sprinter who specialized in the 400 meters.

Pettigrew was born in Macon, Georgia. While attending St. Augustine's College in Raleigh, North Carolina, Pettigrew was a four time NCAA Division II champion in the 400 meter race. He came to prominence at the 1991 World Championships, where he won the 400 m gold medal and a silver medal in the 4 x 400 meters relay. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Pettigrew threw his gold medal winning Adidas spikes into the crowd after winning the 4 × 400 m final for the USA.

In 2008, prosecution documents related to the trial of coach Trevor Graham listed Pettigrew as one of Graham's athletes to have used performance enhancing drugs. Pettigrew then admitted to using performance enhancing drugs and testified against Graham at his trial in May 2008. Although the IAAF rules currently do not retroactively alter results more than eight years after the event, Pettigrew voluntarily returned the medals he won in that period. The 2000 Sydney Olympics 4 × 400 m U. S. relay team was stripped of their medals after Pettigrew admitted that he had used performance enhancing drugs during that time. He received a two year athletics ban in 2008, even though he had already retired from competitive track by then. Pettigrew was an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina at the time of his death.

EventTime (seconds)VenueDate100 meters10.42Raleigh, North Carolina, United StatesMarch 26, 1994200 meters20.38Durham, North Carolina, United StatesApril 9, 1994300 meters32.33Jerez de la Frontera, SpainSeptember 13, 1989400 meters44.27Houston, Texas, United StatesJune 17, 1989
Main information from IAAF Profile. Record information from All Athletics. com.