American athlete (born 1964)
Lillie Leatherwood
Full name Lillie Mae Leatherwood Born July 6, 1964 (1964-07-06 ) (age 59)Tuscaloosa, Alabama , U.S.
Lillie Mae Leatherwood (born July 6, 1964)[1] is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
Biography
Leatherwood was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama . Brought up in Ralph , she attended the University of Alabama , in the 1986 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships she captured the 400-m title with a 1st-place finish in an indoor collegiate record -setting time of 51.23s. She was also the National Champion in the 400-meter dash at the 1985 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, with a time of 53.12 seconds.
Leatherwood competed for the United States in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles , U.S. in the 4 x 400 metres where she won the gold medal with her teammates Sherri Howard , Olympic 400 m champion Valerie Brisco-Hooks and 400 m silver medalist Chandra Cheeseborough .
Leatherwood became a member of Zeta Phi Beta sorority in 1986 through the Iota Eta chapter at the University of Alabama. She became married on November 20, 1986 to teammate & Olympian, Emmit King , and they are now divorced. King was a member of Phi Beta Sigma . Leatherwood now resides in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and is retired from her career with the Tuscaloosa City Police Department.[2]
References
1972 : Dagmar Käsling , Rita Kühne , Helga Seidler , Monika Zehrt (GDR )
1976 : Doris Maletzki , Brigitte Rohde , Ellen Streidt , Christina Brehmer (GDR )
1980 : Tatyana Prorochenko , Tatyana Goyshchik , Nina Zyuskova , Irina Nazarova (URS )
1984 : Lillie Leatherwood , Sherri Howard , Valerie Brisco-Hooks , Chandra Cheeseborough , Diane Dixon , Denean Howard (USA )
1988 : Tatyana Ledovskaya , Olga Nazarova , Mariya Pinigina , Olha Bryzhina , Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova (URS )
1992 : Yelena Ruzina , Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova , Olga Nazarova , Olha Bryzhina , Liliya Nurutdinova , Marina Shmonina (EUN )
1996 : Rochelle Stevens , Maicel Malone-Wallace , Kim Graham , Jearl Miles , Linetta Wilson (USA )
2000 : Jearl Miles Clark , Monique Hennagan , LaTasha Colander , Andrea Anderson (USA )
2004 : DeeDee Trotter , Monique Henderson , Sanya Richards , Monique Hennagan , Moushaumi Robinson (USA )
2008 : Mary Wineberg , Allyson Felix , Monique Henderson , Sanya Richards , Natasha Hastings (USA )
2012 : DeeDee Trotter , Allyson Felix , Francena McCorory , Sanya Richards-Ross , Keshia Baker , Diamond Dixon (USA )
2016 : Allyson Felix , Phyllis Francis , Natasha Hastings , Courtney Okolo , Taylor Ellis-Watson , Francena McCorory (USA )
2020 : Sydney McLaughlin , Allyson Felix , Dalilah Muhammad , Athing Mu , Kaylin Whitney , Wadeline Jonathas , Kendall Ellis , Lynna Irby (USA )
Qualification Men's track and road athletes Men's field athletes Women's track and road athletes Women's field athletes Coaches —
Qualification Men's track and road athletes Men's field athletes Women's track and road athletes Women's field athletes Coaches
Stan Huntsman (men's head coach)
Dean Hayes (men's assistant coach)
Irving "Moon" Mondschein (men's assistant coach)
Tom Pagani (men's assistant coach)
Russ Rogers (men's assistant coach)
Joe Vigil (men's assistant coach)
Terry Crawford (women's head coach)
Ken Foreman (women's assistant coach)
Dave Rodda (women's assistant coach)
Fred Thompson (women's assistant coach)
1958–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1980–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–presentUSA Track & Field Notes
OT : Since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event.
2020 OT : The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Distance :The event was over 440 yards until 1932, 1955, 1957–8, 1961–3, 1965–6, 1969–70 and 1973–4