Andre Phillips

Andre Lamar Phillips ( born September 5, 1959 in Milwaukee ) is a former American track and field athlete and Olympic champion. At a height of 1.88 m his competition weight was 84 kg.

Career

Andre Phillips was in 1983 the second U.S. athlete by Edwin Moses, who remained in the 400 - meter hurdles at 48 seconds when he ran 47.78 seconds in Cologne. At the World Championships in 1983 two weeks earlier he had occupied in 49.24 seconds Rank 5.

After he failed to qualify for the 1984 Olympic Games, he won the 1985 World Cup in 48.42 seconds. 1985 Andre Phillips could also set up his best time in the 110- meter hurdles with 13.25 seconds.

In the Trials for the 1988 Olympic Games could in the 400 - meter hurdles the two-time world champion and Olympic gold medalist Edwin Moses, and Andre Phillips and Kevin Young qualify. All three also won its Olympic lead. The first semi-final won against Moses Young, the second semi-final won Phillips before the Jamaican Winthrop Graham. Since Edwin Moses had remained the only less than 48 seconds, it was considered a favorite. In the final, Andre Phillips presented his personal best with 47.19 seconds and won gold, but only four hundredths of a second ahead of Amadou Dia Ba from Senegal. Edwin Moses won in 47.56 seconds bronze and Kevin Young was the fourth runner under 48 seconds. For Edwin Moses, the race was the only defeat in an international championship, Andre Phillips, it was the only victory.

Andre Phillips, who earned his degree at the University of California, Los Angeles, he now works in California as a teacher.

Doping allegations

Andre Phillips was tested positive for the evaluated as the only qualifier for the Olympics U.S. Championships in 1988, as well as Joe DeLoach and Carl Lewis on the doping agent pseudoephedrine, so that he would have been automatically suspended for the Olympics. Nevertheless Due to an objection, he received permission to take off and then won the gold medal in Seoul.

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