Dennis Mitchell

Dennis Allen Mitchell ( born February 20, 1966 in Havelock, South Carolina ) is a former American track and field athlete and Olympic champion.

At the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988, he finished in the 100 - meter race in fourth place and missed a potential gold medal in the 4 x 100 - meter relay, as the American team was disqualified in the qualifying runs after Calvin Smith and Lee McNeill had not managed to pass the baton within the specified range. 1989 won Mitchell the gold medal in the 200 -meter run at the NCAA Championships and 1991, a week before the World Championships, he ran in the 4 x 100 - meter relay in the U.S. team its first world record of 37.67 s in Zurich. At the World Championships in Tokyo, he won the bronze medal in the 100 - meter dash in 9.91 s and ran in the U.S. team another world record with 37.50 s

At the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, he won the bronze medal over 100 meters, behind the Briton Linford Christie and The Namibian Frank Fredericks, as well as the team gold medal in the 4 x 100 - meter relay, along with his teammates Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell and Carl Lewis, before the teams from Nigeria and Cuba. At the World Championships in Stuttgart in 1993, he won his third bronze medal in the 100 meters and his third team gold medal with a world record, this time with a time of 37.40 s

At the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, he finished fourth in the 100 meters and won the team silver medal 4 x 100 - meter relay, along with his teammates Jon Drummond, Tim Harden and Michael Marsh, behind the team from Canada and before the team from Brazil.

1998 Mitchell has been banned by the IAAF for two years, as they had residues of prohibited doping substances detected in one test. In 2001, Mitchell was the last time an international excretion in part, at the World Championships in Edmonton, where he was again in the 4 x 100 - meter relay won the gold medal. This medal was but the U.S. team denied later because Tim Montgomery was involved in a doping case.

Due to its most garish green and yellow racing suits he wore the name "the green machine ". Today he works as a trainer, including by Damu Cherry.