Jearl Miles Clark
Jearl Miles Clark, Sydney 2000
Jearl Miles Clark ( born Atawa Jearl Miles; born September 4, 1966 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American athlete who had both the 400 - was successful, and in the 800 -meter run.
Their first success they had the mid-1980s at U.S. university championships. They first participated as a substitute runner for the 4 x 400 - meter relay in 1988 in Seoul at the Olympic Games in 1988, but did not play. Your first international start they had at the World Athletics Championships 1991 in Tokyo. She was fifth on 400 meters and as a member of the U.S. 4 x 400 - meter relay team, she won the silver medal.
In its second part in the Olympics, in Barcelona in 1992, she was disqualified in the semifinals of the 400 m and won the 4 x 400 - meter relay again a silver medal. A year later she was in Stuttgart 1993 World Champion over 400 meters with a time of 49.82 s at the World Championships This was until 1997, her personal best. At the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg she could not defend her title, but won the bronze medal in 50.00 s at the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 she again won a medal and as we saw in Tokyo Fifth over 400 meters. With the 4 x 400 - meter relay, she was Olympic champion.
In 1997 she won first at the World Indoor Championships in Paris about 400 meters and then in the summer season, the U.S. Championships over 400 meters in their existing today personal best of 49.40 s at the World Championships 1997 in Athens, she won over 400 meters the bronze medal.
In 1998 she took then the change to the 800 - meter track. First, they still won the U.S. indoor championship over 400 meters and then in the outdoor season, the U.S. championship in the 800 meters. This track could repeat in 1999 and started the first time at a major international championship in the 800 meters. At the 1999 World Championships in Seville, they immediately became fourth. She started continues with the 4 x 400 - meter relay and won the silver medal here.
Your fourth Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 were initially characterized by a fever disease. Therefore About 800 meters she bowed out from weakened. Nevertheless, you started as a first leg in the 4 x 400 - meter relay and was the second time Olympic gold medalist. In the post-Olympic season she was hurt long and could not compete in the U.S. Championships. At the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, it was nonetheless nominated for the 4 x 400 - meter relay, but this time there was only the fourth place behind Jamaica, Germany and Russia for the U.S. season.
In 2003 she was again U.S. champion in the 800 meters and won at the World Championships in Paris / Saint- Denis the gold medal in the 4 x 400 - meter relay. About 800 meters she was disqualified at the world championships already in the flow. In 2004, she again won the U.S. Trials for the Olympic Games in Athens in the 800 meters and was in her fifth start with a Olympics sixth in the final.
Since 1999, she is the American record holder in the 800 meters with a time of 1:56,40 min. Your U.S. dominance in the 800 - meter track later went to her sister Hazel Clark, which was 2000 and 2005 U.S. champion in the 800 meters, over.
Jearl Miles Clark is 1,70 m tall and weighs 59 kg. She is married to her coach JJ Clark since 30 November 1996.