Calvin Harrison

Calvin Harrison ( born January 20, 1974 in Orlando ) is a former American athlete who specializes in the 400 -meter run.

He and his twin brother, Alvin Harrison made ​​history when it became the first pair of twins at the Olympic Games of the modern era winners were together in a relay competition. Together with Michael Johnson and Antonio Pettigrew, they won at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, the Gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay. However, this medal was stripped them 2 August 2008 because of a doping offense by Antonio Pettigrew.

Calvin Harrison himself was in 2004 closed due to taking the banned substance modafinil for two years, so missed the part in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and lost his gold medal from the 4 × 400 -meter relay at the World Athletics Championships 2003 in Paris. His brother Alvin was blocked due to abuse of various performance- enhancing drugs even for four years.

Calvin Harrison had a competition weight of 75 kg at a height of 1.86 m.

Bests

• 200 m: 20.96 s, April 21, 2002 Walnut
• 400 m: 44.64 s, 8 September 2000, Brisbane