Danny Everett
Danny Everett (actually Daniel Joseph Everett; born 1 November 1966 in Van Alstyne Texas) is an American athlete who was a 400 - meter runner successful in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He won at the Olympics and World Championships two bronze medals in the individual race and two gold and one silver medal in the relay.
For the first time in appearance, he came in 1986, when he was s fifth at the U.S. Championships in 45.29. When he did the following year in fourth ( 45.36 s ) placed, he was nominated for the season, which the in the cast Danny Everett as first runner, Roddie Haley, Antonio McKay and Harry Reynolds at the World Athletics Championships 1987 in Rome Start went and in excellent 2:57,29 min the gold medal ahead of the teams from Great Britain ( silver in 2:58,86 min) and Cuba ( bronze in 2:59,16 min) fetched.
A year later, at the Olympic Games in Seoul, Everett won his second season gold. This time he was first runner, followed by Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine and as the final runners again Harry Reynolds. The victories of time was significantly faster with 2:56,16 min and the distance to the next placed (Jamaica, silver in 3:00,30 min and the Federal Republic of Germany, bronze in 3:00,56 min) significantly greater than two years earlier in Rome. Even in the single race Everett was successful: in 44.09 s, he won bronze behind his two compatriots Steve Lewis ( gold in 43.87 s ) and Harry Reynolds ( silver in 43.93 s ).
In the following 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, the American squadron with Andrew Valmont, Quincy Watts, Danny Everett scored as the third runner Antonio Pettigrew and again a fabulous time, but ranged 2:57,57 min for the silver medal, the British squadron was four hundredths faster. However, For Everett also came as individual runners in the medal ranks: In 44.63 s he won bronze just behind the Briton Roger Black ( silver in 44.62 s ) and Antonio Pettigrew ( gold in 44.57 s ).
Two other individual medals Everett secured the final of the Grand Prix. In Brussels in 1987 and 1989 in Monte Carlo, he won the gold medal. His victories hours: 45.28 s in front of the Nigerian Innocent Egbunike ( silver in 45.34 s ) and Mike Franks ( bronze in 45.45 s ) and 44.59 s in front of his two compatriots Harry Reynolds ( silver in 44.96 s ) and Quincy Watts ( bronze in 45.06 s ). At the Grand Prix, he scored his greatest success as an individual runner: In 1987, he finished second (40 points ), 1989 Winner (51 points ) and 1991 third party (39 pts).
The following year, 1992, he was however unlucky. After serving in 43.81 s, the second best time, which was ever run over 400 meters, the first and only time she had won at the national championships, he was considered a favorite for the Olympic Games in Barcelona. There, however, he left injured in the semi-final and could no longer compete in the relay.
Danny Everett lived today in Southern California Mar Vista, where he has served as coach of cross-country teams of the Windward School.
Personal Best
- 200 m: 20.08 s, June 16, 1990, Norwalk
- 400 m: 43.81 s, June 26, 1992, New Orleans Hall: 45.02 s, February 2, 1992, Stuttgart