Derek Redmond
Derek Anthony Redmond ( born September 3, 1965 in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, England) is a former British athlete and Olympian.
1985 Redmond improved the British record in the 400 -meter run by David Jenkins, when he ran 44.82 seconds. At the European Championships in 1986 reached 45.25 seconds in fourth place, Roger Black won with a new British record of 44.59 seconds gold. With the British 4 x 400 - meter relay Redmond won gold in 2:59,84 minutes ( Derek Redmond, Kriss Akabusi, Brian Whittle, Roger Black).
At the 1987 World Championships Redmond presented in the semifinals to a new British record 44.50 seconds. In the final he was fifth in 45.06 seconds; his semi-final time would have been enough for silver behind Thomas Schönlebe. He then won silver in the relay competition actually, had to admit defeat to the squadron from the U.S. in 2:58,86 Derek Redmond, Kriss Akabusi, Roger Black and Philip Brown as.
There followed years of injuries and only in 1991 at the World Championships Redmond was back in the British squadron, after he had failed over 400 meters in the semifinals. The British were delivered a dramatic battle with the squadron from the United States. Roger Black as a starter for the British pulled out a small lead over Andrew Valmont. Derek Redmond was running in second place, although the fastest lap of all British but was clearly behind the current unleashed as Quincy Watts back. John Regis brought the British against Danny Everett a little, and on the last lap overtook Kriss Akabusi the reigning world champion in the 400 meters Antonio Pettigrew. Black, Redmond, Regis and Akabusi ran 2:57,53 minutes and won by four hundredths of a second before the squadron from the U.S..
After Redmond had the 1988 Olympic Games missed due to injury, the 1992 games should be the highlight of his career. About 400 meters he had won Lead and Second Round; in the semifinal he pulled a hamstring on the posterior thigh muscles. Nevertheless cut off, he finished the race with his father, who hurried him from the stands to help the help. In the second semifinal him David Grindley then the British record in the 400 - meter race took off with 44.47 seconds.
- Athlete (United Kingdom)
- World Champion ( athletics)
- European Champion ( athletics)
- Olympian (United Kingdom)
- Man
- Sprinter
- Born in 1965