Don Quarrie

Donald Quarrie ( Donald O'Riley "Don" Quarrie; born February 25, 1951 in Kingston ) is a retired Jamaican sprinter and Olympic gold medalist.

Even as a 17 -year-old was Quarrie 1968, the Jamaican Olympic team, but then could not attend due to a training injury to it. In 1969 he got a scholarship from the University of Nebraska and moved to the United States.

In the British Commonwealth Games in 1970 in Edinburgh, he won the 100 - meter dash gold medal in front of Lennox Miller ( JAM) and Hasely Crawford (TRI), and the gold medal in the 200 -meter run before Edwin Roberts ( TRI) and Charles Asati ( KEN).

A year later he repeated this double victory at the Pan American Games in Cali, where he broke through with 19.86 s audited Tommie Smith world record over 200 meters on August 3, 1971. In the British Commonwealth Games in 1974 in Christchurch, he won again the gold medal in the 100 -meter run, before John Mwebi (KEN ) and Ohene Karikari (GHA ), and the gold medal in the 200 -meter run before George Daniels ( GHA) and Bevan Smith ( NZL). In the Commonwealth Games 1978 in Edmonton he won again the gold medal over 100 meters in front of Allan Wells ( GBR) and Hasely Crawford.

In the Summer Olympics 1976 in Montreal, he won the silver medal in the 100 - meter dash, behind Hasely Crawford and before Valeri Borzov (URS ), and the gold medal in the 200 -meter run before Millard Hampton and Dwayne Evans ( both USA). At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow he won the bronze medal in the 200 - meter dash, behind Pietro Mennea (ITA ) and Allan Wells ( GBR). In his last participation in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he won the silver medal in the 4 × 100 - meter relay along with his teammates Albert Lawrence, Greg Meghoo ​​and Raymond Stewart, behind the team from the United States and ahead of the team from Canada.