Floyd Heard
Floyd Heard ( Floyd Wayne Heard, born March 24, 1966 in West Point, Mississippi ) is a retired American sprinter.
In 1986 he drew up a Weltjahresbestleistung in the 200 - meter dash with 20.12 s. A year later, he won over the same distance gold at the Pan American Games and finished sixth at the World Athletics Championships in Rome. In 1989, he took over 200 m his second national title after 1986. At the World Cup in 1991 in Tokyo, he bowed out of.
On April 17, 1994, he presented in Walnut with Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell and Carl Lewis on the current world record of 1:18,68 min in the 4 x 200 - meter relay.
2000 succeeded Heard as far oldest U.S. sprinter the Olympic qualification. In June this year he was convicted and possession of doping. Shortly thereafter, he came at the Olympic Games in Sydney semi-finals.
Floyd Heard is 1,78 m tall and weighed 71 kg in his playing days. He studied at Texas A & M University and started for the Santa Monica Track Club later.