Joe DeLoach

Joe DeLoach (actually: Joseph Nathaniel DeLoach; born June 5, 1967 in Bay City, Texas ) is a former American sprinter and Olympic champion in the 200 -meter run.

Career

DeLoach was born into a large family. He has eleven sisters and a brother. As a child he began to run, but then he wanted American football players are. Only later, he focused on his career as a sprinter. As his closest rival Carl Lewis before, also coached DeLoach at the University of Houston.

In his active sporting time DeLoach played only a major international competition, the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988. At the start of the Olympic season DeLoach had arge difficulties to run outstanding times first. In the U.S. elimination fights for the Olympic Games in Indianapolis, called the Trials, but he was on the point in top form and won the 200 meters. This victory earned him qualification for the Olympic Games. He beat his teammate from the Santa Monica Track Club, the reigning Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis. About 100 m DeLoach missed with a fifth place to qualify for Seoul.

In the Olympic final he was with Lewis, who was about to repeat his four Olympic medals from 1984, top favorite. During the race, Lewis saw three quarters of the way to be the winner, but DeLoach caught him yet from and eventually became the Olympic record of 19.75 s Olympic champion. This run was the only Olympic individual event in which Carl Lewis was beaten.

After the Olympics, DeLoach could not build on his achievements. In qualifying for the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona he had to do without because of an injury. After he retired from active competition. DeLoach lives with his wife and three children in his home town of Bay City.

Doping allegations

In 2003 it was announced that in 1988 at a doping test before the Olympics banned doping substances were found at DeLoach. The Olympic Committee of the U.S. ( USOC ) annulled the lock then due on the grounds that the taking was done unintentionally, and hid the case (as well as other positive samples of other athletes such as Carl Lewis) the IOC so that DeLoach compete in Seoul could. DeLoach himself took unlike Carl Lewis to the doping allegations no position.

Personal Best

  • 60 m (Hall ): 6.60 s, February 11, 1989, Nishinomiya
  • 100 m: 10.03 s, June 4, 1988 Eugene
  • 200 m: 19.75 s, September 28, 1988, Seoul Hall: 20,60 s, February 26, Sindelfingen
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