Sheila Echols

Sheila Ann Echols ( born October 2, 1964 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a former American track and field athlete and Olympic champion.

After Sheila Echols had already exceeded in 1982 with wind support the six- meter mark in the long jump, followed by two years in which she hardly took. In 1985, it increased to 6.57 meters; the following year to 6.69 meters. Also in 1986 she succeeded in the 100 -meter run, an increase to 11.15 seconds. In 1987 she improved to over 100 meters at 11.09 seconds and the long jump at 6.94 meters, the largest expanse of her career. At the Pan American Games in 1987 she won the U.S. 4 x 100 - meter relay at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, she finished in eleventh place in the long jump. In 1988, she turned to their best performance in the 100 meters in 10.83 seconds. She won the U.S. championship in 1988 in both the long jump and the 100 meters in the knockouts for the Olympic team, they finished second in the long jump and fourth in the 100 -meter run. In Seoul at the Olympic Games she was eliminated in the long jump qualification, but with the U.S. squadron in the occupation of Alice Brown, Sheila Echols, Florence Griffith Joyner and Evelyn Ashford won in 41.98 seconds Olympic gold before the season from the GDR.

1989 occupied Echols at the U.S. Championships in second place in its two special disciplines. At the Athletics World Cup in Barcelona she won the 100 -meter run and finished with the season in third place. At the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo Echols was eliminated in the qualifying long jump. A year later, it reached at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, ​​the final and finished with 6.62 meters in seventh place.

Sheila Echols had a competition weight of 52 kg at a height of 1.65 meters. She studied at Louisiana State University.