He has never won any major tournament, although he did come close in the 2003 World Championships in Paris Saint-Denis where he finished fourth. In the 400 Metres competition at the 2004 Olympic Games he finished eighth with 45.55. In the Helsinki 2005, he only reached the semi finals, finishing third in his heat. Blackwood has, however, been part of many successful 4 x 400 relay teams. He won the bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics, …

Lawrence Johnson (born May 7, 1974) is a retired pole vaulter, born in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Best known for winning the Olympic silver medal in 2000, he also won a gold medal at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships. His personal best jump is 5.98 m, which he achieved in 1996.

Hasna Benhassi (born June 1, 1978) is a Moroccan middle distance athlete. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, she finished second to Kelly Holmes in the women's 800 meters. In August 2005 she won a silver medal in the 800 meters at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. She placed 8th in the 800 meters at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Angela Williams (born 30 January 1980 in Bellflower, California) is an American athlete. Starting for the American national team in 2001, she won a silver medal in the 60 metres competition at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships. She later repeated the event at the 2003 Indoor Championships. At the 2003 World Championships in Athletics she won silver in the 4 x 100 m relay, along with teammates Chryste Gaines, Inger Miller, and Torri Edwards.

Reyes Estévez López is a Spanish 1500 metres runner, who won the European Championships' final 1998 in Budapest. In addition, he won bronze medals at the 1997 World Championships, 1999 World Championships and 2005 European Indoor Championships (both 1500 and 3000 m) and silver medals at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships and 2002 European Championships.

Paolo Camossi (born 6 January 1974 in Gorizia) is an Italian triple jumper, best known for his gold medal at the 2001 World Indoor Championships. His personal best was 17.45 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Milan. This result places him second on the all-time Italian performers list, only behind Fabrizio Donato.

Mohammed Mourhit (born October 10, 1970 in Khouribga, Morocco) is a Belgian long-distance runner who had broken three European records by the summer of 2000 (7:26.62 in 3000 metres, 12:49.71 in 5000 metres, 26:52.30 in 10000 metres). He won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships (5000 metres) and a silver medal at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships (3000 metres).

Tiombe Hurd (born 17 August 1973) is an American triple jumper. She won the bronze medal at the 2001 World Indoor Championships. After winning the 2004 US Olympic trials, she represented her country at the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final. Her personal best jump is 14.45 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Sacramento. This is the current American record.

Tye Harvey (born 25 September 1974) is an American pole vaulter. Harvey won the silver medal at the 2001 World Indoor Championships in Lisbon with a vault of 5.90 metres. In March 2001 in Atlanta Harvey established a career best of 5.93 metres, on an indoor track. His personal best outdoor vault was 5.81 metres, achieved in July 2000 in San Marcos, TX.

Patrick Petrus Marinus van Balkom (born September 14, 1974 in Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant) is a former Dutch sprinter. Together with Caimin Douglas, Timothy Beck and Troy Douglas he won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. With this same team he also participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but they were eliminated in the series due to a mistake in the changing area.

LaTasha Jenkins (born December 19, 1977) is a former American sprinter. Having won international medals on the 200 metres only, she won a silver medal at the 2001 World Indoor Championships and a bronze medal at the 2001 Outdoor Championships. She does in fact hold a world record, as a member of the American 4x200 m Relay team who ran 1:27.46 on April 29, 2000 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the other team members being LaTasha Colander-Richardson, …

Venelina Veneva (born June 13, 1974 in Rousse) is a Bulgarian high jumper. Talented at a young age, she jumped 1.93 metres indoor in 1990 to record a world best performance by a 15-year-old. She did not improve this result outdoor until 1995 (1.94 m). A disappointing 1996 season with a 30th place at the Olympic Games and 1.88 as season best was followed by a jump of 2.03 metres in 1998. In 2001 she managed 2.04m, the ninth highest jump for a woman.

Boris Gorban (born 26 September 1978) is a Russian athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. Gorban won the silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2001 World Indoor Championships, establishing a national record of 3:04.82 minutes together with teammates Aleksandr Ladeyshchikov, Ruslan Mashchenko and Andrey Semyonov. Gorban won another silver medal in relay at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with Dmitriy Forshev, …

Pavla Hamáčková is a Czech athlete who finished 11th place overall in the final of the 2004 Summer Olympics pole vault competition. In 2001, she won the IAAF World Indoor Championships gold medal after securing a new games record of 4.56 metres. In 2005, she won bronze at the World Championships in Finland.

Freddy Mayola (born November 1, 1977) is a Cuban sprinter who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Sydney 2000. His best individual results include a silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games and a fourth place in 60 metres at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Andrew Murphy (born 10 December 1969) is an Australian triple jumper, best known for his bronze medal at the 2001 World Indoor Championships, where he achieved an Oceanian indoor record of 17.20 metres. His personal best was 17.32 metres, achieved at the 1999 World Championships in Seville. This ranks him second among Australian triple jumpers, only behind Ken Lorraway. His coach is Keith Connor. He has also been seeing Kelly Ott since late 2006.

Pavla Hamáčková-Rybová (born May 20, 1978 in Chomutov) is a Czech athlete who finished 11th place overall in the final of the 2004 Summer Olympics pole vault competition. In 2001, she won the IAAF World Indoor Championships gold medal after securing a new games record of 4.56 metres. In 2005, she won bronze at the World Championships in Finland. Pavla Hamáčková married decathlete Jiří Ryba in 2006.

Zhivko Videnov (born 23 May 1977) is a Bulgarian hurdler. He finished eighth at the 2002 European Championships. He also competed at the 2000 Olympic Games, the 2001 World Indoor Championships and the 2001 World Championships without reaching the finals. His personal best time is 13.33 seconds, achieved in June 2000 in Chania.

Oleksandr Yurkov is a Ukrainian decathlete. He finished thirteenth at the 1998 European Championships, sixteenth at the 2000 Olympic Games, sixth at the 2001 World Indoor Championships and ninth at the 2001 World Championships. His personal best result was 8574 points, achieved in June 2000 in Götzis.

Trecia Roberts (born 14 April 1976) is a Thai hurdler. She competed for the United States up to and including the 1999 indoor season, but represented Thailand at the 1999 World Championships. She won the silver medal at the 2000 Asian Championships and bronze medals at the Asian Championships in 2002 and 2003 as well as the 2002 Asian Games, where she also helped win a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay. She finished sixth at the 2006 Asian Games.

Nadine Faustin-Parker (born 14 April 1976) is a Haitian hurdler. She competed for the United States up to and including the 1999 indoor season, but represented Haiti at the 1999 World Championships. She won the bronze medal at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games and the silver medal at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games. She also competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2005, the World Indoor Championships in 2001, 2003, …

Štěpán Janáček is a Czech pole vaulter. He finished eighth at the 2001 World Indoor Championships, second at the 2001 Summer Universiade and fifth at the 2002 European Championships. He also competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2001 and 2003 as well as the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the finals. His personal best jump is 5.76 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Prague. The Czech record is currently held by Adam Ptáček with 5.80 metres.

Li Xuemei (born February 1, 1977 in Guanghan, Sichuan Province) is a Chinese sprinter. She is the fastest Asian woman in history with a personal best time of 10.79 in the 100 metres, achieved on 18 October 1997 in Shanghai. Four days later she ran another personal best and Asian record; 22.01 seconds over 200 metres. Li participated at the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004, without advancing to the final.

Seneca Lassiter (born 12 March 1977) is an American middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. He finished sixth at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Lisbon. His personal best time over 1500 m is 3:33.72 minutes, achieved in July 1999 in Nice. Lassiter ran collegiately for the University of Arkansas where he won the NCAA Outdoor 1500 m twice.

Natallia Safronnikava, née Vinogradova is a Belarusian sprinter who mainly competes in the 200 metres. She won her first international medal (a bronze) at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships, and entered the podium again in 2004. Anastasiya Kapachinskaya had crossed the line first and been awarded the gold medal but this was later taken back after she tested positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol.

André Bucher is a retired Swiss 800 metres runner who won the gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton. He won the indoor bronze the same year. Bucher also won three European Championship silver medals in 1998, 2002 and 2002 Indoor. Other achievements include finishing third at the 2003 IAAF World Athletics Final. Bucher retired in May 2007 due to a long-term heel injury.

Daniel Zegeye (born 13 March 1979 in Arusi) is a retired Ethiopian middle distance runner who specialized in 1500 metres. He finished tenth at the 1998 World Junior Championships and sixth at the 2000 Olympic Games. He then competed at the 2001 World Indoor Championships and the 2001 World Championships without reaching the finals. He has not competed on top international level since 2003. His personal best time was 3:36.33 minutes, achieved in August 2000 in Linz.

Sayon Cooper (born 24 April 1974) is a retired Liberian sprinter. He is a graduate of Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas where he earned the 1997 NCAA Division II championship in both the 100 m and 200 m dashes. Cooper is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans. He represented Liberia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, competing in the Men's 100 m, 200 m, and Men's 4 x 100 m relay, …

Heather Samuel (born 6 July 1970) is a retired sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. In 1990 she won two medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games with a silver medal in the 100 metres and a bronze medal in the 200 metres. Her World Championships debut came in 1993, when she competed in 100 and 200 m at the 1993 World Championships. She did not reach the final in either event.

Emiliano Pizzoli (born 29 June 1974 in Rieti) is a Italian hurdler. He won the bronze medal at the 1997 Mediterranean Games. He also participated at the World Championships in 1999, the World Indoor Championships in 1999 and 2001 and the 2000 Olympic Games without reaching the final. His personal best time is 13.43 seconds, achieved in June 1998 in Milan. The Italian record currently belongs to Andrea Giaconi with 13.35 seconds.

Marta Godinho (born 24 June 1980) is a Portuguese long jumper. She finished tenth at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow.

Juliane Sprenger-Afflerbach (born 22 March 1977 in Siegen) is a retired German hurdler. She was raised in Kreuztal and competed for the athletics team LG Kindelsberg Kreuztal during her active career. She currently lives in Dortmund. She finished eighth at the 2000 European Indoor Championships, and competed at the 2003 World Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games as well as the World Indoor Championships in 2001 and 2004 without reaching the finals.

Andrei Chubsa (born 29 November 1982) is a Belarusian high jumper. He finished sixth at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Santiago and tenth at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow. His personal best jump is 2.32 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Stockholm.

Tim Göbel is a German sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. In 60 metres he finished sixth at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Lisbon and seventh at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Madrid. His personal best time over 100 m is 10.21 seconds, achieved in June 2001 in Stuttgart. This is only 0.01 second behind Sören Schlegel, who occupies the tenth place on the German all-time list.

Bisa Grant (born 10 July 1976) is an American athlete who specialized in the 100 metres hurdles. In 60 metres hurdles she finished seventh at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Lisbon.