- Kenenisa Bekele
Kenenisa Bekele (born June 13, 1982, Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian distance runner. He won the gold medal in the 10,000 m and the silver in the 5,000 m at the 2004 Athens Olympics. He won the Gold in the 10,000 m at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics at Paris completing an Ethiopian sweep with Haile Gebrselassie(2nd) and Sileshi Sihine(3rd), and also won 10,000 m at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics (with Sileshi Sihine(2nd)). - Eliud Kipchoge
Eliud Kipchoge (born November 5 1984 in Kapsisiywa, near Kapsabet) is a Kenyan 5000 metres runner. He won a gold medal at the 5000m final of the 2003 World Championships, beating runner-up Hicham El Guerrouj by four hundredths of a second, by 12:52.79 and 12:52.83. He won a bronze medal at the 5000m final of the 2004 Athens Olympics, behind Hicham El Guerrouj and Kenenisa Bekele. He also won the bronze in the 3000 metres indoor at the 2006 World Championships in Moscow. - Stefano Baldini
Stefano Baldini (born May 25, 1971 in Castelnovo di Sotto, Emilia-Romagna, Italy) is an Italian athlete. His main event is the marathon, for which he won a gold medal in August 29, 2004 at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and two bronze medals in 2001 and 2003, at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics celebrated in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and 2003 World Championships in Athletics at Saint-Denis, France. - Anju Bobby George
Olympian Anju Bobby George (born April 19, 1977) is an Indian athlete. Anju Bobby George made history when she won the bronze medal in Long Jump at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris. With this achievement, she became the first Indian athlete ever to win a medal in a World Championships in Athletics clearing 6.70 m. She went on to win the silver medal at the IAAF World Athletics Final in 2005, a performance she considers her best - Ezekiel Kemboi
Ezekiel Kemboi Cheboi (born May 25, 1982) is a Kenyan athlete, winner of 3000 m steeplechase at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Born in Matira, near Kapsowar, Marakwet District, Ezekiel Kemboi didn't take up athletics until after he left school and won the African Junior Championships in 2001 in spite of falling. In 2002, Kemboi finished second at the Commonwealth Games behind compatriot Stephen Cherono. - Christine Arron
Christine Arron (born September 13, 1973 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France. She arrived in Metropolitan France in 1990 and first trained with Fernand Urtebise, who also coached 1997 world 400m hurdles champion Stephane Diagana. She had a hip injury which kept her out of the 2001 World Championships. She was named 1998 European Women's Athlete of the Year, … - Patrik Kristiansson
Arne Patrik Kristiansson is a Swedish pole vault athlete. He made his breakthrough in 1998 when he set a new Swedish record with 5.77 metres. In 2001 he jumped 5.83 and the following year 5.85. His greatest success came at the 2003 World Championships in Paris where he equalled his personal best and won the bronze medal. Other achievements include silver at the 2002 European Indoor Championships in Vienna, silver at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Sydney, … - Kim Collins
Kim Collins (born April 5, 1976) is a sprinter from Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 m. Collins made his debut at major championship at the 1997 World Championships, where he failed to qualify for the second round in the 100 m. He improved quickly, and at the 2000 Summer Olympics, he became the first athlete from his tiny nation to qualify for an Olympic final, finishing 7th in the 100 m. The next year, … - Michael Blackwood
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, … - Caimin Douglas
Caimin Christian Douglas (born May 11, 1977 in Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant) is a Dutch sprinter. Together with Patrick van Balkom, Timothy Beck and Troy Douglas he won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. With the same team he participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but they were eliminated in the series due to a mistake at the changing area. - Bernard Lagat
Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat (b. December 12, 1974, Kapsabet, Kenya) is a middle and long distance athlete. - Patrick van Balkom
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. - Koji Murofushi
Koji Alexander Murofushi (Jpn. 室伏 アレクサンダー 広治 "Murofushi Arekusandā Kōji"; born October 8, 1974 in Numazu, Shizuoka) is a Japanese hammer thrower. He has been among the world elite since the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, where he won the silver medal. He proceeded by winning the 2002 Asian Championships and Asian Games as well as a bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships. - Jaouad Gharib
Jaouad Gharib (born May 22, 1972 in Khenifra) is a Moroccan long-distance athlete competing mainly in the marathon. Winner of the 2003 World Championships and 2005 World Championships over the distance, he is also notable because he only began running seriously at the age of 22. His 2005 retention made him one of only two successive world championship marathon champions. - Ivan Heshko
Ivan Heshko is a Ukrainian athlete specializing in the 1500 meters. He was born on August 19, 1979 in Chernivtsi Oblast, Northern Bukovina. Heshko started to train at the age of 14. He achieved his studies at the Teacher's Training College: Kamenets-Podolskiy. A member of an Italian athletic club, he has been trained by Georgiy Mironiouk since 1992, and has five times been the champion of his country, … - Tonique Williams-Darling
Tonique Williams-Darling (born January 17, 1976) is a Bahamian sprint athlete. She won the gold medal in the 400 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She attended the University of South Carolina and graduated with a degree from the Moore School of Business in 1999. It was her goal to make 2004 her most successful year, and she may have achieved just that. She started the year with a bronze medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Budapest, … - Troy Douglas
Troy Douglas (born November 30, 1962 in Paget, Bermuda) is a Dutch sprinter. Originally competing for Bermuda, he finished second at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships in the 200 metres event, but he changed nationality to the Netherlands some time after. Forr Bermuda he participated at the 1998, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, reaching the semi finals on the 200 metres in 1998 as well as the semi finals on the 400 metres in 1992 and 1996. - John Capel
John Capel (born November 27, 1978 in Brooksville, Florida, United States of America) is a sprint athlete. John attended the University of Florida in Gainesville and played for their american football team the Gators but left there in 2000 to concentrate on his athletics career. John's major athletic highlight came in winning the 200 m gold medal at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, at the Stade de France in Saint Denis, Paris, France. - Andrus Värnik
Andrus Värnik is an Estonian javelin thrower. 87,83, his personal best set in 2003, is also the Estonian record. Värnik won his first international medal, a silver medal, in the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, throwing 85.17. The next year he finished 6th in the javelin contest at the Olympic Games with the result 83.25. With 87.17 he won a surprise gold medal at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics ahead of Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen, … - Timothy Beck
Timothy Beck (born February 1, 1977 in Assen, Drenthe) is a Dutch sprinter. Together with Caimin Douglas, Patrick van Balkom and Troy Douglas he won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. With the same team he also participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but by a mistake in the changing area they did not advance from the series. Beck also competed as a bobsledder in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, … - Robert Korzeniowski
Robert Korzeniowski is a former Polish racewalker. He has won four gold medals at the Summer Olympics and has won three world championships. Korzeniowski is a three-peat winner of the 50 km walk at the Summer Olympics. He won 1996 in Atlanta, 2000 in Sydney, and 2004 in Athens. In addition, he became the first athlete to claim both the long distance and the short distance crown, when he won the 20 km title at the 2000 games. He won world championship titles in 1997, 2001, … - Joey Woody
Joey Woody (b. May 22, 1973 in Iowa City, Iowa) is an American track and field athlete in the 400 meter hurdles event. Woody attended the University of Northern Iowa, where he was the 1997 NCAA champion in the 400 m hurdles. Woody placed third in the American championships and qualified for the 1997 World Championships in Athens. In the 1999 World Championships in Seville, he improved to sixth place. - Bernard Williams
Bernard R. Williams III (born January 19, 1978) is an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Bernard Williams won the 100 m at the 1999 Pan-American Games. In 2000, Williams won the NCAA Championships in 100 m as a University of Florida student and ran the second leg on the gold medal-winning American 4x100 m relay team at the Sydney Olympics. - Xing Huina
Xing Huina is a Chinese track and field athlete. Xing was born to family of farmers in Weifang, Shandong province. Standing 1.66 m tall and weighing 50 kg (110 lb), she began training at Weifang City Sport School, coached by Chi Yuzhai. She joined the Shandong Sport Technology Institute in 1999, coached by Yin Yanqin. She was selected into national team in 2002 after running 4:10.43 in 1500 m and 14:56.15 in 5000 m in 2001 Chinese National Games. - Magdelin Martinez
Magdelin Martinez is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for Italy. She was 7th in the Triple Jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. She met future husband, Giuseppe Piccotti, while he was holidaying in the Caribbean. When he fell ill, she was quick to supply him with medicine, and it all went from there. - Giuseppe Gibilisco
Giuseppe Gibilisco (born January 5, 1979 in Siracusa) is an Italian pole vaulter who won the 2003 World Championships with a personal best of 5.90m. The 2004 Olympic bronze is another of his greatest accomplishments. - Darrel Brown
Darrel Brown (born October 11, 1984) is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago. In the beginning of his career he performed well in World Youth and Junior Championships. The 100 m at the 2003 World Championships saw him finishing second behind surprise winner Kim Collins. In June 2005 he set a new personal best with 9.99, thus becoming one of the few athletes to run below 10 seconds. At the 2005 World Championships, Brown was knocked out in the semi finals with 10.16. - Sun Yingjie
Sun Yingjie (born January 19, 1979 in Liaoning) is a famous Chinese female long-distance runner who competes from 5000 metres to marathon. She is the only Chinese female runner who raced in a number of famous marathons such as Boston, New York, Tokyo and London. Her front-running style in the races is always impressive. From 1997 to 2000, she mainly focused on marathon. - Angela Williams
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. - Gezahegne Abera
Gezahegne Abera (born April 23, 1978) is an Ethiopian athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Born in Etya, Arsi Province, Abera's first international competition was the 1999 Los Angeles marathon, where he finished fourth, behind of three Kenyans. That earned him a place in the Ethiopian 1999 World Championships team, where he finished eleventh. - Yannick Tregaro
Yannick Tregaro (born 26 March 1978 in Gunnared Sweden) is a Swedish athletics coach. Tregaro was a prospectivehigh jumper, who made the final of the high jump at the World Junior Championships. His coach was Viljo Nousiainen. Nousiainen died in 1999. This left Tregaro, and the young triple jumper Christian Olsson without a coach. This lead to Yannick's decision to begin coaching, his first athlete being the young Olsson. - Brandon Simpson
Brandon Simpson (born September 6, 1981 in Florida, USA) is a sprinter who represents Bahrain, having previously represented Jamaica. He has won a bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at three world championships; 2001, 2003 and 2005. He finished 6th in the individual 400 metres contest in 2005, and 5th at the 2004 Olympics. - Dennis Darling
Dennis Darling (born May 6, 1975) is a Bahamian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres. Darling competed in 400 metres at the 1997 World Championships, where he was knocked out in the heats with 47.96 seconds. By the time of 2003, his best season, he had lowered his personal best by over two seconds and achieved 45.83 seconds. He ran for the Bahamian 4 x 400 metres relay team at the 2003 World Championships, … - Larry James
George Lawrence ("Larry") James (born November 6, 1947) is a former American athlete. A double medalist at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, Larry James also set world records and won NCAA titles during his track career. James won the silver medal in the 400 m with his time of 43.97 seconds at the 1968 Olympics, bettering the existing world record but placing him second behind teammate (and fellow Hall of Famer) Lee Evans (43.86). - Allison Beckford
Allison Beckford (born May 8, 1979) is a Jamaican sprinter competing in the 400 metres. Her personal best of 50.83 was set in 2002. She has also competed in 400 m hurdles. Beckford was a part of the Jamaican team that won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. She was not selected for the bronze-winning relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She did compete in 400 metres, but was knocked out in the heats. - Ronetta Smith
Ronetta Smith (born May 2, 1980) is a Jamaican sprinter. A 400m runner with a personal best of 51.23 (set in May 2005), Smith has never reached an international final in an individual race. However, she was a part of the Jamaican 4 x 400 meters relay teams that won the bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships and the silver medal at the 2005 World Championships. She ran for the relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but only in the qualifying heat. - Mark Boswell
Mark Boswell (born September 28, 1977 in Mandeville, Jamaica) is a Canadian high jumper. Boswell attended the University of Texas at Austin. In 2006, he won gold at the Commonwealth games held in Melbourne, Australia. His other notable achievements in international competition include 7th place at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 6th place at the 2000 Summer Olympics, a silver medal at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, … - Marina Kuptsova
Marina Kuptsova (born December 22, 1981 in Moscow) is a Russian high jumper who won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championships. She is also a former European indoor high jump champion. Her personal best jump of 2.02 metres was achieved in Hengelo in June 2003, a year when she also won the national championship. She missed 2004 because of an Achilles tendon injury and spent the 2005 season trying to return to her best but she only managed 1.92 metres, which, however, … - Leslie Djhone
Leslie Djhone is a French athlete. Competing mainly in the 400 metres event, he placed 5th at the 2003 World Championships and 7th at the 2004 Olympics. He won a bronze medal at the 2006 European Athletics Championships. He has enjoyed some success in 4x400 metres relay, a highlight being a gold medal, again at the 2006 Euros. - Hayley Tullett
Hayley Tullett (born July 1, 1975 in Swansea) is a Welsh middle distance runner mainly competing over 1500 metres. Her main claim to fame is the bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships. She has also competed in two Olympic Games (2000 and 2004). She was born Hayley Parry but married pole vaulter Ian Tullett in 1999.
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