- 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, …
- Freddy Mayola
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.
- Clement Chukwu
Clement Chukwu (born July 7, 1973) is a former Nigerian athlete who specialised in the 200 and 400 metres. He was banned between 1992 and 1996 for a positive drug test, but he competed at the 1996 Olympics over 400 metres, being knocked out in the quarter finals. Later he won gold medals in this event at the 1997 Universiade and the 1998 African Championships, and a silver medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games.
- Jan Železný
Jan Železný (born June 16, 1966 in Mladá Boleslav) is a Czech athlete, world and Olympic champion and world record holder in javelin throw. Železný won the gold at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympic Games and Silver in the 1988 Olympics as well as three World Championship titles; in 1993, 1995 and 2001. Because of his achievements he is widely considered to be the greatest javelin thrower ever. Železný holds both the world record, at 98.48 m set in 1996, …
- Jude Monye
Jude Monye (born November 16, 1973) is a Nigerian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres. Monye came to the United States to attend Mississippi State University, where he obtained a degree in Geology. While attending school, he won the diversity visa lottery and was allowed to become a legal permanent resident of the United States. He became a citizen on February 20, 2004.
- Torri Edwards
Torri Edwards (born January 31, 1977) is an American sprinter. She was a rising young star in 100 and 200 metres, winning an Olympic medal in 4x100 metres relay in 2000. In 2003 she won six medals in major international competitions, including one World Championship gold. It later turned out that she had used the banned substance nikethamide. She was banned for two years effective from July 18, 2004, missing the 2004 Summer Olympics.
- Beverly McDonald
Beverly McDonald (born February 15, 1970 in Saint Mary, Jamaica) is a Jamaican sprinter. Her accomplishments include winning the silver medal in 4x100m relay at the 2000 Olympics. Beverly McDonald is the sister of Michael McDonald.
- Jai Taurima
Jai Taurima (born June 26, 1972 in Southport, Queensland, Australia) is a former athlete who competed in the long jump. He won a surprising silver medal at the 2000 Olympics with a personal best jump of 8.49 metres. This is also the current Oceanian record. It was during this Olympics that Channel 9 commentator Ray 'Rabbits' Warren coined the catchcry 'Jumpin' Jai, its time to fly'.
- Sunday Bada
Sunday Bada (born June 22, 1969) is a retired Nigerian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres event. Bada won three medals at World Indoor Championships, including a gold medal in 1997 in a new African indoor record of 45.51 seconds. Additionally, he was a part of the Nigerian team that won the gold medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2000 Olympics, …
- Nanceen Perry
Nanceen Perry (born April 19, 1977) is a former sprinter from the United States who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4x100 meters relay in Sydney 2000.
- Lidia Simon
Lidia Slavuteanu Simon (born September 4, 1973 in Targu Carbunesti) is a Romanian long-distance runner. Competing in marathon, she won bronze medals at the World Championships in 1997 and 1999, before finally winning in Edmonton 2001. She won the Osaka Marathon in 1998, 1999 and 2000 and a bronze medal over 10000 metres at the 1998 European Championships. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney she won the silver medal behind Naoko Takahashi, …
- Lawrence Johnson
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.
- Svetlana Goncharenko
Svetlana Goncharenko (born May 28, 1971 in Rostov-na-Donu as "Svetlana Doronina") is a former Russian athlete who mainly competed in the 200 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning the bronze medal in 4x400 metres relay at the 2000 Olympics.
- Dwight Thomas
Dwight Thomas (born September 23, 1980) is a Jamaican sprinter mainly competing in the 100 metres event. He won the bronze medal at the IAAF World Junior Championships in 1998, competed in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics and finished 5th at the 2005 World Championships. Later in 2005 he won a bronze medal at the 3rd IAAF World Athletics Final.
- Frantz Kruger
Frantz Kruger (born May 22, 1975 in Kempton Park, South Africa) is a discus thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 2000. He is also a double African champion. His personal best throw of 70.32 metres, achieved in May 2002 in Salon-de-Provence, is the current African record. He is married to Finnish former triple jumper Heli Koivula-Kruger, and received Finnish passport in 2007.
- Erick Wainaina
Erick Wainaina (born December 19, 1973 in Nyahururu) is a former Kenyan marathon runner, who won an Olympic bronze medal in 1996 and a silver medal in 2000.
- Arsi Harju
Arsi Ilari Harju (born March 18, 1974 in Kurikka) is a Finnish shot putter with the team Perhon kiri. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with a distance of 21.29 metres. His personal best is 21.39, which he put in the qualifiers for the same Olympics. Due to his success in the Olympics and elsewhere that year, Harju was named Finnish Athlete of the Year in 2000.
- Kamila Skolimowska
Kamila Skolimowska (born 4 November 1982 in Warsaw) is a Polish hammer thrower. Skolimowska first made herself known at age fifteen, when she won the event at the 1997 Junior European Championships, and later repeated the accomplishment at the 1999 competition. At the 2000 Summer Olympics she won a gold medal in the hammer throw. At the 2002 European Championships in Athletics she placed second in the event behind Olga Kuzenkova of Russia.
- Nick Hysong
Nick Hysong (born December 9, 1971 in Winslow, Arizona) is an American athlete competing in the pole vault. Best known for winning the Olympic gold medal in 2000 with a personal best jump of 5.90 metres, he also won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. Has excellent speed. He has run 10.27 for 100 meters. In his final year at Arizona State University in 1994, he won both the Pac 10 and the NCAA championships.
- Okkert Brits
Okkert Brits (born August 22, 1973 in Uitenhage) is a South African athlete competing in the pole vault. His current personal best of 6.03m, set in 1995, is also the African record. He has won numerous medals at international events. He has competed in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games finishing 7th in 2000. Married to Jane Gillespie in 2003 and father of Sarah Jane Brits, born in 2005 and David Okkert Brits born in 2006.
- Anastasia Kelesidou
Anastasia Kelesidou (born November 28, 1972 in Hamburg, Germany) is a retired Greek discus thrower best known for winning silver medals at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. During her career she set seven Greek records in discus throw, the best being 67.70 metres. Her only international victory came at the 1997 Mediterranean Games.
- Viktor Chistiakov
Viktor Chistiakov (born February 9, 1975 in Moscow) is a Russian pole vaulter. He competed a period for Australia. Born the same year as Dmitri Markov, Chistiakov won the 1994 World Junior Championships when Markov placed third. The roles were reversed at the European Indoor Championships. Chistiakov moved to Australia with his then-wife Tatiana Grigorieva and became an Australian citizen.
- Tereza Marinova
Tereza Marinova (born September 5, 1977 in Pleven) is a Bulgarian athlete who competed in long jump and triple jump. In her younger days she became both European and World Junior champion, and she still holds the world junior record at triple jump. At the 2000 Summer Olympics she won the gold medal with a personal best jump of 15.20 metres. In long jump her personal best is 6.46m. She did not compete internationally after the 2004 World Indoor Championships until 2006.
- Olga Shishigina
Olga Shishigina (born December 23, 1968 in Almaty) is a retired Kazakhstani athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres hurdles. She won an Olympic gold medal in 2000, and many on regional and continental level. She was banned between 1996 and 1998 for failing a drug test.
- Assefa Mezgebu
Assefa Mezgebu (born June 19, 1978 in Sidamo) is a retired Ethiopian long-distance runner most known for winning a bronze medal in the 10,000 metres event at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also specialized in cross-country running. He is the younger brother of Ayele Mezgebu.
- Japheth Kimutai
Japheth Kimutai (born December 20, 1978 in Lelmokwo, Nandi District) is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specialized in 800 metres. In 1998 he won the gold medal at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games in a time of 1:43.82. In the same year he won the African Championships 800 metres in Dakar, Senegal. In 1999 he won gold at the All-Africa Games.
- Larisa Peleshenko
Larisa Peleshenko, née Agapova is a retired Russian shot putter best known for winning the Olympic silver medal in 2000. In her early career she won European Indoor silver medals, but in February 1995 she received a four-year drugs ban. Having originally won the 1995 World Indoor Championships, she lost the medal. She won the 2001 Indoor Championships and finished fourth at the World Championships the same year, and retired at the end of the season.
- Roman Shchurenko
Roman Shchurenko (born September 14, 1976) is a Ukrainian athlete specializing in long jump. His personal best jump, which he achieved in July 2000, is 8.30 metres. The same year he became, surprisingly, the bronze medallist at the Olympic Games.
- Iván García
Iván García is a former sprinter from Cuba who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Sydney 2000. He specialized in the 200 metres event and won a silver medal at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He finished fourth at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships
- Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda
Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda is a former sprinter from Cuba who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Sydney 2000. His personal best of 10.18 (100 metres) was set in 1997.
- Delloreen Ennis-London
Delloreen Ennis-London (born March 5, 1975) is a Jamaican hurdling athlete who won the silver medal in the 100 meter hurdles at the 2005 World Championships. She was a mediocre hurdler until 1999, when she improved by more than 50/100. Achieving the result of 12.52 in 2000, she finished fourth at the 2000 Olympics. In Athens 2004, however, she only reached the semi final. She did not beat her own personal best until April 2004 in Denton, Texas, …
- Dmitri Markov
Dmitri Markov (born March 14, 1975 in Vitebsk, Byelorussian SSR) is a retired Australian pole vaulter. He is a former world champion and current Oceanian record holder. He originally competed for his birth country Belarus, but fell out with the Belarusian athletics association and refused to compete for the country at the 1998 European Championships. He moved to Australia and was granted citizenship in 1999. He soon set a new Oceanian record in pole vault with 5.95 metres, …
- Olena Hovorova
Olena Hovorova (born September 18, 1973 in Izmail) is a Ukrainian athlete competing in long jump and triple jump. She won the triple jump bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with a personal best of 14.96.
- Yelena Yelesina
Yelena Yelesina (born April 4, 1970 in Chelyabinsk) is a Russian high jumper. She won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with 2,01m, one centimetre behind her personal best jump. She also has a lot of silver and bronze medals from various championships.
- Trecia Roberts
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.
- Vala Flosadóttir
Vala Flosadóttir is an Icelandic athlete competing in the pole vault. She saw her heyday in the late nineties, when she set five world junior records and two world indoor records. She won various competitions, the greatest performance being the bronze at the 2000 Olympics with 4.50 metres, a lifetime best. She no longer competes at an international level.
- Tesfaye Tola
Tesfaye Tola (born October 19, 1974) is a long-distance runner most known for winning a bronze medal in marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. The next year he finished fourth at the 2001 World Championships, and fourth in the World Half Marathon Championships. He was born in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia region of Ethiopia.
- Irina Yatchenko
Irina Yatchenko (born October 31, 1965 in Gomel) is a Belarusian discus thrower best known for two Olympic bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. She became world champion in 2003. Her personal best is 69.14m. Yatchenko is married to Igor Astapkovich, a hammer thrower.
- Zhivko Videnov
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.
- Onochie Achike
Onochie Achike, known as Larry, born on January 31, 1975 in the London borough of Islington to Nigerian parents, is an English athlete. A former rugby player, he eventually specialized in triple jump and won the gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. He placed 5th in the 2000 Olympic Games, setting a new personal best of 17.30 during the contest. He competed at the 2006 European Championships but failed to qualify for the final