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| Born | October 3, 1968 (age 55) Torrance, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Janeene Vickers (born October 3, 1968 in Torrance, California) is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. Representing the United States, she won a bronze medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1992 Olympic Games held in Barcelona, Spain. The previous year, she had also won a bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships, in a lifetime best of 53.47 seconds. This performance placed her seventh on the world all-time list at the time, and (as of 2016) still ranks her tenth on the US all-time list.
A graduate of Pomona High School, where she had an outstanding high school career.[1] She dominated the CIF California State Meet winning both the 100 meter and 300 meter hurdles in both 1986 and 1987, adding the flat 100 meter title in 1987.[2] She was Track and Field News "High School Athlete of the Year" in 1987.[3] She continued to UCLA to where she won three straight NCAA Championships in the 400 hurdles.[4]
On November 4, 2011, Vickers (now Vickers-McKinney) was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  United States
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| 1986 | World Junior Championships | Athens, United States | 4th | 400 m | 52.25 |
| 1st | 4 x 400 m | 3:30.45 | |||
| 1990 | Goodwill Games | Seattle, United States | disqualified (3rd) | 400 m hurdles | — |
| 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 53.47 |
| Grand Prix Final | Barcelona, Spain | 2nd | 400 m hurdles | 54.07 | |
| 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 54.31 |
References
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/1986-04-13/sports/sp-4586_1 LA Times on Arcadia Invitational
- ^ "California State Meet Results – 1915 to present". Hank Lawson. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
- ^ http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/component/content/article/35-stats/2116-t-fn-girls-hs-aoy
- ^ http://www.hickoksports.com/history/ncawotrk.shtml hickosports
External links
- Janeene Vickers at World Athletics
- California State Records before 2000[permanent dead link]
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Janeene Vickers". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14.
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- 1968 births
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- People from Torrance, California
- Track and field people from California
- American female hurdlers
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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- World Championships in Athletics athletes for the United States
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
- UCLA Bruins women's track and field athletes
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