Reggie Witherspoon (sprinter)
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Birth name | Reginald Edwin Witherspoon | ||||||||||||||
Born | May 31, 1985 | (age 39)||||||||||||||
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Reginald Edwin "Reggie" Witherspoon (born May 31, 1985 in Pasadena, California) is an American sprinter. He competed for University of Florida and later Baylor University. He was part of the USA's gold-medal winning team in the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, after running in the heats. Witherspoon also held the Indoor National High School Record at 400 m, which was held by the great William Reed, with his time of 46.11 seconds at the 2003 National Scholastic Indoor Championships in New York.
References
- Reggie Witherspoon at World Athletics
- Reggie Witherspoon at Olympics.com
- Regi Witherspoon at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Reggie Witherspoon at DyeStat [dead link]
Categories:
- 1985 births
- Living people
- American male sprinters
- African-American male track and field athletes
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
- Sportspeople from Pasadena, California
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- American track and field athletics Olympic medalist stubs