Sandra Myers

Sandra Myers (born January 9, 1961 in Little River, Kansas) is a retired 400 metres sprinter who represented Spain after switching from the United States. She became US champion at 400 metres hurdles in 1981, but received Spanish nationality in 1987 and competed for Spain since. In 1991 she won a silver medal at the World Indoor Championships and a bronze medal at the World Championships.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing United States
1981	World Cup	Rome, Italy	7th	400 m hurdles	59.95
Representing Spain
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	9th (sf)	60 m	7.32
			12th	Long jump	6.12 m
	Ibero-American Championships	Mexico City, Mexico	1st	100m	11.47 (+0.0 m/s) A
			3rd	Long jump	6.38 m A
			1st	4x100m relay	44.47 A
1989	World Cup	Barcelona, Spain	6th	100 m	11.36
			5th	4x100m relay	44.62
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	4th	200 m	23.08
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	4th	200 m	22.38
	Ibero-American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	1st	100m	11.50 (+0.6 m/s)
			2nd	4x100m relay	45.60
			2nd	4x400m relay	3:35.2
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	2nd	400 m	50.99
			4th	4x400m relay	3:31.86
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	400 m	49.78
			11th (h)	4x100m relay	44.08
			7th	4x400m relay	3:27.57
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	1st	400 m	51.21
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	4th	400 m	51.45
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	6th	400 m	51.22
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th (h)	400 m	51.931
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	12th (sf)	400 m	51.45
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	10th (sf)	400 m	51.03
			13th (h)	4x400 m relay	3:31.71
1996	European Indoor Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	1st	200 m	23.15
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	20th (qf)	200 m	23.20
			14th (sf)	400 m	51.42

¹Did not finish in the semifinals

Personal bests

• 100 metres: 11.06 s (1991)
• 200 metres: 22.38 s (1990)
• 400 metres: 49.67 s (1991)
• Long jump: 6.60 m (1988)

External links

• Sandra Myers at World Athletics