Felix Sanchez
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Athletics | |||
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| Gold | 2004 Athens | 400m hurdles | |
Félix Sánchez (born in August 30, 1977) —nicknamed Super Felix, the Invicible and the Dictator— is a track and field athlete from New York, New York (USA). Sánchez' event is the 400m hurdles for which he won the first olympic gold medal ever for the Dominican Republic in August 28, 2004 during the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Although Sánchez was born in the United States, his parents were born in the Dominican Republic, and he has competed for that country since 1999.
Between 2001 and 2004 he won 43 races in a row at 400m hurdles. He won a share of the Golden League million dollar-jackpot in 2002 after winning all 7 races.
Sánchez has been having injury problems since the 2004 Olympics and hasn't come close to his previous form since then.
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[edit] International medals
[edit] 400m hurdles
- Olympic Games
- World Championships in Athletics
- 2003, Paris Saint-Denis - 47.25 s - Gold
- 2001, Edmonton - 47.49 s - Gold
- Pan American Games
- 2003, Santo Domingo - 48.19 - Gold
[edit] Other victories
[edit] 400m hurdles
- 2001: Monaco (Golden League-meet) - 48.46 s; London (Grand Prix) - 47.95 s; Zürich (Golden League-meet) - 47.38 s; Brisbane (Goodwill Games) - 48.47 s
- 2002: Oslo (Golden League) - 48.91 s; Paris Saint-Denis (Golden League) - 47.91 s; Rome (Golden League) - 47.73 s; Monaco (Golden League]] - 47.86 s; Zürich (Golden League) - 47.35 s; London (Grand Prix) - 48.08 s; Brussels (Golden League) - 47.99 s; Berlin (Golden League) - 48.05 s; Paris (Grand Prix Final) - 47.62 s
- 2003: Ostrava (Grand Prix) - 48.10 s; Athens (Grand Prix) - 48.07 s; Lausanne (Grand Prix) - 47.80 s; Paris Saint-Denis (Golden League-meet) - 48.30 s; Rome (Golden League-meet) - 48.15 s; Zürich (Golden League-meet) - 47.82 s; Rieti (Grand Prix) - 48.62 s; Monaco (World Athletics Final) - 47.80 s
- 2004: Ostrava (Grand Prix) - 48.44 s; Bergen, Norway (Golden League) - 48.54 s; Eugene (Grand Prix) - 48.12 s; Rome (Golden League) - 48.43 s; Lausanne (Grand Prix) - 47.86 s; Paris Saint-Denis (Golden League) - 47.99 s; Zürich (Golden League) - 47.92 s
[edit] 400m
- 2001: Gateshead (Grand Prix) - 44.90 s;
- 2002: Palo Alto (Grand Prix) - 45.24 s; London (Grand Prix) - 45.14 s
[edit] See also
| Olympic champions in men's 400 m hurdles |
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| 1900: John Tewksbury | 1904: Harry Hillman | 1908: Charles Bacon | 1920: Frank Loomis | 1924: Morgan Taylor | 1928: David Burghley | 1932: Bob Tisdall | 1936: Glenn Hardin | 1948: Roy Cochran | 1952: Charles Moore | 1956: Glenn Davis | 1960: Glenn Davis | 1964: Rex Cawley | 1968: David Hemery | 1972: John Akii-Bua | 1976 Edwin Moses | 1980 Volker Beck | 1984: Edwin Moses | 1988: André Phillips | 1992: Kevin Young | 1996: Derrick Adkins | 2000: Angelo Taylor | 2004: Felix Sanchez |
