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Jamaican sprinter
Angella ("Sandie") Richards (born 6 November 1968 in
Clarendon Park ) is a
Jamaican
track and field athlete. She was a
bronze medalist in the
4x400 m relay at the
2004 Olympic Games in
Athens ,
Greece .
Career
She was a world junior representative, finishing third in the 400 m at the
1986 Championships . The next year she won bronze at the
World Student Games , followed by her Olympic debut a year later in
Seoul, South Korea .
In 1998, Richards won Commonwealth gold at
1998 Commonwealth Games and won a 400 m bronze and relay gold at the
1998 Goodwill Games . She was a member of the winning
4 x 400 m relay team at the
2001 World Championships , taking Jamaica's first ever mile relay gold medal in the 18-year history of the championships. At the opening ceremony of the 2001 World Championships she captained the Jamaican team and carried the flag. She has the record for the most World Indoor final appearances with nine (five at 400 m and four at 4x400 m). She graduated in
sociology from the
University of Texas at Austin .
International competitions
References
1983 :
Kerstin Walther ,
Sabine Busch ,
Marita Koch ,
Dagmar Rübsam ,
Undine Bremer ,
Ellen Fiedler (GDR)
1987 :
Dagmar Neubauer ,
Kirsten Emmelmann ,
Petra Müller ,
Sabine Busch ,
Cornelia Ullrich (GDR)
1991 :
Tatyana Ledovskaya ,
Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova ,
Olga Nazarova ,
Olha Bryzhina ,
Anna Chuprina (URS)
1993 :
Gwen Torrence ,
Maicel Malone-Wallace ,
Natasha Kaiser ,
Jearl Miles ,
Terri Dendy ,
Michelle Collins (USA)
1995 :
Kim Graham ,
Rochelle Stevens ,
Camara Jones ,
Jearl Miles ,
Nicole Green (USA)
1997 :
Anke Feller ,
Uta Rohländer ,
Anja Rücker ,
Grit Breuer (GER)
1999 :
Tatyana Chebykina ,
Svetlana Goncharenko ,
Olga Kotlyarova ,
Natalya Nazarova ,
Natalya Sharova ,
Yekaterina Bakhvalova (RUS)
2001 :
Sandie Richards ,
Catherine Scott-Pomales ,
Debbie-Ann Parris ,
Lorraine Fenton ,
Michelle Burgher ,
Deon Hemmings (JAM)
2003 :
Demetria Washington ,
Jearl Miles Clark ,
Me'Lisa Barber ,
Sanya Richards ,
DeeDee Trotter (USA)
2005 :
Yuliya Pechonkina ,
Olesya Krasnomovets ,
Natalya Antyukh ,
Svetlana Pospelova ,
Tatyana Firova ,
Olesya Zykina (RUS)
2007 :
DeeDee Trotter ,
Allyson Felix ,
Mary Wineberg ,
Sanya Richards ,
Monique Hennagan ,
Natasha Hastings (USA)
2009 :
Debbie Dunn ,
Allyson Felix ,
Lashinda Demus ,
Sanya Richards ,
Natasha Hastings ,
Jessica Beard (USA)
2011 :
Sanya Richards-Ross ,
Allyson Felix ,
Jessica Beard ,
Francena McCorory ,
Natasha Hastings ,
Keshia Baker (USA)
2013 :
Jessica Beard ,
Natasha Hastings ,
Ashley Spencer ,
Francena McCorory ,
Joanna Atkins (USA)
2015 :
Christine Day ,
Shericka Jackson ,
Stephenie Ann McPherson ,
Novlene Williams-Mills ,
Anastasia Le-Roy ,
Chrisann Gordon (JAM)
2017 :
Quanera Hayes ,
Allyson Felix ,
Shakima Wimbley ,
Phyllis Francis ,
Kendall Ellis ,
Natasha Hastings (USA)
2019 :
Phyllis Francis ,
Sydney McLaughlin ,
Dalilah Muhammad ,
Wadeline Jonathas ,
Jessica Beard ,
Allyson Felix ,
Kendall Ellis ,
Courtney Okolo (USA)
2022 :
Talitha Diggs ,
Abby Steiner ,
Britton Wilson ,
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ,
Kaylin Whitney ,
Allyson Felix ,
Jaide Stepter Baynes (USA)
2023 :
Eveline Saalberg ,
Lieke Klaver ,
Cathelijn Peeters ,
Femke Bol ,
Lisanne de Witte (NED)
1991:
Germany (
Seuser ,
Schreiter ,
Hesselbarth ,
Breuer )
1993:
Jamaica (
Hemmings ,
Grant ,
Rattray-Williams ,
Richards )
1995:
Russia (
Chebykina ,
Ruzina ,
Kulikova ,
Goncharenko )
1997:
Russia (
Chebykina ,
Goncharenko ,
Kotlyarova ,
Alekseyeva )
1999:
Russia (
Chebykina ,
Goncharenko ,
Kotlyarova ,
Nazarova )
2001:
Russia (
Nosova ,
Zykina ,
Sotnikova ,
Kotlyarova )
2003:
Russia (
Antyukh ,
Pechonkina ,
Zykina ,
Nazarova )
2004:
Russia (
Krasnomovets ,
Kotlyarova ,
Levina ,
Nazarova )
2006:
Russia (
Levina ,
Nazarova ,
Krasnomovets ,
Antyukh )
2008:
Russia (
Gushchina ,
Levina ,
Nazarova ,
Zykina )
2010:
United States (
Dunn ,
Trotter ,
Hastings ,
Felix )
2012:
Great Britain (
Cox ,
Sanders ,
Ohuruogu ,
Shakes-Drayton )
2014:
United States (
Hastings ,
Atkins ,
McCorory ,
Tate ,
Hayes ,
Hargrove )
2016:
United States (
Hastings ,
Hayes ,
Okolo ,
Spencer )
2018:
United States (
Hayes ,
Moline ,
Wimbley ,
Okolo )
2022:
Jamaica (
Bromfield ,
Russell ,
McGregor ,
McPherson ,
James )
2024:
Netherlands (
Klaver ,
Peeters ,
De Witte ,
Bol ,
Van der Schoot ,
Saalberg )
440 yards (1966) 400 metres (1970–present)
1977: East Germany (
Popp ,
Krug ,
Brehmer ,
Koch )
1979: East Germany (
Kotte ,
Brehmer ,
Köhn ,
Koch )
1981: East Germany (
Rübsam ,
Steuk ,
Wöckel ,
Koch )
1985: East Germany (
Emmelmann ,
Busch ,
Neubauer ,
Koch )
1989: Americas (
Crooks ,
Davis ,
Jackson ,
Quirot )
1992: Americas (
Edeh ,
Crooks ,
Carabali ,
Restrepo )
1994: Great Btitain (
Smith ,
Keough ,
Neef ,
Gunnell )
1998: Germany (
Feller ,
Rohländer ,
Urbansky ,
Breuer )
2002: Americas (
Richards ,
Pernía ,
Amertil ,
Guevara )
2006: Americas (
S. Williams ,
Darling ,
Amertil ,
N. Williams )
2010: Americas (
Williams ,
Dunn ,
Wilson ,
Amertil )
2014: Americas (
Day ,
McCorory ,
McPherson ,
Williams-Mills )