Gail Devers
Awards And Accomplishments
| 1984 | Won 100-meter dash and 100-meter hurdles, and places second in long jump in California high school state championships |
| 1987 | Gold medal in the 100-meter dash at the 1987 Pan-American Games |
| 1988 | Set an American record in the 100-meter hurdles |
| 1988 | NCAA champion in the 100-meter dash |
| 1988 | Member of U.S. Olympic Team |
| 1992 | Silver medal in 100-meter hurdles at the World Track & Field Championships |
| 1992 | Gold medal in 100-meter dash at 1992 Summer Olympics |
| 1992-93 | Ran world's fastest time in 100-meter hurdles |
| 1993 | Gold medal in 60-meter dash at the World Indoor Track & Field Championships |
| 1993 | Gold medals in 100-meter dash and 100-meter hurdles at World Track & Field Championships, the first woman to do this in international competition in 45 years |
| 1993 | Set American indoor record in 60-meter dash |
| 1993 | Won 21 of 23 races in hurdles and sprints |
| 1993 | Ran world's fastest time in 100-meter dash |
| 1994 | Named one of two top athletes in 1993 (along with fellow track and field star, Michael Johnson) by the U.S. Olympic Committee |
| 1995 | Won the 100-meter hurdles at the World Track & Field Championships |
| 1996 | Gold medal in 100-meter dash at the 1996 Summer Olympics, becoming only the second woman in history (the other is Wyomia Tyus) to win back-to-back Olympic golds in the 100-meter dash; also won a gold medal as part of the 4 × 100-meter relay at the 1996 Olympics |
| 1997 | Gold medal for the 4 × 100-meter relay at the World Track & Field Championships |
| 1999 | Gold medal and sets national record in 100-meter hurdles at the World Track & Field Championships |
| 2000 | Broke her own national record in 100-meter hurdles at the U.S. Olympic trials |
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