Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Awards And Accomplishments
| 1979 | Gold medal in Pan American Games on 4×400 meter relay |
| 1981 | Set national junior college records at 200 meter and 400 meter distances |
| 1984 | Won national indoor title at 200 yards |
| 1984 | Won national outdoor title in 400 meters in 49.83 becoming first American woman to break 50 seconds in that event |
| 1984 | Ran anchor leg on 4×400 meter relay setting American record (3:19.60) |
| 1984 | Won two gold medals in 200-meter (21.81 seconds), 400-meter races (48.83 seconds) setting American and Olympic records in both. Won third gold medal in the 4×400-meter relay (3:18.29) |
| 1985 | Set world indoor record of 52.99 in 400-meter run |
| 1986 | Won national outdoor title in 400-meter run |
| 1987 | Gold medal in Pan American Games on 4×400 meter relay |
| 1987 | Bronze medal at 400 meters in World Championships |
| 1988 | Won fourth Olympic medal of career, a silver, with leg on United States 4×400 meter relay (3:15.51) in Seoul, South Korea |
| 1995 | Inducted into USA Track & Field Hall of Fame |
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