Sunder Nix
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| Full name | Sunder Lamont Nix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 2, 1961 (age 64) Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 meters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 400 m: 44.68[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sunder Lamont Nix (born December 2, 1961, in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American former track and field athlete and He was an Olympic gold medalist at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the men's 4 × 400 m relay for the United States.[2]
As the world's best in the 400-meter race in 1982, Sunder Nix set a personal best of 44.68 seconds, improving his previous best by almost a second. In 1983, he narrowly qualified for the final at the first World Championships . In the final, he was far behind entering the home stretch, but he managed to pull away and win the bronze medal in 45.24 seconds. In the final of the 4 x 400-meter relay, Sunder Nix handed over to Willie Smith as the second runner, who then fell, so the relay team "only" finished sixth.
In 2013 competed at the Masters National Outdoor Track & Field Championship.[3][4]
Nix was an NCAA champion for the Indiana Hoosiers track and field team in 1983.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "WORLD TOP PERFORMERS 1980-2005: MEN (OUTDOOR)". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sunder Nix". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2015-06-21. "Sunder Lamont Nix"
- ↑ PR Newswire. Retrieved Jan 16, 2021
- ↑ Masters History, 2013 Meet Results. Retrieved Jan 16, 2021
- ↑ "Sunder Nix". BallStateSports.com. Ball State Athletics. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2007-01-18.
External links
[edit]- Sunder Nix at World Athletics
- Sunder Nix at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- Sunder Nix at Olympedia
- Sunder Nix at InterSportStats
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