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Andrew Valmon

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American former 400 metre runner (born 1965)

Andrew Valmon
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Full nameAndrew Orlando Valmon
BornJanuary 1, 1965 (1965-01) (age 60)

Andrew Orlando Valmon (born January 1, 1965) is an American former400 meter runner, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and two-time World Athletics Championships medalist.

Valmon was born inBrooklyn,New York, and raised inManchester Township, New Jersey, where he attendedManchester Township High School.[1] He attended college atSeton Hall University and graduated in 1987 with a degree in communications.[2]

Valmon won the silver medal at theWorld Indoor Athletics Championships in 1991 in Seville. In 1992 he won a gold medal with the American 4 × 400 m relay team at theOlympic Games in Barcelona. The same year, Valmon set his personal best of 44.28 seconds.

He is now theTrack and fieldHead Coach at theUniversity of Maryland, College Park, and coaches a summer camp at the university. He is married toMeredith Rainey, who is also an Olympic runner.[3] Valmon is a member of thePhi Beta Sigma fraternity.[4]

Collegiate Coaching

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From 1995-1999 Valmon was an assistant track coach atGeorgetown University.[5] and then Head Coach from 1999-2003.

Immediately following that season he became the head coach of the track and field program at the University of Maryland, College Park. As of November 2025, 65 student-athletes have been named USTFCCCA All-Academic performers due to their athletic performances. Maryland track and field athletes consistently rank among the top of their peers with the cross country program earning the school's award for the highest team GPA three years in a row, in 2013, 2014, and 2015.[2]

2012 London Olympics

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On February 11, 2011 Valmon was named U.S. track and field head coach for 2012 London Olympics.[6] Under his leadership Team USA won 29 medals at that year's games including ten golds, contributing to the second highest medal count in history

References

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  1. ^Denman, Elliott."New Jersey's Andrew Valmon named Olympic coach", MileSplitNy. February 18, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2019. "The 20-something young man was Andrew Valmon, the graduate of Manchester Township High School, just a few miles east of Lakehurst, and of South Orange, NJ’s Seton Hall University, who’d run a sizzling 4 × 400 relay leadoff leg in the semifinals at Seoul (thus earning a gold when USA took the final.)"
  2. ^ab"Andrew Valmon". University of Maryland. RetrievedOctober 11, 2019.
  3. ^"Meredith Rainey-Valmon".USA Track & Field. RetrievedOctober 11, 2019.
  4. ^Sutcliffe, Jessica (October 13, 2010)."Phi Beta Sigma values participation in service and community". RetrievedOctober 11, 2019.
  5. ^"Andrew Valmon: Assistant Track Coach., December 20, 2001". Georgetown University. RetrievedOctober 11, 2019.
  6. ^"Maryland's Andrew Valmon named U.S. track and field head coach for 2012 London Olympics".The Washington Post. February 18, 2011. RetrievedOctober 11, 2019.

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