Antonio McKay

McKay at the 1984 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1964-02-09)February 9, 1964 (age 61) Atlanta,Georgia, U.S.
Medal record Men'sathletics Representingthe United States Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles 4 × 400 m relay 1988 Seoul 4 × 400 m relay 1984 Los Angeles 400 m World Championships 1987 Rome 4x400 m relay World Indoor Championships 1987 Indianapolis 400 m 1989 Budapest 400 m 1991 Seville 4 × 400 m relay

Antonio McKay Sr. (born February 9, 1964) is an American formertrack and field athlete who specialized in the400 meters.

He wonAll-American honours competing forGeorgia Tech and was theNCAA champion both indoors and outdoors in 1984. He won at theUnited States Olympic Track Trials thus qualifying for the1984 US Olympic Team.^[1] At the1984 Los Angeles Olympics, he won thebronze medal in the 400 m behindAlonzo Babers andGabriel Tiacoh.^[2] He teamed up with Babers in the4 × 400-meter relay event and he led the team home to victory, winning his first Olympicgold medal.^[3]

He won 400 m gold medals at the1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow and at the1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships inIndianapolis. He ran at the1987 World Championships in Athletics, but was eliminated in the quarter-finals. However, he won a gold medal in the relay with his compatriotsDanny Everett,Roddie Haley andButch Reynolds. He ran in the relay heats at the1988 Summer Olympics and received a gold medal for his contribution as the American runners won in the final. He retained his 400 m indoor title at the1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships, setting a championship record of 45.59 seconds in the process.^[1]

In 1989, McKay became the first Black track and field athlete to compete for theNew York Athletic Club, which had historically banned Blacks and Jews from membership.^[4]

He failed a doping test in 1990 for the banned stimulantphenylpropanolamine. After initially being banned for three months, the ban was overturned on the defense that neither McKay nor the doctor who had prescribed him a flu remedy where aware that the banned substance was contained in the medicine.^[5]

His final international medal came at the1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships, where he won thesilver in the men's relay. McKay retired from competition around 1994. He remains the jointUnited States andPanamerican record holder in the rarely competed indoor 4 × 200 m relay, which he set in 1991 inGlasgow, Scotland alongsideThomas Jefferson,Raymond Pierre andKevin Little.^[6]

He now works as a track coach atNorth Springs High School, a public high school inSandy Springs, Georgia. Following the murder of McKay's sister, he has raised her two sons.^[7]

Coached theDunwoody High School Girls Track and Field 5AAAAA Team to the State Championships for the 2012–2013 Season.

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• 1984 Indoor World Record Holder,
• 1984 NCAA Indoor Champion,
• 1984 NCAA Outdoor Champion,
• 1984 Olympic Trials Champion,
• 1984 Olympic – Gold & Bronze Medalist,
• 1985 Indoor USA Track and Field Champion,
• 1986 Goodwill Games – Gold Medalist,
• 1987 Indoor USA Track & Field Champion,
• 1987 Indoor World Record Holder,
• 1988 Indoor USA Track & Field Champion,
• 1989 World Indoor Championships – Gold Medalist,
• 1990 Indoor USA Track & Field Champion,
• 1991 Indoor World Championships – Silver Medalist,
• 1993 Indoor USA Track & Field Champion,

• Antonio McKay atWorld Athletics
• Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Profile
• Antonio McKay at theGeorgia Sports Hall of Fame

• USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
• 1964 births
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• American men sprinters
• Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's track and field athletes
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
• Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
• World Athletics Championships medalists
• Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
• Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
• World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
• World Athletics Championships winners
• Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games
• NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
• NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
• 20th-century American sportsmen

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