American sprinter (born 1960)
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Valerie Brisco-Hooks during the CCCAA State Championships in May 2012
Personal information Born (1960-07-06 ) July 6, 1960 (age 65) Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Weight 137 lb (62 kg) Sport Country United States Coached by Bob Kersee
Valerie Brisco-Hooks (bornValerie Ann Brisco ; July 6, 1960, inGreenwood, Mississippi ) is an Olympian who won three gold medals as anOlympic track and field athlete at the1984 Olympics atLos Angeles, California , making her the first Olympian to win gold medals in both the 200- and 400-meter races at a single Olympics.
Brisco-Hooks' outstanding high school performance led her to the collegiate level of track and field atCalifornia State University, Northridge . She continued to excel, winning the 200-meter title at the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) Championships and earning a spot on the U.S. team for the 1979 Pan American Games, where she helped her 4 × 100-meter relay team win the gold medal.[ 1]
Her400 metres time of 48.83,[ 2] Olympic record and still ranks her as thethirteenth fastest woman of all time .She also won a gold medal for the 4 × 400 m. Brisco competed in the 1988 Olympic Games, which took place in Seoul, South Korea, running on the American 4 × 400 meter-relay team, which finished in second place (but below the older record, also), behind the Soviet team that broke the 4 × 400 meter-relay world record. To this date, the American time possesses the second-fastest 4 × 400 relay of all time, behind only the Soviet winner of that race. She coached withBob Kersee 's group of athletes and atWest Los Angeles College .[citation needed
3 × Olympic Games Gold medallist
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Television guest appearance [ edit ] Brisco-Hooks guest-starred as herself in "Off to the Races," an episode from the second season ofThe Cosby Show Bill Cosby ) at thePenn Relays , filling in at the last minute for an injured member of a rival team during a relay race.[ 4]
Brisco-Hooks in 2016 Brisco-Hooks marriedNFL player Alvin Hooks in 1981.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
In 1995, Brisco-Hooks was inducted into the U.S.National Track and Field Hall of Fame .[ 8]
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1972 :Dagmar Käsling ,Rita Kühne ,Helga Seidler ,Monika Zehrt (GDR ) 1976 :Doris Maletzki ,Brigitte Rohde ,Ellen Streidt ,Christina Brehmer (GDR ) 1980 :Tatyana Prorochenko ,Tatyana Goyshchik ,Nina Zyuskova ,Irina Nazarova (URS ) 1984 :Lillie Leatherwood ,Sherri Howard ,Valerie Brisco-Hooks ,Chandra Cheeseborough ,Diane Dixon ,Denean Howard (USA ) 1988 :Tatyana Ledovskaya ,Olga Nazarova ,Mariya Pinigina ,Olha Bryzhina ,Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova (URS ) 1992 :Yelena Ruzina ,Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova ,Olga Nazarova ,Olha Bryzhina ,Liliya Nurutdinova ,Marina Shmonina (EUN ) 1996 :Rochelle Stevens ,Maicel Malone-Wallace ,Kim Graham ,Jearl Miles ,Linetta Wilson (USA ) 2000 :Jearl Miles Clark ,Monique Hennagan ,LaTasha Colander ,Andrea Anderson (USA ) 2004 :DeeDee Trotter ,Monique Henderson ,Sanya Richards ,Monique Hennagan ,Moushaumi Robinson (USA ) 2008 :Mary Wineberg ,Allyson Felix ,Monique Henderson ,Sanya Richards ,Natasha Hastings (USA ) 2012 :DeeDee Trotter ,Allyson Felix ,Francena McCorory ,Sanya Richards-Ross ,Keshia Baker ,Diamond Dixon (USA ) 2016 :Allyson Felix ,Phyllis Francis ,Natasha Hastings ,Courtney Okolo ,Taylor Ellis-Watson ,Francena McCorory (USA ) 2020 :Sydney McLaughlin ,Allyson Felix ,Dalilah Muhammad ,Athing Mu ,Kaylin Whitney ,Wadeline Jonathas ,Kendall Ellis ,Lynna Irby (USA ) 2024 :Shamier Little ,Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ,Gabrielle Thomas ,Alexis Holmes ,Quanera Hayes ,Aaliyah Butler ,Kaylyn Brown (USA )
1951 :N. Jackson ,J. Patton ,D. Dwyer ,J. Moreau (USA ) 1955 :B. Jones ,I. Daniels ,M. Faggs ,M. Landry (USA ) 1959 :I. Daniels ,B. Jones ,L. Williams ,W. Rudolph (USA ) 1963 :M. White ,V. Brown ,W. White ,N. Harris (USA ) 1967 :V. Quesada ,M. Garbey ,C. Echeverría ,M. Cobián (CUB ) 1971 :I. Davis ,M. Render ,O. Brown ,P. Hawkins (USA ) 1975 :P. Jiles ,B. Morehead ,C. Cheeseborough ,M. Watson (USA ) 1979 :V. Brisco ,C. Cheeseborough ,B. Morehead ,K. Hawkins (USA ) 1983 :J. Washington ,A. Jackson ,B. Cliette ,R. Givens (USA ) 1987 :G. Devers ,M. Finn-Burrell ,G. Torrence ,S. Echols (USA ) 1991 :C. Phillips ,D. Duhaney ,B. McDonald ,M. Frazer (JAM ) 1995 :F. Harris ,S. Twiggs ,R. Webb ,C. Gaines (USA ) 1999 :P. Dowdie ,K. Richards ,A. Bailey ,B. Grant (JAM ) 2003 :A. Williams ,C. Moore ,A. Daigle ,L. Williams (USA ) 2007 :S. Brooks ,T. Rowe ,A. Bailey ,P. Dowdie (JAM ) 2011 :A. Lemos ,V. Gomes ,F. Krasucki ,R. Santos (BRA ) 2015 :B. Pierre ,L. Lawson ,M. Akinosun ,K. Whitney (USA ) 2019 :A. Fidelis ,V. Rosa ,L. Martins ,R. Santos (BRA ) 2023 :L. Moreira ,E. Pérez ,Y. García ,Y. García (CUB )
1971 :C. Toussaint ,E. Stroy ,G. Norman ,M. Laing (USA ) 1975 :J. Yakubowich ,M. MacGowan ,R. Campbell ,J. McTaggart (CAN ) 1979 :E. Kelley ,S. Dabney ,P. Jackson ,R. Bryant (USA ) 1983 :A. Jackson ,J. Brown ,E. Gabriel ,K. Bolton (USA ) 1987 :D. Dixon ,R. Stevens ,V. Brisco-Hooks ,D. Howard (USA ) 1991 :J. Miles ,M. Malone ,N. Kaiser ,T. Downing (USA ) 1995 :I. Bonne ,S. Morales ,N. McLeón ,J. Duporty (CUB ) 1999 :J. Duporty ,Z. Calatayud ,I. Bonne ,D. Pernía (CUB ) 2003 :M. Barber ,M. Robinson ,J. Clay ,D. Trotter (USA ) 2007 :A. Martínez ,D. Pernía ,Z. Calatayud ,I. Terrero (CUB ) 2011 :A. Martínez ,D. Peña ,S. Clement ,D. Bonne (CUB ) 2015 :S. Little ,K. Jefferson ,S. Wimbley ,K. Baisden (USA ) 2019 :L. Irby ,J. Stepter ,A. Cockrell ,C. Okolo (USA ) 2023 :Z. Hechavarría ,R. Almanza ,S. Diago ,L. Veitía (CUB )
1927–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1928 :Irene Moran 1929 :Catherine Donovan 1930 :Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) ,Catherine Capp (2nd)1931 :Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) ,Catherine Capp (2nd)1932 :Catherine Capp 1933 :Annette Rogers 1934 :Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) ,Annette Rogers (2nd)1935 :Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) ,Mary Jane Santschi (2nd)1936 :Annette Rogers 1937 :Helen Stephens 1941 :Jean Lane 1945 :Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) ,Nell Jackson (2nd)1946 :Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) ,Juanita Watson (2nd)1948 :Audrey Patterson 1949 :Mae Faggs 1950 :Mae Faggs 1951 :Mae Faggs 1952 :Mae Faggs 1953 :Janet Moreau 1954 :Mae Faggs 1955 :Alfrances Lyman 1956 :Mae Faggs 1957 :Lucinda Williams 1958 :Isabelle Daniels 1959 :Lucinda Williams 1960 :Wilma Rudolph 1961 :Vivian Brown 1962 :Vivian Brown 1963 :Marilyn White 1964 :Valerie Carter 1965 :Edith McGuire 1966 :Edith McGuire 1967 :Una Morris (JAM) ,Kathy Hammond (2nd)1968 :Vilma Charlton (JAM) ,Nancy Beeson (2nd)1969 :Barbara Ferrell 1970 :Diane Kummer 1971 :Esther Stroy 1972 :Esther Stroy 1973 :Rosalyn Bryant 1974 :Linda Cordy ,Theresa Montgomery 1975 :Rosalyn Bryant 1976 :Pamela Jiles 1977 :Rosalyn Bryant 1978 :Freida Nichols (BAR) ,Theresa Montgomery (2nd)1979 :Chandra Cheeseborough 1980–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–presentUSA Track & Field Notes * Distances have varied as follows: 220 yards (1928-32, 1945-46, 1949-64, 1966-68, 1970-86), 200 yards (1965), 240 yards (1967).
1958–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1980–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–presentUSA Track & Field Notes OT : Since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event.2020 OT : The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic .Distance :The event was over 440 yards until 1932, 1955, 1957–8, 1961–3, 1965–6, 1969–70 and 1973–4
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