Chryste Gaines

Personal information
Full name	Chryste Dionne Gaines
Born	September 14, 1970 (1970-09-14) (age 55) Lawton, Oklahoma, U.S.
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight	126 lb (57 kg)
Medal record Women'sathletics Representingthe United States Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 4 × 100 m relay 2000 Sydney 4 × 100 m relay World Championships 1995 Gothenburg 4 × 100 m relay 1997 Athens 4 × 100 m relay 2003 Paris 4 × 100 m relay Disqualified 2001 Edmonton 4 × 100 m relay Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata 100 m

Chryste Dionne Gaines (born September 14, 1970, inLawton, Oklahoma) is an American Olympic athlete who competed mainly in the sprints.

Gaines is a 1988 graduate ofSouth Oak Cliff High School inDallas, Texas.^[1]

During her senior year, Gaines was named theGatorade National High School Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year.

Gaines received a bachelor's degree fromStanford University in 1992 and an MBA from Coles College of Business,Kennesaw State University in 2007.

While atStanford, Gaines was the 1992 NCAA indoor champion in the 55 meter sprint and the 1992 NCAA outdoor champion at 100 meters.^[2] She was the first person to win the conference 100 meter championship three times.^[3]

Gaines competed for the United States in Atlanta's1996 Summer Olympics. In the 4 × 100 metres, she won the gold medal with teammatesGail Devers,Inger Miller andGwen Torrence.

She returned toSydney for the2000 Summer Olympics as the sole survivor of the 4 × 100 meters team. Teamed withMarion JonesTorri Edwards andNanceen Perry, the Americans earned a bronze medal.

Gaines's best time in the 100 meters was 10.86 seconds (run in 2003).

Gaines successfully competed until 2008.^[2]

In 2003, Gaines was issued a Public Warning and had her results disqualified for the detection ofModafinil.^[4] The same year she was investigated as part of theBALCO scandal and in 2004 she received a two-year doping ban.^[5]

Because of a teammate's steroid use, theIOC tried to force the 4 × 100 relay team to return their bronze medal from the 2000 Olympics. Gaines and her five teammates would successfully appeal.^[6]

Gaines was the 1987–88 Gatorade National Track & Field Athlete of the Year, an award that goes to one high school girl each year from around the country.^[7]

In 2009, she was named one of 10 "Women Out Front", a leadership award given byGeorgia Tech, where she was an academic advisor.^[8]

In 2018, she was named to the 10-person inaugural class of the Dallas Independent School District's Athletic Hall of Fame.^[9]

Gaines has coached at the high school and college level.^[10] As of 2018, Gaines was the track and field and cross country coach at Heritage High School in Frisco, Texas.^[11]

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Notes

Sources

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill; et al."Chryste Gaines".Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.Sports Reference LLC. Archived fromthe original on December 3, 2016. RetrievedSeptember 6, 2015.

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