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| Born | October 2, 1964 (1964-10-02) (age 61) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sheila Ann Echols (born October 2, 1964) is a retiredtrack and field athlete from the United States who competed in the100 metres and thelong jump. She won a gold medal at the1988 Olympic Games in the 4 × 100 m relay. She also won the1989 IAAF World Cup 100 m title.
Echols was born inMemphis, Tennessee, USA. At the1988 Olympic Games inSeoul, South Korea, she won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay, alongside teammatesAlice Brown, 100 m gold medalistFlorence Griffith Joyner and 100 m silver medalistEvelyn Ashford. They ran 41.98 seconds. She was also an international long jumper and competed in that event at two Olympics. In Seoul, she failed to qualify for the final, placing 16th with a jump of 6.37m. In 1992, at theOlympic Games in Barcelona, she placed 7th in the final with a jump of 6.62m. She won a silver medal in the sprint relay at the 1993 World Championships, where she ran in the heats but not the final. Her biggest individual success came when she won the1989 World Cup 100 metres title ahead ofMary Onyali and Reigning World ChampionSilke Gladisch-Moller. Her 100 metres personal best of 10.83 was achieved at the 1988 US Olympic Trials.
Echols ran track collegiately atLouisiana State University.
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