sport.wikisort.org - AthleteQuincy D. Watts (born June 19, 1970) is an American former athlete, and two time gold medallist at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
American athlete
Quincy Watts
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Nationality | American |
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Born | (1970-06-19) June 19, 1970 (age 52) Detroit, Michigan |
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Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
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Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
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Sport | Running |
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Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m, 400 m |
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College team | USC Trojans |
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Career
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Quincy Watts attended the University of Southern California (USC) where he excelled as a general athlete and a wide receiver on the college football team. He took up track at Sutter Middle School and later went to Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California. In 1987, he ran a 10.36s 100 m, which stands as the Los Angeles city section record, and at the time was the second fastest in CIF history, behind only Henry Thomas' 10.25 in 1985. That same year he repeated as the 200 meters Champion at the CIF California State Championships in Sacramento.
Watts began as a short sprinter, specializing for 100 m and 200 m, but the USC coach Jim Bush, convinced him to run 400 m, where he found his success.[1]
In 1992, by far his most successful year, he won the gold medal in the Olympic 400 m. He twice broke Lee Evans' Olympic record of 43.86, (set at altitude during the 1968 games in Mexico), clocking 43.71 in his semi-final, before going on to record 43.50 in the final. He was a member of the 4 × 400 m relay team, running the second leg in 43.10, which smashed the then-world record in a time of 2:55.74.
At the World Championships in 1991, Watts won a silver medal in 4x400 relay, which he turned to gold in the following championships in 1993 running the second leg on the team that took almost a second and a half off the then-World Record he had been a part of the year before. That race time still stands as the World Record. In the 1993 Individual 400m Final, where Watts was expecting to challenge the time of his relay teammates Michael Johnson and Butch Reynolds, his custom built Nike shoe disintegrated as he was coming off the final turn. Continuing to run, he still managed fourth place.[2][3] Since this incident, poor Nike shoe quality has been referred to as "doing the Quincy Watts" in track circles. It has also affected Nike's concern for quality control.[4]
In 1994 and 1995, he failed to break 45 seconds and in 1996 finished a disappointing seventh in the US Olympic trials in a time of 45.64. Overshadowed by Michael Johnson, he retired in 1997 and was hired as the head coach to Taft High School. After his tenure at Taft, he worked as an assistant track coach at Harvard-Westlake School. Watts is currently an assistant coach for both Men's and Women's sprints at the University of Southern California and trains a number of professional athletes such as Willie McGinest and Curtis Conway, who was a high school competitor of Watts.[5]
Watts currently holds the position of head coach at USC.[6]
References
External links
 Olympic champions in men's 400 metres |
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 Olympic champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay |
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Medley | |
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4 × 400 m |
- 1912:
Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charles Reidpath (USA)
- 1920:
Cecil Griffiths, Robert Lindsay, John Ainsworth-Davis, Guy Butler (GBR)
- 1924:
Commodore Cochran, Alan Helffrich, Oliver Macdonald, William Stevenson (USA)
- 1928:
George Baird, Emerson Spencer, Fred Alderman, Ray Barbuti (USA)
- 1932:
Ivan Fuqua, Ed Ablowich, Karl Warner, Bill Carr (USA)
- 1936:
Freddie Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, Bill Roberts, Godfrey Brown (GBR)
- 1948:
Arthur Harnden, Cliff Bourland, Roy Cochran, Mal Whitfield (USA)
- 1952:
Arthur Wint, Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden (JAM)
- 1956:
Charles Jenkins Sr., Lou Jones, Jesse Mashburn, Tom Courtney (USA)
- 1960:
Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis, Otis Davis (USA)
- 1964:
Ollan Cassell, Mike Larrabee, Ulis Williams, Henry Carr (USA)
- 1968:
Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans (USA)
- 1972:
Charles Asati, Munyoro Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang (KEN)
- 1976:
Herman Frazier, Benny Brown, Fred Newhouse, Maxie Parks (USA)
- 1980:
Remigijus Valiulis, Mikhail Linge, Nikolay Chernetskiy, Viktor Markin (URS)
- 1984:
Sunder Nix, Ray Armstead, Alonzo Babers, Antonio McKay (USA)
- 1988:
Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, Butch Reynolds, Antonio McKay, Andrew Valmon (USA)
- 1992:
Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, Steve Lewis, Darnell Hall, Charles Jenkins Jr. (USA)
- 1996:
LaMont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Derek Mills, Anthuan Maybank, Jason Rouser (USA)
- 2000:
Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong, Nduka Awazie, Fidelis Gadzama (NGR)
- 2004:
Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson, Andrew Rock, Kelly Willie (USA)
- 2008:
LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner, Kerron Clement, Reggie Witherspoon (USA)
- 2012:
Chris Brown, Demetrius Pinder, Michael Mathieu, Ramon Miller (BAH)
- 2016:
Arman Hall, Tony McQuay, Gil Roberts, LaShawn Merritt, Kyle Clemons, David Verburg (USA)
- 2020:
Michael Cherry, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon, Rai Benjamin, Trevor Stewart, Randolph Ross, Vernon Norwood (USA)
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World champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay |
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- 1983:
Sergey Lovachov, Aliaksandr Trashchyla, Nikolay Chernetskiy, Viktor Markin (URS)
- 1987:
Danny Everett, Roddie Haley, Antonio McKay, Butch Reynolds (USA)
- 1991:
Roger Black, Derek Redmond, John Regis, Kriss Akabusi (GBR)
- 1993:
Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson (USA)
- 1995:
Marlon Ramsey, Derek Mills, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson (USA)
- 1997:
Iwan Thomas, Roger Black, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson (GBR)
- 1999:
Tomasz Czubak, Robert Maćkowiak, Jacek Bocian, Piotr Haczek (POL)
- 2001:
Troy McIntosh, Avard Moncur, Carl Oliver, Timothy Munnings (BAH)
- 2003:
Ahmed Douhou, Naman Keïta, Stéphane Diagana, Marc Raquil (FRA)
- 2005:
Andrew Rock, Derrick Brew, Darold Williamson, Jeremy Wariner (USA)
- 2007:
LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, Darold Williamson, Jeremy Wariner (USA)
- 2009:
Angelo Taylor, Jeremy Wariner, Kerron Clement, LaShawn Merritt (USA)
- 2011:
Greg Nixon, Bershawn Jackson, Angelo Taylor, LaShawn Merritt (USA)
- 2013:
David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Arman Hall, LaShawn Merritt (USA)
- 2015:
David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Bryshon Nellum, LaShawn Merritt (USA)
- 2017:
(Jarrin Solomon, Jereem Richards, Machel Cedenio, Lalonde Gordon (TRI)
- 2019:
Fred Kerley, Michael Cherry, Wilbert London, Rai Benjamin (USA)
- 2022:
Elija Godwin, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, Trevor Bassitt (USA)
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1992 USA Olympic track and field team |
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Qualification |
- 1992 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)
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Men's track and road athletes | |
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Men's field athletes | |
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Women's track and road athletes | |
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Women's field athletes | |
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Coaches |
- Mel Rosen (men's head coach)
- Harry Groves (men's assistant coach)
- Erv Hunt (men's assistant coach)
- Ed Jacoby (men's assistant coach)
- Bill Moultrie (men's assistant coach)
- Fred Samara (men's assistant coach)
- Barbara Jacket (women's head coach)
- Dorothy Doolittle (women's assistant coach)
- Lance Harter (women's assistant coach)
- Bert Lyle (women's assistant coach)
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World Best Year Performance in Men's 400 m |
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Authority control  | |
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На других языках
- [en] Quincy Watts
[fr] Quincy Watts
Quincy D. Watts, né le 19 juin 1970, est un ancien athlète américain, vainqueur de deux médailles d'or aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1992. Il est le codétenteur du record du monde du relais 4 × 400 m en compagnie de Andrew Valmon, Harry Butch Reynolds et Michael Johnson en 2 min 54 s 29, établi en finale des championnats du monde 1993.
[it] Quincy Watts
Quincy Dushawn Watts (Detroit, 19 giugno 1970) è un ex velocista statunitense, campione olimpico dei 400 metri piani ai Giochi olimpici di Barcellona 1992.
[ru] Уоттс, Куинси
Куинси Уоттс — американский спринтер.
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