American sprinter (born 1976)
Monique Hennagan (born May 26, 1976, in Columbia, South Carolina ) is an American athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres . She won her first relay medal at the 1999 World Indoor Championships and her second in 2003.
Monique Hennagan graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a double major in Psychology and African American Studies . As a collegiate athlete, Hennagan was World Juniors gold 4 × 400 metre relay and silver 400m medalist in 1994. At UNC, she was All-American in the 400m and 4 × 400 metre relay. Additionally, 2X NCAA Track and Field Champion both in the 400m indoor and the 800m outdoor in 1996. She was an 8X ACC individual champion and won 400m for four consecutive years.
As a post collegiate 1998–2009, Monique traveled the world competing as a professional track and field athlete. Hennagan was the silver medal recipient for women's 4 × 400 metre relay at the 1998 Goodwill Games . At the 2001 Goodwill Games , Monique Hennagan won gold for the women's 4 × 400 metre relay. In 2002 and 2003, Hennagan was a 2X USA Indoor 400m Champion. In 2000 and 2004, Hennagan won Sydney's and Athens ’ Olympics, respectively, for the women’s 4 × 400 metre relay; also, 4th place Champion in 400m at the 2004 Olympic Trials. Hennagan earned 2nd place finisher at IAAF World Athletics Finals 400m. She received a gold medal for the women’s 4 × 400 metre relay at the 2007 World Championship in Athletics . Monique Hennagan has been ranked “Top 8 in the World” three times, including 3rd place in the world, personal highest.
In 2014, Monique Hennagan was inducted in South Carolina's Athletic Hall of Fame. Today, Monique travels the United States working for American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees as an advocate for workers' rights. She will also serve as Treasurer, for Divine Appointment Transformation House; a non-profit organization that Monique's mother, Mary Hennagan, is currently developing. Additionally, Monique Hennagan is an independent consultant with Paparazzi accessories, www.myfunmyclassy.com.
100 metres: 11.26 seconds (2005)
200 metres: 22.87 seconds (2005)
300 metres: 36.52 seconds (2001)
400 metres: 49.56 seconds (2004)
800 metres: 2:02.50 seconds (1996)
4 × 400 metres relay: 3:19.01 seconds (2004)
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing the United States
1992
World Junior Championships
Seoul , South Korea
10th (sf)
400m
54.27
4th
4 × 400 m relay
3:33.11
1994
World Junior Championships
Lisbon , Portugal
2nd
400m
52.25
1st
4 × 400 m relay
3:32.08
1998
Goodwill Games
Uniondale, New York
2nd
4 × 400 m relay
3:24.81
1999
World Indoor Championships
Maebashi , Japan
3rd
4 × 400 m relay
3:27.59
2000
Summer Olympics
Sydney, Australia
1st
4 × 400 m relay
3:22.62
2001
Goodwill Games
Brisbane, Australia
1st
4 × 400 m relay
3:24.63
2003
World Indoor Championships
Birmingham , UK
3rd
4 × 400 m relay
3:31.69
2004
Summer Olympics
Athens, Greece
1st
4 × 400 m relay
3:19.01
World Athletics Final
Monte Carlo, Monaco
2nd
400 metres
50.20
2007
World Championships
Osaka, Japan
1st
4 × 400 m relay
3:23.37
Monique Hennagan, 2004 Summer Olympics , Athens, Greece
Monique Hennagan
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 )
1983 : Kerstin Walther , Sabine Busch , Marita Koch , Dagmar Rübsam , Undine Bremer , Ellen Fiedler (GDR)
1987 : Dagmar Neubauer , Kirsten Emmelmann , Petra Müller , Sabine Busch , Cornelia Ullrich (GDR)
1991 : Tatyana Ledovskaya , Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova , Olga Nazarova , Olha Bryzhina , Anna Chuprina (URS)
1993 : Gwen Torrence , Maicel Malone-Wallace , Natasha Kaiser , Jearl Miles , Terri Dendy , Michelle Collins (USA)
1995 : Kim Graham , Rochelle Stevens , Camara Jones , Jearl Miles , Nicole Green (USA)
1997 : Anke Feller , Uta Rohländer , Anja Rücker , Grit Breuer (GER)
1999 : Tatyana Chebykina , Svetlana Goncharenko , Olga Kotlyarova , Natalya Nazarova , Natalya Sharova , Yekaterina Bakhvalova (RUS)
2001 : Sandie Richards , Catherine Scott-Pomales , Debbie-Ann Parris , Lorraine Fenton , Michelle Burgher , Deon Hemmings (JAM)
2003 : Demetria Washington , Jearl Miles Clark , Me'Lisa Barber , Sanya Richards , DeeDee Trotter (USA)
2005 : Yuliya Pechonkina , Olesya Krasnomovets , Natalya Antyukh , Svetlana Pospelova , Tatyana Firova , Olesya Zykina (RUS)
2007 : DeeDee Trotter , Allyson Felix , Mary Wineberg , Sanya Richards , Monique Hennagan , Natasha Hastings (USA)
2009 : Debbie Dunn , Allyson Felix , Lashinda Demus , Sanya Richards , Natasha Hastings , Jessica Beard (USA)
2011 : Sanya Richards-Ross , Allyson Felix , Jessica Beard , Francena McCorory , Natasha Hastings , Keshia Baker (USA)
2013 : Jessica Beard , Natasha Hastings , Ashley Spencer , Francena McCorory , Joanna Atkins (USA)
2015 : Christine Day , Shericka Jackson , Stephenie Ann McPherson , Novlene Williams-Mills , Anastasia Le-Roy , Chrisann Gordon (JAM)
2017 : Quanera Hayes , Allyson Felix , Shakima Wimbley , Phyllis Francis , Kendall Ellis , Natasha Hastings (USA)
2019 : Phyllis Francis , Sydney McLaughlin , Dalilah Muhammad , Wadeline Jonathas , Jessica Beard , Allyson Felix , Kendall Ellis , Courtney Okolo (USA)
2022 : Talitha Diggs , Abby Steiner , Britton Wilson , Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone , Kaylin Whitney , Allyson Felix , Jaide Stepter Baynes (USA)
2023 : Eveline Saalberg , Lieke Klaver , Cathelijn Peeters , Femke Bol , Lisanne de Witte (NED)
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 the COVID-19 pandemic .
Distance :The event was over 440 yards until 1932, 1955, 1957–8, 1961–3, 1965–6, 1969–70 and 1973–4
1959–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1980–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–presentUSA Track & Field Notes *Distances have varied as follows: 440 yards (1959–1986), 400 meters (1987–date) alternating with 300 meters in odd numbered years starting 2015
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