American sprinter
Gil Roberts
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Calvin_smith_jr.jpg/220px-Calvin_smith_jr.jpg) Calvin Smith, Gil Roberts, Manteo Mitchell |
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Born | (1989-03-15) March 15, 1989 (age 35) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
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Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
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Weight | 79.5 kg (175 lb) |
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College team | Texas Tech Red Raiders |
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Gil Roberts (born March 15, 1989) is an American athlete who specializes in the 200 m and 400 m. He competed for Texas Tech under coach Wes Kittley at the NCAA level. He was a member of the USA team that won the gold medal in the Men's 4×400 metres relay at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships. [1] Roberts won the 2014 US Outdoor championship in 44.53 on June 28 in Sacramento, California.[2]
On 21 June 2024 he was sanctioned by the USADS for doping violations. [3]
While competing at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Roberts won an Olympic gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay.[4] Another Texas Tech athlete, Michael Mathieu won bronze in the same event competing for the Bahamas.
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1876-1979 Amateur Athletic Union | |
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1980-1992 The Athletics Congress | |
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1992 onwards USA Track & Field | |
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Notes |
- Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
- OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
- 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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1981–1992 The Athletics Congress | |
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1993–present USA Track & Field | |
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Notes | *Distances have varied as follows: 440 yards (1981–1986), 400 meters (1987–date) alternating with 300 meters in odd numbered years starting 2015 |
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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)
- 2024:
Christopher Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, Rai Benjamin, Quincy Wilson (USA)
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- 1991:
Germany (Lieder, Carlowitz, Just, Schönlebe)
- 1993:
United States (Hall, Irvin, Rouser, Everett)
- 1995:
United States (Tolbert, Davis, Long, Atwater)
- 1997:
United States (Rouser, Everett, Maye, Minor)
- 1999:
United States (Morris, Johnson, Minor, Campbell)
- 2001:
Poland (Rysiukiewicz, Haczek, Bocian, Maćkowiak)
- 2003:
United States (Davis, Young, Campbell, Washington)
- 2004:
Jamaica (Haughton, Colquhoun, McDonald, Clarke)
- 2006:
United States (Washington, Merritt, Campbell, Spearmon)
- 2008:
United States (Davis, Torrance, Nixon, Willie)
- 2010:
United States (Torrance, Nixon, Tate, Jackson)
- 2012:
United States (Wright, Smith Jr., Mitchell, Roberts)
- 2014:
United States (Clemons, Verburg, Butler III, Smith Jr., Parros, Babineaux)
- 2016:
United States (Clemons, Smith Jr., Giesting, Norwood)
- 2018:
Poland (Zalewski, Omelko, Krawczuk, Krzewina)
- 2022:
Belgium (Watrin, Doom, Sacoor, K. Borlée)
- 2024:
Belgium (Sacoor, D. Borlée, Iguacel, Doom, De Smet)
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Qualification | | |
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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 |
- Bonnie Edmondson (women's assistant coach)
- Troy Engle (men's assistant coach)
- Curtis Frye (men's assistant coach)
- Robyne Johnson (women's assistant coach)
- Vin Lananna (men's head coach)
- Rose Monday (women's assistant coach)
- Connie Price-Smith (women's head coach)
- Cliff Rovelto (men's assistant coach)
- Mario Sategna (men's assistant coach)
- LaTanya Sheffield (women's assistant coach)
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