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Andrea Arlene Anderson (born September 17, 1977) is an American
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athlete best remembered for winning a gold medal on the 4 × 400 meters relay team at the
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in
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, Australia. She ran in the preliminaries and semi-finals. Anderson subsequently had to return her medal along with the rest of the team after
Marion Jones Marion Lois Jones (born October 12, 1975), also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is an American former world champion track-and-field athlete and former professional basketball player. She won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the 2000 ...
was disqualified following her admission to using
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. On July 16, 2010, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favor of the other American teammates and returned the medals. Anderson has had rare success at both long sprints and short sprint races. She ran in high school for
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, joining Aminah Haddad to make for a powerful 1-2 sprinting punch. The two finished just behind Jones in both the 1992 and 1993
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and
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, while teaming up on the 4 × 100 metres relay team that won the state title in 1993 and the 4 × 400 metres relay that won three straight championships 1991 to 1993. She ran collegiately at the
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(UCLA) under
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. Running for UCLA, she won the
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championships at
200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ...
in 1997,
400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...
in 1998 and 1999. Her 4 × 100 m relay team finished as high as 3rd at the
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in 1998 and the 4 × 400 m relay team finished 2nd in 1999. At the 1995 Pan American Junior Games, she ran on the winning 4 × 100 m relay and the silver medal-winning 4 × 400 m relay. The following year at the
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she got a preview of the Sydney track while winning a gold medal on the USA 4 × 100 m relay and taking an individual silver medal in the
100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at ...
, setting her lifetime PR of 11.43. In 1997 she was on the winning 4 × 100 m relay at the
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. In 1999, she ran on the 4 × 400 m relay team that took the silver medal at the
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. In 2000, at the US Olympic Trials, she ran her personal best of 51.18 in the 400 to make the team. Earlier that season she also set her personal record in the 200 metres of 23.44 at the
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. She is the older sister of football's
Marques Anderson Marques Deon Anderson (born May 26, 1979) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the third round of the 2002 NFL draft. Anderson als ...
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Andrea 1977 births Living people American female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field UCLA Bruins women's track and field athletes Track and field athletes from Long Beach, California Track and field athletes from Los Angeles Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics People from Harbor City, Los Angeles Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field) Olympic female sprinters Long Beach Polytechnic High School alumni 20th-century American sportswomen