Michelle Burgher (born 12 March 1977) is a
track and field
Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...
athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica.
Career
She was a bronze medalist in the
4 × 400 m relay at the
2004 Olympic Games in
Athens
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, Greece.
She conducts coaching clinics and talks for school kids. Her ambition is to become a pediatric psychologist.
In 2008, Burgher joined the track and field coaching staff at the
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) is a Public university, public research university in Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States. The university is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and Carnegie Classification o ...
in
Indiana, PA. The move reunited Burgher with IUP's head coach, Ralph White. White coached Burgher at Clemson and she was an assistant coach under White at Williams from 2001 to 2004.
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Achievements
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References
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Greensburg Tribune Review 8 Aug 2008: C14. See also: https://archive.today/20130131125044/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_581817.html
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External links
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Picture of Michelle Burgher
1977 births
Living people
Athletes from Kingston, Jamaica
Jamaican female sprinters
Jamaican female hurdlers
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Jamaica
Olympic silver medalists for Jamaica
Olympic bronze medalists for Jamaica
Clemson Tigers women's track and field athletes
Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Pan American Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
Pan American Games silver medalists for Jamaica
World Athletics Championships winners
Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
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