Raasin McIntosh (born 29 April 1982, in

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

) is an Olympic hurdler and philanthropist. At the

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, she competed in the Women's 400 metres hurdles representing

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. She grew up in

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and went on to attend the

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on an athlete scholarship. She trained under a prominent track coach, Bev Kearney, and went on to represent the United States at the

2003 World Championships in Athletics The 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from 23 August to 31 August 2003 in the streets of Paris and the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, F ...

. She was the winner of the 400 m hurdles at the 2003

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and was in the top three of both the 400 m and 100-meter hurdles at the

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that year.Raasin McIntosh
USATF. Retrieved on 2015-04-05. She is CEO and Creative Director of Raasin in the Sun, a 501 c3 Non profit cultivating resilient communities through art and environmental initiatives. raasininthesun.org

References

Living people 1982 births Track and field athletes from Houston American female hurdlers Liberian female hurdlers Olympic athletes for Liberia Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States American lesbian sportswomen Liberian LGBTQ sportspeople LGBTQ track and field athletes 21st-century American sportswomen American philanthropists American women philanthropists Texas Longhorns women's track and field athletes NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners {{Liberia-athletics-bio-stub