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Angella ("Sandie") Richards (born 6 November 1968 in Clarendon Park) is a
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athlete. She was a
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ist in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in
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Career

She was a world junior representative, finishing third in the 400 m at the 1986 Championships. The next year, she won bronze at the World Student Games, followed by her Olympic debut a year later in
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. Richards competed for San Jacinto College and then the Texas Longhorns women's track and field team, where she won the 1990 4 × 400 meter relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships. In 1998, Richards won Commonwealth gold at 1998 Commonwealth Games and won a 400 m bronze and relay gold at the 1998 Goodwill Games. She was a member of the winning 4 × 400 m relay team at the 2001 World Championships, taking Jamaica's first ever mile relay gold medal in the 18-year history of the championships. At the opening ceremony of the 2001 World Championships, she captained the Jamaican team and carried the flag. She has the record for the most World Indoor final appearances with nine (five at 400 m and four at 4 × 400 m). She graduated in
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from the
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* 1968 births Living people Athletes from Clarendon Parish, Jamaica Jamaican female sprinters Olympic athletes for Jamaica Olympic silver medalists for Jamaica Olympic bronze medalists for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Pan American Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica World Athletics Championships medalists Junior college women's track and field athletes in the United States 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 bronze medalists for Jamaica Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Jamaica Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Goodwill Games medalists in athletics FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Jamaica World Athletics Indoor Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games Olympic female sprinters Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Jamaican Athletics Championships winners NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners Texas Longhorns women's track and field athletes San Jacinto Ravens Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics {{Jamaica-Olympic-medalist-stub