Angella ("Sandie") Richards (born 6 November 1968 in
Clarendon Park) is a
Jamaica
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n
track and field
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athlete. She was a
bronze medal
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ist in the
4 × 400 m relay at the
2004 Olympic Games in
Athens
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,
Greece
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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
Seoul, South Korea
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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
sociology
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from the
University of Texas at Austin
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.
International competitions
References
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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
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