Derrick Florence
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Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1968-06-19) June 19, 1968 (age 56) Galveston, Texas | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Running | |||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 100m: 10.13 200m: 21.12 | |||||||||||||||||
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Derrick Florence (born June 19, 1968) is a former American sprinter. He had an outstanding career at Ball High School in Galveston, Texas, in the mid-1980s before fading into obscurity.[1] Florence won the gold medal in the 100 metres at the 1986 World Junior Championships and was named "High School Boys Athlete of the Year" by Track & Field News. That same season, he won the Texas high school class 5A state championship in the 200 meters in 20.5, well ahead of future world record holder Michael Johnson (21.3).
Competing for the Texas A&M Aggies track and field team, Florence won the 1988 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 4 × 100 m.[2]
References
External links
- Derrick Florence at World Athletics
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Preceded by Roy Martin | Track & Field News High School Boys Athlete of the Year 1986 | Succeeded by Kamy Keshmiri |
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- 1986: Derrick Florence (USA)
- 1988: Andre Cason (USA)
- 1990: Davidson Ezinwa (NGR)
- 1992: Ato Boldon (TRI)
- 1994: Deji Aliu (NGR)
- 1996: Francis Obikwelu (NGR)
- 1998: Christian Malcolm (GBR)
- 2000: Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR)
- 2002: Darrel Brown (TRI)
- 2004: Ivory Williams (USA)
- 2006: Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (GBR)
- 2008: Dexter Lee (JAM)
- 2010: Dexter Lee (JAM)
- 2012: Adam Gemili (GBR)
- 2014: Kendal Williams (USA)
- 2016: Noah Lyles (USA)
- 2018: Lalu Muhammad Zohri (INA)
- 2021: Letsile Tebogo (BOT)
- 2022: Letsile Tebogo (BOT)
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