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    Valerie Brisco-Hooks (born Valerie Ann Brisco; July 6, 1960, in Greenwood, Mississippi) is an Olympian who won three gold medals as an Olympic track and...
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  • final was held on August 9, 1984, and was won by 0.23 seconds by Valerie Brisco-Hooks. Coming into the final, future world record holder Florence Griffith...
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    An Olympic double of 200 metres and 400 m was first achieved by Valerie Brisco-Hooks in 1984, and later by Marie-José Pérec of France and Michael Johnson...
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    medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics, coming in second behind teammate Valerie Brisco-Hooks. After the 1984 Olympic Games, she spent less time running. Griffith...
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    in the 200 metres at the Olympics: Johnson, Perec, Szewińska and Valerie Brisco-Hooks have all won titles at both distances. Athletes chosen for the event...
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  • (1846–1928), English priest and philatelist Valerie Brisco-Hooks (born 1960), American sprint runner Wes Brisco (born 1983), American wrestler, son of Gerald...
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    drugs. An Olympic double of 200 m and 400 m was first achieved by Valerie Brisco-Hooks in 1984, and later by Michael Johnson from the United States and...
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    1984: Valerie Brisco-Hooks 1985: Valerie Brisco-Hooks 1986:  Marita Koch (GDR), Grace Jackson (2nd) 1987:  Grace Jackson (JAM), Valerie Brisco-Hooks (2nd)...
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    indoor track and field for the United States. At the meeting, rivals Valerie Brisco-Hooks and Diane Dixon competed in different events but each set a world...
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  • her teammates Lillie Leatherwood, 200 m and 400 m gold medalist Valerie Brisco-Hooks and 400 m silver medalist Chandra Cheesborough. Her sister ran in...
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    1984: Valerie Brisco-Hooks 1985: Valerie Brisco-Hooks 1986:  Marita Koch (GDR), Grace Jackson (2nd) 1987:  Grace Jackson (JAM), Valerie Brisco-Hooks (2nd)...
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  • the award in 2015. Andrea Anderson Jerome Bettis Jeanette Bolden Valerie Brisco-Hooks Kori Carter Kerron Clement Ginnie Crawford (née Powell) Shawn Crawford...
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  • lead another five metres by the 200 mark against Valerie Brisco-Hooks. But through the turn Brisco-Hooks started to make some headway. On the final straight...
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  • where she won the Silver medal with her teammates Denean Howard, Valerie Brisco-Hooks and Florence Griffith Joyner. Second place in that race is still...
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    Pursuit of the American 400 meters record, set at 48.83 seconds by Valerie Brisco-Hooks, became Richards-Ross' goal of the 2006 season. Leading into the...
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  • Maria Westlake ("Mrs. Westlake" and "An Early Spring", season 2) Valerie Brisco-Hooks as herself ("Off to the Races", season 2) Roscoe Lee Browne as Dr...
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    Ashford Sharrieffa Barksdale Joan Benoit Jeanette Bolden Cindy Bremser Valerie Brisco-Hooks Alice Brown Judi Brown Julie Brown Robin Campbell Chandra Cheeseborough...
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    Angeles details  United States (USA) Lillie Leatherwood Sherri Howard Valerie Brisco-Hooks Chandra Cheeseborough Diane Dixon* Denean Howard*  Canada (CAN) Charmaine...
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    second-ever Olympic 200 metres/400 metres gold medal double, after Valerie Brisco-Hooks in Los Angeles 1984. Pérec won the 400 metres title in an Olympic...
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    details Valerie Brisco-Hooks  United States 21.81 OR Florence Griffith  United States 22.04 Merlene Ottey  Jamaica 22.09 400 metres details Valerie Brisco-Hooks...
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  • medal): "Real bruins". dailybruin.com. Retrieved January 24, 2020. Valerie Brisco-Hooks (three gold medals and one silver medal): Castro, Tony. "After The...
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  • Caribbean (records)  United States (Denean Howard-Hill, Diane DIxon, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Florence Griffith-Joyner) 3:15.51 Oceania (records)  Australia (Nova...
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    August 6  Gold Carl Lewis Athletics Men's long jump August 6  Gold Valerie Brisco-Hooks Athletics Women's 400 meters August 6  Gold United States women's...
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  • Ashford Sharrieffa Barksdale Joan Benoit Jeanette Bolden Cindy Bremser Valerie Brisco-Hooks Alice Brown Judi Brown Julie Brown Robin Campbell Chandra Cheeseborough...
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    women have won Olympic gold medals in both races in the same year: Valerie Brisco-Hooks in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and Marie-José Pérec...
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    1984: Valerie Brisco-Hooks 1985: Valerie Brisco-Hooks 1986:  Marita Koch (GDR), Grace Jackson (2nd) 1987:  Grace Jackson (JAM), Valerie Brisco-Hooks (2nd)...
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    Gulfport. Other Greenwood highways include Mississippi Highway 7. Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Olympic athlete C. C. Brown, professional football player Nora Jean...
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    Dzhyhalova* 3:15.17 (WR)  United States (USA) Denean Howard Diane Dixon Valerie Brisco-Hooks Florence Griffith Joyner Sherri Howard* Lillie Leatherwood* 3:15...
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    August 2024 Saint-Denis 3 3:15.51 Denean Howard-Hill, Diane Dixon, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Florence Griffith Joyner  United States 1 October 1988 Seoul 4 3:15...
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