American athlete (born 1966)
Jearl Miles Clark
Jearl Miles Clark on the awards stand in Sydney
Born September 4, 1966 (1966-09-04 ) (age 55)Gainesville, Florida , U.S.
Jearl Atawa Miles Clark (née Miles ; born September 4, 1966 in Gainesville, Florida ) is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 and 800 meters.[1]
She held the American record in the women's 800 m at 1:56.40.
She competed for the United States in the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona , Spain in the 4 x 400 meters where she won the silver medal with her teammates Natasha Kaiser , Gwen Torrence and Rochelle Stevens .
She returned to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , U.S. where she again ran with Rochelle Stevens and fellow Americans Maicel Malone and Kim Graham to win the gold medal in the 4 x 400 meters.
She made a third appearance in the Olympics in the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney , Australia and again walked off with the gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres with her teammates Monique Hennagan , Marion Jones and LaTasha Colander-Richardson . This medal was later stripped due to steroid doping admissions of Marion Jones. However, she and 6 other members of the team would successfully appeal the decision to strip them of their medals in July 2010.[2]
She is married to J. J. Clark, brother of Olympians Joetta Clark and Hazel Clark . Her father-in-law is Joe Louis Clark .
She was a volunteer track and field coach at the University of Connecticut , where her husband worked as head coach for track and field. She was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2010.[3] [4]
Miles-Clark is a 1989 graduate of Alabama A&M University .
She currently resides with her husband, J.J. and their son, Jorell in California.
Olympic champions in women's 4 × 400 metres relay
1972 : Dagmar Käsling , Rita Kühne , Helga Seidler , Monika Zehrt (GDR )
1976 : Doris Maletzki , Brigitte Rohde , Ellen Streidt , Christina Brehmer (GDR )
1980 : Tatyana Prorochenko , Tatyana Goyshchik , Nina Zyuskova , Irina Nazarova (URS )
1984 : Lillie Leatherwood , Sherri Howard , Valerie Brisco-Hooks , Chandra Cheeseborough , Diane Dixon , Denean Howard (USA )
1988 : Tatyana Ledovskaya , Olga Nazarova , Mariya Pinigina , Olha Bryzhina , Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova (URS )
1992 : Yelena Ruzina , Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova , Olga Nazarova , Olha Bryzhina , Liliya Nurutdinova , Marina Shmonina (EUN )
1996 : Rochelle Stevens , Maicel Malone-Wallace , Kim Graham , Jearl Miles , Linetta Wilson (USA )
2000 : Jearl Miles Clark , Monique Hennagan , LaTasha Colander , Andrea Anderson (USA )
2004 : DeeDee Trotter , Monique Henderson , Sanya Richards , Monique Hennagan , Moushaumi Robinson (USA )
2008 : Mary Wineberg , Allyson Felix , Monique Henderson , Sanya Richards , Natasha Hastings (USA )
2012 : DeeDee Trotter , Allyson Felix , Francena McCorory , Sanya Richards-Ross , Keshia Baker , Diamond Dixon (USA )
2016 : Allyson Felix , Phyllis Francis , Natasha Hastings , Courtney Okolo , Taylor Ellis-Watson , Francena McCorory (USA )
2020 : Sydney McLaughlin , Allyson Felix , Dalilah Muhammad , Athing Mu , Kaylin Whitney , Wadeline Jonathas , Kendall Ellis , Lynna Irby (USA )
World champions in women's 400 metres
World Indoor Champions in women's 400 metres
IAAF World / Continental Cup champions in women's 400 metres
Pan American Champions in women's 4 × 400 metres relay
1971 : C. Toussaint , E. Stroy , G. Norman, M. Laing (USA )
1975 : J. Yakubowich , M. MacGowan , R. Campbell , J. McTaggart (CAN )
1979 : E. Kelley , S. Dabney , P. Jackson , R. Bryant (USA )
1983 : A. Jackson , J. Brown , E. Gabriel, K. Bolton (USA )
1987 : D. Dixon , R. Stevens , V. Brisco-Hooks , D. Howard (USA )
1991 : J. Miles , M. Malone , N. Kaiser , T. Downing (USA )
1995 : I. Bonne , S. Morales , N. McLeón , J. Duporty (CUB )
1999 : J. Duporty , Z. Calatayud , I. Bonne , D. Pernía (CUB )
2003 : M. Barber , M. Robinson , J. Clay, D. Trotter (USA )
2007 : A. Martínez , D. Pernía , Z. Calatayud , I. Terrero (CUB )
2011 : A. Martínez , D. Peña , S. Clement , D. Bonne (CUB )
2015 : S. Little , K. Jefferson , S. Wimbley , K. Baisden (USA )
2019 : L. Irby , J. Stepter, A. Cockrell , C. Okolo (USA )
US National Championship winners in women's 400-meter dash
1958–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1980–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–presentUSA Track & Field Notes
OT : Since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event.
2020 OT : The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Distance :The event was over 440 yards until 1932, 1955, 1957–8, 1961–3, 1965–6, 1969–70 and 1973–4
US National Championship winners in women's 800-meter dash
1927–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1980–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–presentUSA Track & Field Notes
OT : 1928, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event.
2020 OT : The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Distance :The event was over 880 yards in 1958, 1961–3, 1965–6, 1969–70 and 1973–4
US National Championship winners in women's indoor 400-meter dash
1959–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1980–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–presentUSA Track & Field Notes *Distances have varied as follows: 440 yards (1959–1986), 400 meters (1987–date) alternating with 300 meters in odd numbered years starting 2015
US National Championship winners in women's indoor 800-meter dash
1959–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1980–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–presentUSA Track & Field Notes *Distances have varied as follows: 880 yards (1959–1986), 800 meters (1987–date) except 1000 meters (2015, 2017,2019)
1992 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification Men's track and road athletes Men's field athletes Women's track and road athletes Women's field athletes Coaches
Mel Rosen (men's head coach)
Harry Groves (men's assistant coach)
Erv Hunt (men's assistant coach)
Ed Jacoby (men's assistant coach)
Bill Moultrie (men's assistant coach)
Fred Samara (men's assistant coach)
Barbara Jacket (women's head coach)
Dorothy Doolittle (women's assistant coach)
Lance Harter (women's assistant coach)
Bert Lyle (women's assistant coach)
1996 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification Men's track and road athletes Men's field athletes Women's track and road athletes Women's field athletes Coaches —
2000 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification Men's track and road athletes Men's field athletes Women's track and road athletes Women's field athletes Coaches
John Chaplin (men's head coach)
Dick Booth (men's assistant coach)
Dixon Farmer (men's assistant coach)
Rob Johnson (men's assistant coach)
John Moon (men's assistant coach)
Jerry Quiller (men's assistant coach)
Jay Silvester (men's assistant coach)
Bubba Thornton (men's assistant coach)
Karen Dennis (women's head coach)
Sandy Fowler (women's assistant coach)
Ernest Gregoire (women's assistant coach)
Judy Harrison (women's assistant coach)
Rita Somerlot (women's assistant coach)
LaVerne Sweat (women's assistant coach)
Mark Young (women's assistant coach)
2004 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification Men's track and road athletes Men's field athletes Women's track and road athletes Women's field athletes Coaches —