Cheryl Toussaint
American track and field athlete
Cheryl Toussaint
Full name Cheryl Renee Toussaint Born December 16, 1952 (1952-12-16 ) (age 72)Brooklyn, New York , U.S.
Cheryl Renee Toussaint (born December 16, 1952) is an American athlete who mainly competed in the 800 metres .
She grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn , New York , where she attended Erasmus Hall High School , setting the indoor record in the 600-yard run in 1970, the same year she graduated from high school.[ 1] She competed for the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich where she won the silver medal in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay with her teammates Mable Fergerson , Madeline Manning and 400 m bronze medalists Kathy Hammond .
In 1987, Toussaint founded Tousse Running Apparel, a company designing custom Team track Apparel. Working with GK Elite Sportswear, Toussaint has developed a line of track and field uniforms that can be custom designed online.
in 2015, Cheryl became the Meet Director for the Colgate Women's Games, the nation's largest track and field series for women.[ 2]
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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 )
2023 : Z. Hechavarría , R. Almanza , S. Diago , L. Veitía (CUB )
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
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