Leonard Byrd (born March 17, 1975, in Fort Rucker , Alabama ) is an American sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres . His personal best time is 44.45 seconds, achieved in May 2002 in Belém , Brazil. This was the fastest time of 2002.
He originally won the gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, together with teammates Antonio Pettigrew ,
Derrick Brew and Angelo Taylor , but the team was disqualified when Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs. He also competed in the individual distance, but only reached the semi-final.
Achievements References
1959 : File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (Grawitz , Quantz , Klappert , Oberste )1961 : File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (Hoppe , Schöll , Graßhoff , Grawitz )1963 : File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (Metcalfe , Boulter , Campbell , Steane )1965 : File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (Bianchi , Iraldo , Frinolli , Bello )1967 : File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (Müller , Röper , Krüsmann , Thiemann )1970 : File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Ulan , Colglazier , Turner , James )1973 : File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Bond , Schultz , Lutz , Jenkins )1975 : File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (Hewelt , Pietrzyk , Gondek , Szlendak )1977 : File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Jennings , Smith , Dale , Andrews )1979 : File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Taylor , Kerr , Harris , McCoy )1981 : File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (Zolotaryev , Fedotov , Burakov , Markin )1983 : File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Nix , Tabron , Babers , Wiley )1985 : File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba (Martínez , Peñalver , Ramos , Hernández )1987 : File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Pierre , Daniel , Patrick , Robinzine )1989 : File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica (O'Connor , Morris , Davis , Burnett )1991 : File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Wilson , Cannon , Irvin , Luke )1993 : File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Jones , Payne , Lyles , Turner )1995 : File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Hayden , Byrd , Morris , Maybank )1997 : File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Terry , Wheeler , Davis , Woodward )1999 : File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (Berrian , Couts , Brew , Davis )2001 : File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (White , Gerding , Couts , Pierce )2003 : File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine (Demchenko , Zyukov , Horbenko , Tverdostup )2005 : File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (Wieruszewski , Dąbrowski , Kędzia , Klimczak )2007 : File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (Bańka , Klimczak , Kędzia , Dąbrowski )2009 : File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (Troode , Cole , Thomas , Wroe , Watkins Burstow 2011 : File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Sigalovsky , Buryak , Vazhov , Kruglyakov )2013 : File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Dyldin , Buryak , Kashefrazov , Krasnov )2015 : File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic (J. Santos , Cuesta , Mercedes , L. Santos )2017 : File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic (J. Santos , L. Charles , A. Charles , L. Santos )2019 : File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (Vega , Jiménez , Ramírez , Mendoza )2021 : File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey (Çanakçi , Ençü , Akçam , Nezir )
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