Milton Campbell (born May 15, 1976) is a former track and field athlete from the United States who mainly competes in the 400 metres.
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| Born | May 15, 1976 (age 48) |
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His success comes during the indoor season. At the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships he set a world record of 3:02.83m over 4 x 400 metres relay together with Andre Morris, Dameon Johnson and Deon Minor.
Campbell won the American Indoor Championships over 400 metres in 2004 and 2006.
Campbell is originally from Atlanta, Georgia. He was a junior state, regional, and national champion runner with Quicksilver Track Club from Atlanta. In junior track, Campbell was as dominant in the 1500 meters as he was in the 800 and 400 meters. In college, he competed for the North Carolina Tar Heels track and field team.[1]
Campbell was a state champion in the 400 and 800 meters for Douglass High School of northwest Atlanta in Georgia's then-largest division, 4A.
Personal bests
edit- 200 metres – 20.47 (2002)-Atlanta USA
- 400 metres – 44.67 (1997)-Stuttgart Germany
- 800 metres – 1:50.96 (2004)-Atlanta USA
- 4 x 400 meters relay-3:02.83 (1999)- Maeboshi Japan [1]
Achievements
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing the  United States
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| 1994 | World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.32 |
| 1999 | World Indoor Championships[2] | Maebashi, Japan | 2nd | 400 metres | 45.99 |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:02.83 WR | |||
| 2001 | World Indoor Championships[3] | Lisboa, Portugal | 2nd | 400 metres | 46.45 |
| 2003 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, England | — | 4 × 400 m relay | DQ |
| 2004 | World Indoor Championships[4] | Budapest, Hungary | 5th | 400 metres | 46.74 |
| 2006 | World Indoor Championships | Moscow, Russia | 5th | 400 metres | 46.15 |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.24 | |||
References
edit- ^ "Men's 4x400 Earns Second-Team All-America Honors". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
- ^ "IAAF News - Event Index". Archived from the original on August 5, 2011. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Men 400m World Indoor Championship Budapest (HUN) 2004 - Saturday 06.03".
External links
edit- Milton Campbell at All-Athletics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2017-07-01)
- Milton Campbell at World Athletics
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