Jeff Demps

Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1990-01-08) January 8, 1990 (age 22) Winter Garden, Florida
Residence	Gainesville, Florida
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	100 meters, 200 meters
College team	Florida Gators
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100m: 10.01 s (Eugene 2008) 200m: 21.04 s (Knoxville 2007)

Jeffery Demps (born January 8, 1990) is an American sprinter and former American football running back. He attends the University of Florida in his senior year, where he is a member of Florida Gators football team as well as the men's track team. Demps is particularly notable for equaling the 100 meters world junior record with a time of 10.01 seconds in June 2008.^[1] In January 2012, Demps decided to focus on the 2012 United States Olympic Trials instead of the 2012 NFL Draft, pursuing a career in track rather than professional football.^[2]

High school career[link]

Demps attended South Lake High School in Groveland, Florida, where he was a second-team Class 4A all-state selection at running back, gaining 1,401 yards on the ground, along with 16 touchdowns on 157 carries during his senior year. As a junior, he rushed for 21 scores and 1,761 yards on 170 touches, earning second-team all-state Class 3A selection honors. Regarded as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Demps was listed as the #36 football prospect from the state of Florida in 2008.^[3]

In track, he ran the 100 meters at the Florida state final, the fastest time recorded at that event at 10.37 seconds. He also clocked a 10.25 at the AAU Junior Olympics, the second-fastest time ever in the state and the fastest clocking recorded by a high school senior that year. Competing at the 2008 U.S. Olympic track trials, Demps set a new national high school record with 10.01 seconds, beating J-Mee Samuels' 10.08 sec. His time also equaled the 100 meters world junior record, originally established by Darrel Brown in 2003.

College career[link]

American football[link]

Jeffery Demps played a key role in Florida's 3rd national title, rushing 78 times for 605 yards, averaging 7.8 yards per carry.

Stats[link]

Track[link]

In 2009, Demps competed in four outdoor meets for the Gators track and field team. He ran the anchor leg of Florida’s SEC Championship 4×100m relay team (alongside Jeremy Hall, Calvin Smith, and Terrell Wilks), which recorded the third-fastest time in school history (38.74) and won Florida's first the 4×100-meter relay title since the 2004 season. Following an injury, Demps only ran a 10.30 over 100 meters at the SEC Championships, placing him ninth overall. At the War Eagle Invitational, Demps helped the Gators win the 4×100-meter relay.

In March 2010, Demps won the 60 meters in 6.56 sec at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Three months later at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, he beat favored Rondell Sorrillo by a margin of .13 seconds, claiming the school’s first 100-meter NCAA title since Bernard Williams won in 2000. Demps' time of 9.96 would have been a new school record had the race not been heavily wind-aided (+2.5 m/s).^[4] He claimed the 2012 NCAA Indoor title over 60 meters with a personal best run of 6.52 in the heats, then time of 6.56 seconds to win the final.^[5] At the 85th Texas Relays in March 2012, Demps won the 100 metres in the university group, ahead of Aaron Ernest of LSU.^[6]

Personal bests[link]

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Longman, Jeré (October 23, 2008). "Fastest Man in Pads May Be Florida’s Tailback". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/sports/football/24florida.html. 

External links[link]

• IAAF profile for Jeff Demps
• DyeStat profile for Jeff Demps
• Florida Gators track and field bio
• Florida Gators football bio

Justin Gatlin

Justin Gatlin after winning the 100 m event at the 2005 IAAF World Championships
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1982-02-10) February 10, 1982 (age 30) Brooklyn, New York, United States
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Sport
Sport	Track & Field
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100m: 9.85 (Athens 2004) 200m: 19.86 (Starkville 2002)
Medal record Competitor for  United States Men’s athletics Olympic Games Gold 2004 Athens 100 m Bronze 2004 Athens 200 m Silver 2004 Athens 4×100 m relay World Championships Gold 2005 Helsinki 100 m Gold 2005 Helsinki 200 m World Indoor Championships Gold 2003 Birmingham 60 m Gold 2012 Istanbul 60 m

Justin Gatlin (born February 10, 1982) is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds and two-time World indoor champion in the 60-meter dash. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.

Biography[link]

Gatlin attended Woodham High School in Pensacola, Florida.

In the fall of 2000, Gatlin arrived at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, as a good high school 110 m hurdler. During high school, Justin was recruited for track by coaches Vince Anderson and Bill Webb who quickly realized his potential and turned him into a sprinter.^[1] After training and competing in UT's program for two years under the guidance of former Tennessee assistant Vince Anderson, Gatlin won six consecutive NCAA titles. In the fall of 2002, Gatlin left Tennessee after his sophomore season to join the professional ranks. Just two years later, he won the gold medal in the 100 m (9.85 s) at the 2004 Summer Olympics, narrowly beating Francis Obikwelu of Portugal and the defending champion Maurice Greene. He also won a bronze medal in a USA sweep of the 200 m race, and a silver medal as a member of the 4 x 100 m relay squad. In the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, he again triumphed over 2003 champion Kim Collins, capturing the gold medal in the 100 m.

Gatlin's Olympic 100 m final time is the third fastest in Olympic history, and his fastest recorded 200 m time of 19.86 seconds, although wind-aided, is the fastest mark for a junior (under 20) athlete.

In 2001, Gatlin was banned from international competition for two years after testing positive for amphetamines. Gatlin appealed on the grounds that the positive test had been due to medication that he had been taking since his childhood, when he was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder. The appeal resulted in an early reinstatement by the IAAF.^[2]

On August 7, 2005, Gatlin clocked a 100 m time of 9.88 seconds to win the World Championship in Helsinki. Starting as a favorite and with world record holder Asafa Powell not competing due to injury, Gatlin beat his competitors by the widest margin ever seen at a men's World Championship 100 m to capture the Olympic-World Championship double.

Gatlin also won the 200 m in Helsinki, becoming the second person in athletics history to win both sprint distances during a single World Championship (the first was Maurice Greene during the 1999 championships in Seville, the third – Tyson Gay during the 2007 championships in Osaka and the 4th - Usain Bolt during the 2009 championships in Berlin). In the 200 m event, American athletes earned the top four places, the first time any country had done so in World Championship athletics history.

On May 12, 2006, Gatlin, running in the final of the IAAF Super Tour meeting in Doha, Qatar, equalled the 100 m world record of 9.77s(set in 2005 by Jamaica's Asafa Powell). It had originally been reported that he had beaten the record, with a time of 9.76 seconds +1.7 m/s wind. However, the IAAF revealed on May 16 that his time had been 9.766 seconds, which was subsequently rounded up to 9.77, in line with regulations.^[3] Shortly thereafter, with the track and field community itching for a Gatlin-Powell showdown, the two both appeared at the Prefontaine Classic in Oregon. No agreement could be reached with the meet organizers, however, so the two competed in separate heats, but Gatlin won the event with a time of 9.88 seconds over Powell's 9.93 seconds.

Gatlin pulled out of a meeting with Powell set for July 28, 2006 at the London Grand Prix.

Gatlin is currently living and training in Kissimmee, FL under coach Brooks Johnson. He is a regular competitor on Spike TV's show Pros vs Joes, which pits professional athletes against nonprofessionals.

On December 19, 2006 ESPN reported that Gatlin will work with Woodham High School's track team as a voluntary coach. He will help his old high school with "some workouts, sprint work, block work, where he sees something and can give encouragement."^[4]

Doping case[link]

Gatlin in 2009

On July 29, 2006 Justin Gatlin told the media that he had been informed by the USADA that he had given a positive doping test in April the same year. He did, however, claim his innocence in the matter: "I cannot account for these results, because I have never knowingly used any banned substance or authorized anyone to administer such a substance to me."^[5]

It is believed that the substance that Gatlin has tested positive for was "testosterone or its precursor."^[6] The failed test was revealed after a relay race on April 22, 2006 in Lawrence, Kansas. The "B" sample was confirmed as positive in July.

Gatlin is coached by Trevor Graham. Among athletes Graham has coached, eight have tested positive or received bans for performance enhancing drugs.^[7] After Gatlin's failed test, Graham stated in an interview that Gatlin had been sabotaged.^[8] Specifically, he blamed massage therapist Christopher Whetstine, for rubbing a creme with testosterone onto Gatlin without his knowledge. The therapist denied this claim, saying: "Trevor Graham is not speaking on behalf of Justin Gatlin and the story about me is not true."^[9]

On August 22, 2006 Gatlin agreed to an eight-year ban from track and field, avoiding a lifetime ban in exchange for his cooperation with the doping authorities, and because of the "exceptional circumstances" surrounding his first positive drug test.^[10] However, on December 31, 2007, in the final ruling, Gatlin received a four-year ban from athletics. Furthermore, his 9.77 performance, set in May 2006, was annulled.

Possible NFL career[link]

It was reported that Gatlin planned to serve his four-year ban from the track on a football field. On November 29, 2006 ESPN reported that Gatlin had worked out with the Houston Texans, although, he has little football experience and "has not played football since 10th grade".^[11]

On May 4, 2007 The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced that Gatlin was one of 28 free agents taken to their 2007 rookie camp on tryout contracts, and was considered to be the most intriguing unsigned athlete in attendance. He tried out for the team as a wide receiver. He was unsuccessful though he stated that he believed that he had all the necessary skills and that the only reason he did not make the team was because coaches viewed him as a "Track guy."^[12][13]

On March 13, 2008 Gatlin performed at the Titans' NFL pro day. His numbers were as follows: 4.45 and 4.42 in the 40-yard dash. Had a 40 ½-inch vertical jump, 11-foot (3.4 m) long jump, 4.4 short shuttle and 7.36 cone drill and 12 reps in the bench press. The former Olympic sprinter did not get signed by any NFL teams.

Return[link]

Gatlin celebrating his win at the 2012 World Indoor Championships.

On August 3, 2010 Gatlin made his return to the athletics circuit after the four-year doping ban with a tour of Estonia and Finland. He won the 100 m in Rakvere, recording 10.24 seconds.^[14] At the Ergo World Challenge meeting in Tallinn he improved further with a win in 10.17 seconds. His coach, Loren Seagrave, acknowledged that the sprinter's starts were poor, but that Gatlin's finish to the race remained strong.^[15] Running at the final meet of the Finnish Elite Games series in Joensuu, Gatlin won in the absence of injured Steve Mullings.^[16] In Rovereto, Italy, on August 31, 2010 Gatlin got second place with a 10.09 run behind Yohan Blake, who won in 10.06 seconds.

On June 25, 2011, in the 2011 USA Track & Field Championships, Gatlin placed second behind Walter Dix with a time of 9.95 seconds, a season's best and represented the United States at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, where he was eliminated in the semifinals.

On the Japanese television show "Kasupe!" airing November 1, 2011, Gatlin ran a wind-aided 100 meter time of 9.45 seconds, the "aid" coming from a large wind machine blowing at speeds over 25 meters per second. Gatlin received 2 million yen (approximately $25,000) for appearing on the program.^[17]

At the 2012 Diamond League meeting in Doha, Gatlin ran an impressive 9.87 seconds, defeating Asafa Powell by one hundredth of a second and putting himself as a favourite for a medal at the London Olympics. This victory at the Qatar Sports Club marked his return to the venue where he broke the world record in 2006, only for it to be wiped off the record book following testing positive for testosterone.^[18]

See also[link]

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
• World record progression 100 metres men

References[link]

External links[link]

• IAAF profile for Justin Gatlin
• BBC report of Gatlin's World Championship win
• Michael Johnson on Justin Gatlin
• United States Olympic team biography of Justin Gatlin
• BBC: Gatlin denied outright 100 m mark

Awards
Preceded by No Award Given	Men's Track & Field ESPY Award 2006	Succeeded by Jeremy Wariner

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Career[link]

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