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词条 Quincy Watts
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  1. Career

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  3. External links

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| nationality = {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| residence = Los Angeles, California
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|06|19|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan
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| sport = Running
| event = 100 m, 200 m, 400 m
| collegeteam = USC Trojans
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Quincy D. Watts (born June 19, 1970) is a former American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Career

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Quincy Watts attended the University of Southern California where he excelled not only as an athlete but also as a wide receiver on the college football team. He took up track at Sutter Middle School and later went to Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California. In 1987, he ran a 10.36s 100 m, which stands as the Los Angeles city section record, and at the time was the second fastest in CIF history, behind only Henry Thomas' 10.25 in 1985. That same year he repeated as the 200 meters Champion at the CIF California State Championships in Sacramento.

At first, Watts was a short sprinter, specializing for 100 m and 200 m, but the USC coach Jim Bush, convinced him to run 400 m, where he found his success.

In 1992, by far his most successful year, he won the Olympic 400 m title. He twice broke Lee Evans' Olympic record of 43.86, (set at altitude during the 1968 games in Mexico), clocking 43.71 in his semi-final, before going on to record 43.50 in the final. He was a member of the 4 x 400 m relay team, running the second leg in 43.10, which smashed the world record in a time of 2:55.74.

At the World Championships in 1991, Watts won a silver medal in 4x400 relay, which he turned to gold in the next championships in 1993 running the second leg on the team that took almost a second and a half off the World Record he was a part of the year before. That race still stands as the World Record. In the 1993 Individual 400m Final, where Watts was expected to challenge his relay teammates Michael Johnson and Butch Reynolds, his custom built Nike shoe disintegrated as he was coming off the final turn. Continuing to run, he still managed fourth place.[1][2][3] Since this incident, poor Nike shoe quality has been referred to as "doing the Quincy Watts" in track circles. It has also affected Nike's concern for quality control.[4]

In 1994 and 1995, he failed to break 45 seconds and in 1996 finished a disappointing seventh in the US Olympic trials in a time of 45.64. Overshadowed by Michael Johnson, he retired in 1997 and was hired as the head coach to Taft High School. After his tenure at Taft, he worked as an assistant track coach at Harvard-Westlake School. Watts is currently an assistant coach for both Men's and Women's sprints at the University of Southern California and trains a number of professional athletes such as Willie McGinest and Curtis Conway, who was a high school competitor of Watts.[5]

Watts Currently holds the position of Sprints coach at USC.

References

1. ^https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=110&dat=19930820&id=x9ALAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y1UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6903,4809635 AP article
2. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/19/sports/19iht-track_10.html The Quincy Watts Shoe Sole Explosion Alert:Something Smells Here]
3. ^{{Youtube|byHbnIZaFsQ|Quincy Watt Blows a Shoe}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/10ap/SportsLetter/sl696_.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=December 19, 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505015750/http://www.la84foundation.org/10ap/SportsLetter/sl696_.htm |archivedate=May 5, 2010 }} AAF Sportsletter
5. ^{{Youtube|ZCdqmQaghLE|CIF California State Meet 1988 Boys 200}}

External links

  • {{iaaf name|id=4118|name=Quincy Watts}}
  • [https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/profile-he-just-keeps-running-away-quincy-watts-1539222.html "He just keeps running away"] –in depth article from The Independent
  • {{Youtube|aB9mBff3GWM|CIF California State Meet 1987 Boys 200}}
  • {{Youtube|mxXpo9NVx9g|CIF California State Meet 1986 Boys 200}}
  • California State Records before 2000{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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19 : 1970 births|Living people|American male sprinters|American football wide receivers|USC Trojans football players|Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games|Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Olympic track and field athletes of the United States|Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field|University of Southern California alumni|World Championships in Athletics medalists|Track and field athletes from California|Sportspeople from Detroit|Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)|Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States|IAAF world record holders (relay)|Goodwill Games medalists in athletics|William Howard Taft High School (Los Angeles, California) alumni

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