Andrew Valmon
American former 400 meters runner (born 1965) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Andrew Orlando Valmon (born January 1, 1965) is an American former 400 meters runner.
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Full name | Andrew Orlando Valmon |
Born | January 1, 1965 (1965-01) (age 59) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
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Valmon was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Manchester Township, New Jersey, where he attended Manchester Township High School.[1] He attended college at Seton Hall University and graduated in 1987 with a degree in communications.[2]
Valmon won the silver medal at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in 1991 in Seville. In 1992 he won a gold medal with the American 4 × 400 m relay team at the Olympic Games in Barcelona. The same year, Valmon set his personal best of 44.28 seconds.
He is now the track & field head coach at the University of Maryland, and coaches a summer camp at the university. He is married to Meredith Rainey, who is also an Olympic runner.[3] Valmon is a member of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.[4]