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| Full name | Meredith Lee Rainey | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 15, 1968 (age 55) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
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Meredith Lee Rainey-Valmon (born October 15, 1968, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American runner who specialized in the 800 metres.
Her personal best time was 1:57.04 minutes, achieved at the 1996 Olympic Trials. She is also a two-time Olympian, in 1992 and 1996.[1] In 1996, she married fellow US Olympian, 400m runner and 1992 Olympic 4x400 gold medalist Andrew Valmon.
Running for Harvard University, she dominated Ivy League competition[2] and won two NCAA Championships in the 800 meters in 1989, Indoors and Outdoors.[3] She graduated in 1990.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Meredith Rainey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
- ^ "The Ivy Influence: Meredith Rainey Valmon".
- ^ Rhoden, William C. (July 20, 1991). "Sports of the Times; A Sense of Love and Values". The New York Times.