Valerie Brisco-Hooks
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| Women's athletics | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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1984 Los Angeles | 200 metres |
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1984 Los Angeles | 400 metres |
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1984 Los Angeles | 4x400 m relay |
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1988 Seoul | 4x400 m relay |
| World Championships | ||
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1987 Rome | 4x400 m relay |
Valerie Ann Brisco-Hooks (born July 6, 1960 in Greenwood, Mississippi) won three gold medals as an Olympic track and field athlete at the 1984 Olympics at Los Angeles, California, making her the first Olympian to win gold medals in both the 200- and 400-meter races at a single Olympics. She also won a gold medal for the 4x400 m. Brisco competed in the 1988 Olympic Games, which took place in Seoul, South Korea, running on the American 4x400 meter-relay team that finished in second place (but above the older record) behind the Soviet team that broke the 4x400 meter-relay world record.
Brisco-Hooks currently is coaching with the Bob Kersee group of athletes.
Television guest appearance
Brisco races Cliff in The Cosby Show episode Off to the Races, first aired Thursday May 8, 1986 on NBC.
External links
- SportingHeroes.net article on Valerie Brisco-Hooks
- 1984 Olympic Women's 200 meters
- 1984 Olympic Women's 400 meters
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- 1960 births
- Living people
- American sprinters
- People from Greenwood, Mississippi
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Athletes at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Athletes at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- American track and field coaches