Mikele Barber
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| Born | October 4, 1980 Livingston, New Jersey, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | South Carolina Gamecocks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mikele "Miki" Ronisse Barber (born October 4, 1980) is an American sprinter who won gold at the 4 × 100 meters relay event in 2007 World Championships in Athletics, in Osaka, Japan, and an individual gold medal at the 100 meters in 2007 Pan Am Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
She is the twin sister of Me'Lisa Barber,[1] who has also won relay medals on the world stage.
Running for the South Carolina Gamecocks track and field team, Barber won the 2001 4 × 400 meter relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Riley Youth Foundation Hosts Fourth AnnualFundraiser Gala". Los Angeles Sentinel. 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- ^ "SOME QUICK BARBERING TWIN SPRINTERS MIKI AND LISA BARBER OF SOUTH CAROLINA BUZZED THE NCAAS". Sports Illustrated. 20 March 2000. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- Mikele Barber at World Athletics
- Mikele Barber at legacy.USATF.org (archived)
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