Sandra Myers

Sandra Myers (born January 9, 1961 in Little River, Kansas) is a retired 400 metres sprinter who represented Spain after switching from the United States. She became US champion at 400 metres hurdles in 1981, but received Spanish nationality in 1987 and competed for Spain since. In 1991 she won a silver medal at the World Indoor Championships and a bronze medal at the World Championships.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing United States
1981	World Cup	Rome, Italy	7th	400 m hurdles	59.95
Representing Spain
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	9th (sf)	60 m	7.32
	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	12th	Long jump	6.12 m
	Ibero-American Championships	Mexico City, Mexico	1st	100m	11.47 (+0.0 m/s) A
			3rd	Long jump	6.38 m A
			1st	4x100m relay	44.47 A
1989	World Cup	Barcelona, Spain	6th	100 m	11.36
1989	World Cup	Barcelona, Spain	5th	4x100m relay	44.62
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	4th	200 m	23.08
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	4th	200 m	22.38
	Ibero-American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	1st	100m	11.50 (+0.6 m/s)
			2nd	4x100m relay	45.60
			2nd	4x400m relay	3:35.2
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	2nd	400 m	50.99
	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	4th	4x400m relay	3:31.86
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	400 m	49.78
			11th (h)	4x100m relay	44.08
			7th	4x400m relay	3:27.57
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	1st	400 m	51.21
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	4th	400 m	51.45
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	6th	400 m	51.22
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th (h)	400 m	51.93¹
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	12th (sf)	400 m	51.45
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	10th (sf)	400 m	51.03
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	13th (h)	4x400 m relay	3:31.71
1996	European Indoor Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	1st	200 m	23.15
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	20th (qf)	200 m	23.20
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	14th (sf)	400 m	51.42

¹Did not finish in the semifinals

Personal bests

100 metres: 11.06 s (1991)
200 metres: 22.38 s (1990)
400 metres: 49.67 s (1991)
Long jump: 6.60 m (1988)

External links

Sandra Myers profile at IAAF

US National Championship winners in women's 400-meter hurdles

1969–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1969–1972: Pat Hawkins 1973: Gale Fitzgerald 1974: Andrea Bruce 1975: Debbie Esser 1976: Arthurene Gainer 1977: Mary Ayers 1978: Debbie Esser 1979: Edna Brown

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Esther Mahr 1981: Sandra Myers 1982: Tammy Etienne 1983: Sharrieffa Barksdale 1984–1987: Judi Brown King 1988: Schowonda Williams 1989: Sandra Farmer-Patrick 1990: Janeene Vickers 1991: Kim Batten 1992: Sandra Farmer-Patrick

1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Sandra Farmer-Patrick 1994–1998: Kim Batten 1999–2002: Sandra Glover 2003: Raasin McIntosh (LBR) 2004: Sheena Johnson 2005–2006: Lashinda Demus 2007–2008: Tiffany Ross-Williams 2009: Lashinda Demus 2010: Ti'erra Brown 2011–2012: Lashinda Demus 2013: Dalilah Muhammad 2014: Kori Carter 2015: Shamier Little 2016: Dalilah Muhammad

Notes	OT: Since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event. Distance:The event was over 200 meters 1969-1972

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