Kathy Hammond

Last updated

Kathy Hammond
Personal information
Full nameKathleen Hammond
BornNovember 2, 1951 (1951-11-02) (age 73)
Sacramento, California, U.S.
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of the United States.svg United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1972 Munich 4 × 400 meters
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1972 Munich 400 meters

Kathleen "Kathy" Hammond (born November 2, 1951) is an American athlete who mainly competed in the 400 meters. [1]

Contents

Hammond was born in Sacramento, California. She was a child prodigy, winning the National Indoor Championship at 440 yards in 1967, when she was just 15 year old.

She competed for the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany where she won the bronze medal in the women's 400 meters. She then competed in the 4 × 400 meters where she won the silver medal with her teammates Mable Fergerson, Madeline Manning and Cheryl Toussaint.

Club Affiliation: Kathy Hammond represented the Sacramento Road Runners in 1971, and the Will's Spikettes in 1967–1970. She broke the American Record at 440-yards in 52.2 8/12/1972. [2]

In 2018, Hammond was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame. [3]

Rankings

Hammond was ranked among the best in the US and the world in the 400 m sprint from 1967 to 1972, according to the votes of the experts of Track and Field News . [4] [5]

400 meters
YearWorld rankUS rank
19675th2nd
196810th2nd
19692nd1st
19703rd1st
1971--
19723rd1st

USA Championships

Hammond was a very successful competitor at 400 m in the USA National Track and Field Championships between 1967 and 1973: [6]

USA Championships
Year400m
19672nd
1968-
19691st
19704th
1971-
19721st
19733rd

References=

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kathy Hammond". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
  2. ↑ Tricard, Louise Mead (1996). American Women's Track & Field (First ed.). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. ISBN   0-7864-0219-9.
  3. ↑ "USA Track & Field – Olympic medalists Dwight Phillips, Kathy Hammond and longtime contributor Bob Hersh named to National". Legacy.usatf.org. October 4, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  4. ↑ "World Rankings Index--Women's 400 meters" (PDF). Track and Field News.
  5. ↑ "U.S. Rankings Index--Women's 400 meters" (PDF). Track and Field News.
  6. ↑ "History of US Nationals Results: 400 Meters – Women". Track and Field News.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.