Mikele Barber

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Mikele Barber
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World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Osaka 4x100 m relay
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Rio de Janeiro 100 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Rio de Janeiro 4x100 m relay

Mikele "Miki" Ronisse Barber (born October 4, 1980, in Livingston, New Jersey) is an American sprinter who won gold at the 4 x 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]

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References

  1. "The Riley Youth Foundation Hosts Fourth AnnualFundraiser Gala". Los Angeles Sentinel. 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  2. "SOME QUICK BARBERING TWIN SPRINTERS MIKI AND LISA BARBER OF SOUTH CAROLINA BUZZED THE NCAAS". Sports Illustrated. 20 March 2000. Retrieved 6 June 2024.