Derrick Adkins

Olympian - Track & Field

Derrick Adkins winning gold in Atlanta.Name: Derrick Adkins

Sport: Track & Field

Hometown: Lakeview, NY

Current location: New York, NY

Why did you want to be an Athlete Presenter? Promoting clean sport is important to me because it was frustrating competing against drug cheats when I was an athlete.

Favorite Sport to play outside of main sport: Skiing.

Top 5 accomplishments in sport:

  1. Gold medal in the 400m hurdles at the 1996 Olympic Games
  2. 1995 World Champion in the 400m hurdles
  3. Two-time American Champion, 1994 and 1995
  4. Diamon League Champion: Zurich, Paris, Brussels, Monaco
  5. 1992 NCAA Champion for Georgia Tech in the 4x400m relay

Social media: Facebook: @Derrick Adkins OLY

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