Born: January 10, 1959 - Jacksonville, Florida. Although only 16 years old, Chandra Cheeseborough broken onto the international track scene in spectacular fashion by winning two gold medals at the 1975 Pan American Games, taking the 200m in an American record time of 22.77.

Personal Bests 100 metres – 11.13sec. Madison Square Garden, New York Field: 1 Janet Dodson 2 Chandra Cheeseborough 3 …

Chandra Cheeseborough Induction- March - 2000: ... She finished sixth in the 100 meters in the Olympics that year held in Montreal, Canada. As a young girl she outran every boy in the neighborhood. In 2008, Cheeseborough-Guice was named the sprinter's coach for the 2008 USA Team that competed in the Beijing, China Olympics.

Chandra Cheeseborough-Guice.

Chandra made Olympic history by running a leg on the Gold Medal Relay Team in the same Olympics. Chandra Cheeseborough) 3:18.29: OR ... 1984 Men's Olympic Track & Field Medalists 1984 Olympics Track & Field Medal Winners. Olympic Gold & Silver Medalist Track & Field Coach, Tennessee State University Nashville, TN B.A., College of Education NCAA Indoor Track & Field Champion (640-yard relay, 800-yard sprint medley relay) Qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team. Leave a comment. In March 2007 it was announced that Cheeseborough would be the assistant coach for the 2008 Olympic team Cheeseborough coached the sprints and hurdles for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

USA captured 23 medals which included 10 gold, eight silver, five bronze medals. Received Congressional Gold

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Chandra Cheeseborough. Cheeseborough-Guice worked directly with the women’s sprinters and hurdlers, who took home 10 of the team’s 41 medals at the games.
Getty Images. The 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles saw Cheeseborough’s best Olympic performance, running a leg on two gold-medal relay teams and taking silver in the 400-meter dash.

Chandra Cheeseborough 1983 Indoor National Championship 200yards. In the last of our series ahead of the IAAF/BTC World Relays Bahamas 2017 set for Nassau on 22-23 April, we ask 1984 Olympic 400m silver medallist Chandra Cheeseborough-Guice to select her all-star women’s 4x400m team.

Born to two athletic parents and growing up behind an older sister who jumped 5’7” as a prep in 1970, she couldn’t help but be encouraged and inspired. She also qualified for the ill-fated 1980 Olympic team in the 100 meter and 200 meter sprints. Chandra Cheeseborough. According to “Track’s Greatest Women” by John Henershott, 1984 saw a “new” Cheeseborough emerge in the 400 meter. Events 200 m - 21.99 400 m - 49.05. Associated Press Sep 23, 2016, 8:53 AM EDT.

Inducted: 2000, athlete.

She set American records before the Olympics in Los Angeles and won a Silver Medal in the 400-meter at the Olympics. Chandra Cheeseborough’s life has been a collection of very fast, very significant footsteps. It was clear fairly early on that Chandra Cheeseborough might be a pretty good athlete.

As a teenager her feet carried her into the track and field spotlight, where she set American records, won Olympic gold medals and international acclaim.