Andre Phillips
{{short description|American hurdler}}
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| full_name = André Lamar Phillips
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|September 5, 1959}}
| birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
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{{MedalSport | Men's athletics }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalGold | 1988 Seoul | 400 m hurdles }}
{{MedalCompetition | Athletics World Cup }}
{{MedalGold | 1985 Canberra |400 hurdles }}
{{MedalGold | 1985 Canberra | 4 × 400 m relay }}
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André Lamar Phillips (born September 5, 1959) is a retired American track and field athlete who is best known for winning the 400 metres hurdles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games.
Phillips spent most of his career in the shadow of his idol, Edwin Moses, frequently as runner up during Moses' unequaled winning streak. He managed to beat him once, at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. In 1983, Phillips finished fifth in the 400 m hurdles at the inaugural World Athletics Championships. In 1985, in absence of Moses, Phillips won his only US National Championship title, and also won the IAAF World Cup. In 1988, Phillips lost to Moses at the Olympic trials, but showed a good pace at Olympics, winning his heat and semifinal. In the final, Phillips ran his personal best 47.19 to win a gold medal, beating second-place Amadou Dia Ba from Senegal by 0.04 seconds. At the time he was the second fastest individual over the hurdles. The two times currently still rank them as the #10 and #11 performers of all time. Although Moses ran his fastest Olympic final, he finished only third in a time of 47.56. It was the final race of Moses' career.
In 2009, Phillips was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=236 |title=Andre Phillips |website=legacy.usatf.org |publisher=USA Track & Field |access-date=2009-04-01}}
Phillips attended at University of California, Los Angeles, and won the 400 m hurdles at the NCAA championships in 1981. Prior to that, he attended Quimby Oak Jr. High and Silver Creek High School in San Jose, California, where he won the CIF California State Meet in the 330-yard low hurdles in 1977.{{cite web |url=http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/stateres.htm |title=California State Meet Results – 1915 to present |website=prepcaltrack.com |publisher=Hank Lawson |access-date=2012-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006092406/http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/stateres.htm |archive-date=2014-10-06 |url-status=dead}} in 36.43, which also remains the school record for the event at Silver Creek High School. He joins 1976 4x100 meter relay Gold medalist, and individual 200 meters Silver medalist Millard Hampton, in one of the rare instances (the school claims only eight exist) of two unrelated Olympic Gold Medalists coming from the same high school. Silver Creek continues to host the "Hampton Phillips Classic" named in their honor.{{cite web |url=http://www.hampton-phillips2010.com/ |title=Hampton-Phillips Track Meet for 2010 |website=hampton-phillips2010.com |access-date=2010-09-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601155601/http://www.hampton-phillips2010.com/ |archive-date=2010-06-01}} Hampton Phillips
Phillips is a former teacher at Stagg High School, a former Assistant Principal at Franklin High School, and is now the current Principal at Stagg High School in Stockton, California. Phillips earned his educational doctorate (Ed.D.) at Concordia University Irvine.
References
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- Wallechinksy, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Track & Field (Men): 400-Meter Hurdles". In The Complete Book of the Olympics – 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. pp. 165–6.
External links
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- {{USATF Hall of Fame|id=236}}
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| before = {{flagicon|USA}} Edwin Moses
| title = Men's 400 m Hurdles Best Year Performance
| years = 1988
| after = {{flagicon|USA}} Kevin Young
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Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
Category:Track and field athletes from Milwaukee
Category:Track and field athletes from San Jose, California
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