Darnell Hall
{{short description|American sprinter (born 1971)}}
{{distinguish|text=Darnall Hall, a dormitory at Georgetown University}}
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|September 26, 1971}}
| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
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{{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
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{{MedalGold | 1992 Barcelona | 4x400 metres relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}}
{{MedalGold |1993 Toronto|4x400 m metres relay}}
{{MedalGold |1995 Barcelona|400 metres}}
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Darnell Kenneth Hall (born September 26, 1971){{cite web |url=http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/TrackAndFieldArchive/1997/hall.asp |title=Darnell Hall |publisher=USA Track & Field |access-date=December 21, 2010 |archive-date=January 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112041026/http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/TrackAndFieldArchive/1997/hall.asp |url-status=dead }} is an American sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He ran for the later gold-winning Team USA in the preliminary heats of the men's 4 x 400 m relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Athletic career
Hall, who grew up in Sojourner Truth public housing in Detroit,{{cite news|url=http://detnews.com/article/20101221/SPORTS0103/12210394/1409/rss36 |title=Federov donates $40K to Metro Detroit charities |newspaper=Detroit News |last=Hunter |first=George |date=December 21, 2010 |access-date=December 21, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ran high school track for Detroit Pershing, winning the state championship in the 400 m with a time of 47.56 seconds.{{cite web |url=http://www.mhsaa.com/Sports/BoysTrackField/IndividualChampions/1990s.aspx |title=Track & Field Champions – 1990s |publisher=Michigan High School Athletic Association |access-date=December 21, 2010 |archive-date=May 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519042002/http://www.mhsaa.com/sports/boystrackfield/individualchampions/1990s.aspx |url-status=dead }} Hall attended Blinn College in Texas. Instead of transferring to an NCAA Division I school, at the age of 21 he decided to try for the 1992 US Olympic Team, and succeeded, winning a gold medal with the 4 x 400 m relay team.
Hall won the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Barcelona and finished sixth at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg. At the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships he was on the 4 x 400 m relay team that won the gold medal.
His personal best 400 m time is 44.34 seconds, achieved in July 1995 in Lausanne.{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=0/athcode=5120/index.html |title=Darnell Hall |publisher=IAAF |access-date=December 21, 2010}}
Post-athletic career
Hall is a policeman in the Detroit Police Department. and he now runs a AAU youth track team
References
{{Footer Olympic Champions 4x400 m Men}}
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{{Footer World Indoor Champions 400m Men}}
{{Footer World Indoor Champions 4x400m Relay Men}}
{{Footer US NC Indoor 400m Men}}
{{Footer USA Track & Field 1992 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:American male sprinters
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Detroit Police Department officers
Category:Junior college men's track and field athletes in the United States
Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
Category:Track and field athletes from Detroit
Category:World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
Category:World Athletics Championships winners
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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