Linetta Wilson

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| name = Linetta Wilson

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|October 11, 1967}}

| birth_place = Pasadena, California, U.S.

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{{MedalSport | Women's athletics }}

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{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1996 Atlanta | 4 × 400 m relay }}

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Linetta A. Wilson (born October 11, 1967) is a former 1996 Olympic gold medalist in the women's 4 × 400 meter relay for the United States. She competed in the opening round with Rochelle Stevens, Kim Graham, and Maicel Malone and was replaced by Jearl Miles in the Final.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/linetta-wilson-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417192948/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/linetta-wilson-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17}}

Wilson grew up in Pasadena, attending Muir High School. She twice placed second to Chewuakii "Choo Choo" Knighten in the CIF State Championships in a still standing fastest non-winning time,{{cite web |url=http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/stateres.htm |title=California State Meet Results – 1915 to present |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 }} She also excelled in hurdles, placing in the state meet twice. She is a member of team that may become the permanent 4 × 100 meter shuttle hurdle relay (30") High School Recordholders—the official height of the hurdles has been changed.[http://www.shawtfxc.net/nationalhsrecords.htm National High School Records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106154225/http://www.shawtfxc.net/nationalhsrecords.htm |date=2009-01-06 }}

She continued to the University of Nebraska where she won an Indoor and Outdoor NCAA National Championship and was on three of their Big 8 Championship teams.[http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=3752848 Nebraska Cornhuskers Champions] Her Indoor Championship in the 500 meters set a new National Record and narrowly missed the World Record at the time.[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-1311287.html Washington Post] During that period, Wilson was Nationally ranked in the 400 meter hurdles three times.{{Cite web |url=http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/women/400husranking.pdf |title=Track and Field News rankings |access-date=2010-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520172402/http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/women/400husranking.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-20 |url-status=dead }} After Nebraska she competed for the Los Angeles area South Bay Track Club.

She set her Personal Record in the 400 meters of 51.02 during the semi-final of the 1996 Olympic Trials.[http://www.usatf.org/news/results/wot96.asp USATF Olympic Trials report]

In 2000, Wilson was convicted of sending prescription medicine through the mail and was sentenced to a year in jail.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-aug-19-me-7175-story.html L.A. Times] She returned to competition and competed as late as 2005.[http://trackextra.com/Athlete.aspx?aid=70324 Stanford Invitational]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}