Roger Gill (sprinter)

{{short description|Guyanese sprinter}}

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| name = Roger Gill

| image = RogerGill.PNG

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| birth_name = Roger Gill

| birth_date = {{birth date|1972|05|23}}

| birth_place = Guyana

| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|03|02|1972|05|23}}

| death_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

| occupation =

| spouse = Annette Hicks

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| alma_mater = Stony Brook University

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Roger Gill (May 23, 1972 – March 2, 2008) was a Guyanese Olympic sprinter who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Born to mother Margaret White, and father Richard Gill. Gill ran a leg in the 4x400-meter relay, Guyana finished sixth out of seven teams and failed to qualify past the first round.

Gill was a graduate of Stony Brook University, where he still holds the school outdoor records in the 100- and 200-meters as well as holding the marks indoors at 200- and 400-meters. Roger is the only S.B. freshman to earn All-American status. {{cn|date=November 2023}}

Gill married Annette Hicks in 1997 and had six children.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

Gill was killed in a car crash on March 2, 2008, in Brooklyn, New York, when the car he was riding in hit a box truck; the driver also died.[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/more/03/03/sprinter.killed.ap/index.html Oly sprinter Gill killed in car crash] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183405/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/more/03/03/sprinter.killed.ap/index.html |date=2016-03-03 }} Sports Illustrated{{Cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/03/02/2008-03-02_olympic_sprinter_among_five_dead_in_city.html |title=Olympic sprinter among five dead in city car crashes |website=New York Daily News |access-date=2008-09-05 |archive-date=2008-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906191201/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/03/02/2008-03-02_olympic_sprinter_among_five_dead_in_city.html |url-status=live }}