Mikele Barber
Appearance
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Medal record | ||
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Women's Athletics | ||
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World Championships | ||
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2007 Osaka | 4x100 m relay |
Pan American Games | ||
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2007 Rio de Janeiro | 100 m |
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2007 Rio de Janeiro | 4x100 m relay |
Mikele "Miki" Ronisse Barber (born October 4, 1980, in Livingston, New Jersey) is an American sprinter who won gold at the 4 x 100 meters relay event in 2007 World Championships in Athletics, in Osaka, Japan, and an individual gold medal at the 100 meters in 2007 Pan Am Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
She is the twin sister of Me'Lisa Barber,[1] who has also won relay medals on the world stage.
Running for the South Carolina Gamecocks track and field team, Barber won the 2001 4 × 400 meter relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.[2]
References
- ^ "The Riley Youth Foundation Hosts Fourth AnnualFundraiser Gala". Los Angeles Sentinel. 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- ^ "SOME QUICK BARBERING TWIN SPRINTERS MIKI AND LISA BARBER OF SOUTH CAROLINA BUZZED THE NCAAS". Sports Illustrated. 20 March 2000. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
External links
- Mikele Barber at World Athletics
- Mikele Barber at legacy.USATF.org (archived)
Categories:
- 1980 births
- Living people
- American female sprinters
- Sportspeople from Livingston, New Jersey
- African-American track and field athletes
- American twins
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- South Carolina Gamecocks women's track and field athletes
- Track and field athletes from New Jersey
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for the United States
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople
- 21st-century African-American sportswomen
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- 20th-century African-American women
- United States collegiate record holders in athletics (track and field)
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
- American sprinter stubs