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|show-medals = }} Darrell Robinson (Born December 23, 1963) is an American former track and field athlete who specialized in the 400-meter dash. He set a US high school and world junior record of 44.69 seconds in the 400 m at the age of 18. He was in the world's top-five 400 m runners in 1985 and 1986. He won a bronze medal at the 1986 Goodwill Games, and won races at numerous high-profile track meetings. In 1989 he accused Carl Lewis, Florence Griffith-Joyner, and Bob Kersee (among others) of using or distributing performance-enhancing drugs. The accusations, which were never substantiated, brought an end to his career at the age of 25. ==Early life== While attending Woodrow Wilson High School in Tacoma, Washington, Robinson ran a United States high school record of 44.69 seconds in the 400 m at the age of eighteen. This mark, set at the 1982 National Sports Festival in Indianapolis, was also a world junior record for the distance.〔(Faces In The Crowd ). ''Sports Illustrated'' (September 6, 1982). Retrieved on 2010-06-18.〕〔(400 Metres junior All Time ). IAAF (October 10, 2009). Retrieved on 2010-06-18.〕 Furthermore, his time was the second fastest 400 m run by any athlete that year, one-hundredth behind Sunder Nix who had beaten him in the race.〔(WORLD TOP PERFORMERS 1980-2005: MEN (OUTDOOR) ). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-06-18.〕 He also received the Governor's Trophy for Outstanding Male Athlete for his performance in the 400 m at the Golden West Invitational that year.〔(adidas Golden West Invitational HONOR ROLL ). Golden West Invitational. Retrieved on 2010-06-18.〕 He was ''Track and Field News'' "High School Athlete of the Year" in 1982.〔http://trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/component/content/article/35-stats/2114-t-fn-boys-hs-aoy〕 Robinson went on to study at the University of Houston, but he left after the sprint coach who recruited him resigned. After a short stint at the University of Washington, he went to UCLA in mid-1985, majoring in music.〔Wiley, Ralph (May 26, 1986). (Stalking An Elusive Record ) (pg. 2). ''Sports Illustrated''. Retrieved on 2010-06-18.〕 He missed making the final of the 1984 Olympic Trials, finishing 6th in the semis.〔http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/OlympicTrials/HistoryOfTheOlympicTrials.pdf〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Darrell Robinson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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