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Delisa Walton-Floyd (born Delisa Walton, 28 July 1961) is a former World-Class middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres; she was a two-time National Collegiate champion, and two-time U.S. Open champion in her event. Delisa Walton-Floyd represented the United States at the 1987 Pan American Games; winning a silver medal at 800 meters. Walton-Floyd also competed at the World Championships in 1987 and 1991; advancing to the semi-final on both occasions.〔http://www.iaaf.org/WCH05/history/Year=1987/EventCode=4/gender=W/discipline=800/combCode=hash/roundCode=sf/index.html〕 〔http://www.iaaf.org/WCH05/history/Year=1991/EventCode=5/gender=W/discipline=800/combCode=hash/roundCode=sf/index.html〕 After finishing second at the 1988 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Walton-Floyd reached the pinnacle of her career at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. During a very close final race, Walton-Floyd produced a lifetime best performance of 1:57.80 to finish in fifth place - less than a second from a bronze medal. Walton-Floyd is a 1983 graduate of the University of Tennessee, where she earned accolades as an All-American track and field athlete for the Volunteers. A native of Detroit and a 1979 graduate of Mackenzie High School, Delisa Walton-Floyd won a total of five individual State Titles - leading her Mackenzie Stags to a State Track and Field Team Championship in 1978. She set the still standing NFHS national high school records in the 880 yard run at 2:07.7. The federation converted record-keeping to metric distances shortly afterward.〔http://www.nfhs.org/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=3247 National High School Record Book〕 Fittingly, Walton-Floyd was voted by Michigan sportswriters as 1978 High School Track and Field Athlete of the Year.〔http://www.michtrack.org/AOY.htm〕 In 1991 she was tested positive for amphetamine and suspended. She claimed she took a drug called ''Sydnocarb'' which the United States Olympic Committee's Drug Hotline had assured her to be legal after her inquiry. A lawsuit that she filed against the USOC had no success.〔The New York Times: ''(U.S. Runner Fails Drug Test ).'' August 30, 1991〕〔The New York Times: ''(Runner Sues Over Suspension ).'' June 6, 1992〕〔The New York Times: ''(Suspension Brings Suit ).'' June 6, 1992〕〔Estelle de La Rochefoucauld: ''(Collection of Sports-Related Case-Law ).'' pp. 43-44〕 == Noteworthy == Delisa Walton-Floyd still holds the Michigan high school record of 2:07.7 at 800 meters; a mark that has stood the test of time since 1978. With her personal best of 1:57.80, Delisa Walton-Floyd continues to rank among the top-five 800 meter performers in American track and field history; she is also the current ''world record holder'' in both the indoor 600 yard and 600 meter run.〔http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/lists/all_time/us_at_w.html〕 Delisa's husband, Stanley Floyd, was himself a former World-Class sprinter; running the second fastest 100 metres worldwide in 1980 and 1982.〔http://www.gbrathletics.com/tp/worm.htm〕 Stanley and Delisa have two daughters, Ebonie and Kalyn. Ebonie was a NCAA All-American sprinter at the University of Houston; producing the fourth fastest 200 meters (22.32) in the world during 2007. By virtue of her sixth-place finish (400 meters) at the 2008 US Olympic Trials, Ebonie earned a position on the Olympic Team as a member of the 1600-meter relay squad. Kalyn Floyd was also a sprinter on the UH track team. 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「Delisa Walton-Floyd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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