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Joetta Clark Diggs (née Clark, born August 1, 1962 in East Orange, New Jersey) is a retired American track and field champion, specializing in middle distance running. She ran for more than 28 consecutive years never missing an indoor or outdoor season, with her races being in the 800 meters and 1500 meters. A 4-time Olympian in 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000, she competed in every outdoor USA Championships or Olympic trials between 1979 and 2000, winning five outdoor championships. Indoors, she was in the national championship race in 18 of the last 19 years, winning seven times.〔 Clark Diggs has ranked among the top 10 Americans for 21 years now. Clark Diggs has been ranked in the top 10 in the world since 1991. Moreover, in 1997 at age 37, she was ranked number four in the world. This was her best ranking out of six such appearances.〔http://trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/Rankings/04-w800rank.pdf〕 Coached by Terry Crawford at the University of Tennessee, Clark Diggs left Knoxville with nine collegiate titles (including relays) and a degree in public relations. Clark Diggs was coached by her brother, J.J. Clark, who is the women’s coach at the University of Tennessee. J.J. also coached two other 800m runners: his wife, Jearl Miles-Clark, and his younger sister, Hazel Clark. Hazel, Jearl and Joetta were all ranked #1 in America at one point time. This Clark Team is known as the First Family of Track & Field because of their 800m dominance. At the 2000 Olympic Trials the family pulled off a remarkable sweep of the three Olympic qualifying positions with Hazel winning, Jearl second and Joetta making her final Olympic team at age 38 in third. She was the second oldest female Olympic track team member that year and the fifth oldest of all time. She was the team captain in 2000. Later she added a graduate degree in recreation administration. Like her father, she now works the lecture circuit. ==Personal life== Raised in the South Ward of Newark, New Jersey, during the 1967 riots. Life was tough but she overcame those things and became an accomplished track and field athlete. She has a husband Ronald Diggs who is a successful businessman, and a daughter Talitha LaNae Clark Diggs who is the 2014 USATF | Hershey National Champion in the long jump and is one of the best track and field athletes in the country for her age group. 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「Joetta Clark Diggs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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