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}} Sanya Richards-Ross (born February 26, 1985) is a Jamaican-American track and field athlete who competes internationally for the United States. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she won gold in the 400 metres after finishing third at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Richards-Ross has also won Olympic gold in the 4×400 meters relay at the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2012 Summer Olympics. She has been the best 400m runner in the world in the past decade, ranking No. 1 in the world from 2005-2009 and again in 2012. In addition to her Olympic accolades, she is also a seven-time medalist at the World Championships in Athletics (five of which are gold). In 2009, she was the World Champion in the 400 metres. ==Career== As a freshman at the University of Texas in 2003, Sanya Richards won the NCAA national championship in the 400 meters with a time of 50.58. After her sophomore year in 2004, she turned pro. At the Athens Olympics in 2004, Richards was part of the US team which finished first in the 4×400 meters relay. She has won a silver medal in the 400 meters at 2005 World Championships in Athletics. In 2006, together with Jeremy Wariner (400 m) and Asafa Powell (100 m) she won her sixth out of six IAAF Golden League events in the same season, which earned her a total of $250,000. She broke Valerie Brisco-Hooks' US record of 48.83 with a 48.70 at the end of the 2006 season and was named IAAF 2006 Female World Athlete of the Year.〔($100,000 the richer, Powell and Richards are the World Athletes of the Year )〕 After failing to qualify for the 400 m at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka due to illness which caused her to finish fourth in the US trials, Richards-Ross was the favourite to win gold in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and qualified fastest for the final, but went out of the blocks too quickly and was overtaken in the finishing straight by Christine Ohuruogu of Great Britain and Shericka Williams of Jamaica, consigning her to the bronze medal. During the 2009 season, Richards-Ross took the 400 m national title in 50.05 seconds, finishing over half a second faster than the second placed Debbie Dunn. Although she expected faster times, she stated that winning the 2009 World Championships in Berlin was her number one goal.〔Morse, Parker (2009-06-28). (World season leads for Demus and Merritt as team takes shape in Eugene – USA Champs, Day 3 ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-30.〕 A win in 49.46 s at the Golden Gala in Rome broke Marita Koch's record for most sub-50 second runs, bringing Richards' career total to 36.〔Ramsak, Bob (2009-07-10). (Gay powers back with 9.77 in Rome – REPORT – ÅF Golden League ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-23.〕 Coming up to the World Championships, Richards won her fourth Golden League race in the 400 m with the time of 49.34 seconds and won her first global championship in the 400 m at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Berlin with a world leading time of 49.00 seconds. Richards-Ross also anchored team USA to a gold medal in the women's 4 x 400 m relay in the sixth fastest time in history of 3.17.83 minutes, Richards-Ross split time in the relay was unofficially 48.43 seconds. After a career defining World Championships, Richards-Ross went on to win her final two Golden League races with a new world leading times of 48.94 seconds (Zurich) and 48.83 seconds (Brussels) to share in the $1M dollar jackpot with men's 3000 m/5000 m winner Kenenisa Bekele and women's pole vault winner Yelena Isinbayeva, each receiving US$333,333; this was the third time Richards had won the Golden League Jackpot. Sanya Richards-Ross ended her massive season on a high by winning silver in the 200 m at the IAAF World Athletics Final behind world champion Allyson Felix with a time of 22.29 seconds, and by winning gold in the 400m with a time of 49.95 seconds; achieving her 41st sub-50 second 400m run. After an injury that prematurely ended her 2010 season, Richards-Ross bounced back in 2011 to run a 49.66 just prior to the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. She wound up seventh, however, in the final. Richards-Ross later returned to top form in the 4x400 m relay, this time running the lead-off leg in 49.1, setting the team up for victory. It was her record fifth gold medal from the World Championships. At the 2012 London Olympics on August 5, 2012, Richards-Ross finished the women’s 400m in 49.55 to win the gold medal for the US.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=London Olympics: Richards-Ross takes women's 400m gold )〕 Richards-Ross also ran the anchor leg of the gold medal-winning US women's 4x400m relay team.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Richards-Ross golden again as U.S 4x400m cruises to fifth-straight Olympic victory )〕 Following the Olympics, Richards-Ross won the remaining Diamond League meetings over 400m in Stockholm (49.89) and Zurich (50.21). The win in Stockholm improved her career total of sub-50 second races to an unchallenged 46. Richards-Ross, recovering from foot surgery, started her track season in May 2014 in Jamaica. Although she was not in top form, she was able to run a season's best of 49.66 and win Diamond League races in Paris and Brussels. 〔http://stridebystriderecaps.blogspot.com/2014/03/interview-with-sanya-richards-ross.html〕 Additionally, she increased her total of sub-50 second races to 49, with her SB along with her semi-final at USA Championships (49.93) and her Brussels victory (49.98). 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「Sanya Richards-Ross」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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