Ath: Gold medallist Justin Gatlin Factbox

AAP General News (Australia)
08-23-2004
Ath: Gold medallist Justin Gatlin Factbox

ATHENS, Aug 22 Reuters - Factbox on Justin Gatlin of the US who won the Olympic men's
100 metres title.

Age: 22 (born February 10 1982)

Weight: 79 kg

Height: 1.85 metres

World titles: None

World indoor titles: One

A leading hurdler in high school who transferred to the sprints.

Missed the 2002 season after failing a dope test but was reinstated by the world governing
body who accepted his explanation that the drug had been used for a legitimate medical
complaint.

Won the world indoor 60 metres title last year.

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KEYWORD: OLY ATH GAITLIN FACTBOX

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