Jeanette Bolden

Personal information

Born

January 26, 1960 (age 56)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Medal record

Women’s athletics
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
	1984 Los Angeles	4x100 metres relay
Olympic Boycott Games
	1980 Philadelphia	100 m

Jeanette Bolden (born January 26, 1960 in Los Angeles, California) is an American Olympic athlete who formerly competed in the 100 metres. She is currently the head coach of the track and field team at the University of Central Florida.^[1]

World class sprinter

She competed for the United States in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, U.S. in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the gold medal with her team mates 100 metre silver medalist Alice Brown, Chandra Cheeseborough and Olympic 100m champion Evelyn Ashford. She also placed 4th in the 100 metres in a time of 11.25 seconds.

Bolden has suffered from asthma throughout her life. Her athletic career came to a sudden end at the 1988 Olympic Trials when she ruptured her Achilles tendon just moments after teammate Florence Griffith Joyner set the still standing World Record in the 100 metres.^[2] It was one of the most heartbreaking memories for her coach Bob Kersee.

Assistant coach

Unable to run with the same intensity as before, she applied her efforts to coaching, initially as an Assistant Coach at UCLA under Kersee.^[3] Between 1994 & 2012, Coach Bolden has developed over 50 UCLA NCAA All-Americans in the sprints, hurdles and relays.^[4]

Head coach

Bolden is currently head track and field coach for UCF after a successful tenure with UCLA's women's program.^[5] In 2008, she served as the United States Olympic Women's Head Coach.^[6]

References

↑ "UCF hires Hall of Fame coach Jeanette Bolden to lead track team". Orlando Sentinel. 2013-06-26. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
↑ http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/OlympicTrials/HistoryOfTheOlympicTrials.pdf Olympic Trials
↑ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/TRACK+COACH+FACES+THE+HURDLES+OF+ASTHMA.(LA.COM)-a0182294705 The Daily Breeze by Emily Henry
↑ http://www.uclabruins.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30500&ATCLID=207914495
↑ http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?DUID=USATF_2007_03_15_13_12_38 USATF
↑ http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?DUID=USATF_2008_07_14_09_52_13 USATF Press Release

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Olympic champions in women's 4×100 m relay

1928: Canada (Rosenfeld, Smith, Bell, Cook)
1932: United States (Carew, Furtsch, Rogers, von Bremen)
1936: United States (Bland, Rogers, Robinson, Stephens)
1948: Netherlands (Stad-de Jong, Witziers-Timmer, van der Kade-Koudijs, Blankers-Koen)
1952: United States (Faggs, Jones, Moreau, Hardy)
1956: Australia (Strickland de la Hunty, Croker, Mellor, Cuthbert)
1960: United States (Hudson, Williams, Jones, Rudolph)
1964: Poland (Ciepły, Kirszenstein, Górecka, Kłobukowska)
1968: United States (Ferrell, Bailes, Netter, Tyus)
1972: West Germany (Krause, Mickler, Richter, Rosendahl)
1976: East Germany (Göhr, Stecher, Bodendorf, Wöckel)
1980: East Germany (Müller, Wöckel, Auerswald, Göhr)
1984: United States (Brown, Bolden, Cheeseborough, Ashford)
1988: United States (Brown, Echols, Griffith Joyner, Ashford)
1992: United States (Ashford, Jones, Guidry, Torrence, Finn)
1996: United States (Devers, Miller, Gaines, Torrence, Guidry)
2000: Bahamas (Fynes, Sturrup, Davis-Thompson, Ferguson, Lewis)
2004: Jamaica (Lawrence, Simpson, Bailey, Campbell, McDonald)
2008: Russia (Polyakova, Fedoriva, Gushchina, Chermoshanskaya)
2012: United States (Madison, Felix, Knight, Jeter, Tarmoh, Williams)

US National Championship winners in women's 60-meter dash

1927–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1927: Rosa Grosse (CAN) 1928: Katherine Mearls 1929–32: Mary Carew 1933: Pearl Young 1934: Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) 1935–7: Helen Stephens 1938–40: Not held 1941: Jean Lane 1942–4: Not held 1945–6: Alice Coachman 1947: Not held 1948: Juanita Watson 1949–50: Dolores Dwyer 1951: Catherine Hardy 1952: Dolores Dwyer 1953–4: Mabel Landry 1955–8: Isabelle Daniels 1959–60: Wilma Rudolph 1961–3: Willye White 1964: Debbie Thompson 1965–7: Wyomia Tyus 1968–9: Barbara Ferrell 1970: Chi Cheng (TPE) 1971: Pat Hawkins 1972–3: Iris Davis 1974: Theresa Montgomery 1975: Alice Annum (GHA) 1976: Lisa Hopkins 1977–8: Brenda Morehead 1979: Evelyn Ashford

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980–3: Evelyn Ashford 1984–5: Alice Brown 1986: Jeanette Bolden 1987: Anelia Nuneva (BUL) 1988: Evelyn Ashford & Gwen Torrence 1989: Gwen Torrence 1990–2: Michelle Finn

1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Gail Devers 1994–6: Gwen Torrence 1997: Gail Devers 1998: Christy Opara-Thompson (NGR) 1999: Gail Devers 2000: Carlette Guidry-White 2001–2: Chryste Gaines 2003: Angela Williams 2004: Gail Devers 2005: Angela Daigle 2006: Me'Lisa Barber 2007: Hasani Roseby 2008: Angela Williams 2009: Me'Lisa Barber 2010: Carmelita Jeter 2011: Alexandria Anderson 2012: Tianna Madison 2013: Barbara Pierre 2014–15: Tianna Bartoletta

Notes	Distances have varied as follows: 40 yards (1927–1932), 50 meters (1933–54), 50 yards (1956–64), 60 yards (1965–86), 55 meters (1987–1990)

1984 USA Olympic Track & Field Team

Qualification	1984 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

Men's track & road athletes	Ray Armstead Alonzo Babers Kirk Baptiste Ron Brown Tonie Campbell Don Clary Paul Cummings Brian Diemer Marco Evoniuk Greg Foster Sam Graddy Johnny Gray John Gregorek Danny Harris Tranel Hawkins Jim Heiring Thomas Jefferson Earl Jones Roger Kingdom Steve Lacy Carl Lewis Henry Marsh John Marshall Antonio McKay Walter McCoy Edwin Moses Sunder Nix Daniel O'Connor Vince O'Sullivan Doug Padilla Pete Pfitzinger Pat Porter Alberto Salazar Carl Schueler Steve Scott Calvin Smith Willie Smith Jim Spivey John Tuttle Craig Virgin

Men's field athletes	Duncan Atwood Willie Banks Earl Bell Tim Bright Edward Burke Art Burns Michael Carter Mike Conley, Sr. John Crist Milton Goode Bill Green Al Joyner Dave Laut Carl Lewis Jud Logan Doug Lytle Mike McRae Larry Myricks Doug Nordquist Tom Petranoff John Powell Steve Roller Dwight Stones Mike Tully Mac Wilkins Augie Wolf Jim Wooding

Women's track & road athletes	Evelyn Ashford Sharrieffa Barksdale Joan Benoit Jeanette Bolden Cindy Bremser Valerie Brisco-Hooks Alice Brown Judi Brown Julie Brown Robin Campbell Chandra Cheeseborough Mary Decker Diane Dixon Benita Fitzgerald-Brown Kim Gallagher Randy Givens Florence Griffith Joyner Joan Hansen Denean Howard Sherri Howard Julie Isphording Missy Kane Lillie Leatherwood Pam Page Diana Richburg Kim Turner Angela Wright-Scott Ruth Wysocki

Women's field athletes	Jodi Anderson Carol Cady Laura De Snoo Leslie Deniz Cindy Greiner Lorna Griffin Joni Huntley Jackie Joyner Carol Lewis Ramona Pagel Louise Ritter Karin Smith Pam Spencer Lynda Suffin Cathy Sulinski Angela Thacker

Coaches	—

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Arenas and stadiums	Bright House Networks Stadium (Football) CFE Arena (Multipurpose) Jay Bergman Field (Baseball) The Venue at UCF (Volleyball) UCF Soccer and Track Stadium (Soccer, Track and field) UCF Softball Complex (Softball)

Notable people	Athletic Directors Alumni

Rivalries	East Carolina Marshall South Florida

Culture and lore	Cheerleading KnightMoves Knightro Marching Knights UCF Fight Song

Conference affiliations	American South Conference (1990–1991) Atlantic Sun Conference (1992–2005) Mid-American Conference (2002–2005) Conference USA (2005–2013) American Athletic Conference (2013–)

The University of Central Florida – Orlando, Florida – Founded 1963

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