Kathy Hammond

Personal information

Full name

Kathleen Hammond

Born

November 2, 1951 (age 64)
Sacramento, California, U.S.

Medal record

Women's athletics
Competitor for United States
Olympic Games
	1972 Munich	4 x 400 meters
	1972 Munich	400 meters

Kathleen "Kathy" Hammond (born November 2, 1951) is an American athlete who mainly competed in the 400 meters.

Hammond was born in Sacramento, California. She was a child prodigy, winning the National Indoor Championship at 440 yards in 1967, when she was just 15 year old.

She competed for the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany where she won the bronze medal in the women's 400 meters. She then competed in the 4 x 400 meters where she won the silver medal with her teammates Mable Fergerson, Madeline Manning and Cheryl Toussaint.

References

Profile at football-heroes.net
"Kathy Hammond". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.

US National Championship winners in women's 400-meter dash

1958–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1958: Chris McKenzie 1959: Kim Polson 1960: Irene Robertson 1961: Jackie Peterson 1962–3: Suzanne Knott 1964: Janell Smith 1965: Janell Smith 1966–7: Charlette Cooke 1968: Jarvis Scott 1969: Kathy Hammond 1970: Mavis Laing 1971: Mable Fergerson 1972: Kathy Hammond 1973: Mable Fergerson 1974–5: Debra Sapenter 1976: Lorna Forde (BAR) 1977: Sharon Dabney 1978: Lorna Forde (BAR) 1979: Patricia Jackson

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Sherri Howard 1981–3: Denean Howard 1984: Valerie Brisco 1985: Lillie Leatherwood 1986: Diane Dixon 1987–8: Lillie Leatherwood 1989: Rochelle Stevens 1990: Maicel Malone 1991: Lillie Leatherwood 1992: Rochelle Stevens

1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Jearl Miles 1994: Natasha Kaiser-Brown 1995: Jearl Miles 1996: Maicel Malone 1997: Jearl Miles Clark 1998: Kim Graham 1999: Maicel Malone 2000–1: LaTasha Colander-Richardson 2002: Jearl Miles Clark 2003: Sanya Richards 2004: Monique Hennagan 2005–6: Sanya Richards 2007: DeeDee Trotter 2008–9: Sanya Richards 2010: Debbie Dunn 2011: Allyson Felix 2012: Sanya Richards-Ross 2013: Natasha Hastings 2014: Francena McCorory 2015: Allyson Felix

Notes	OT: Since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event. Distance:The event was over 440 yards until 1932, 1955, 1957–8, 1961–3, 1965–6, 1969–70 and 1973–4

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