LaVonna Martin

Personal information

Birth name

LaVonna Ann Martin

Full name

LaVonna Ann Martin-Floreal

Born

November 18, 1966 (age 49)
Dayton, Ohio, U.S.

Medal record

Women's athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	1992 Barcelona	100 m hurdles
World Indoor Championships
	1993 Toronto	60 m hurdles
Pan American Games
	1987 Indianapolis	100 m hurdles

LaVonna Ann Martin-Floreal (born November 18, 1966) is an American former track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 100-meter hurdles.

She competed for the United States in the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain in the 100 metre hurdles and won the silver medal. She had also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where she reached the Semi-finals. In 1987 she won the Gold Medal at the Pan American Games.

Martin-Floreal is a graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and is married to former Canadian Olympic triple jumper Edrick Floreal, head track and field coach at Kentucky Wildcats.^[1] She has formed a family of 4 adding her two children EJ and Mimi. EJ Floreal currently plays for the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team.^[2]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing United States
1984	Pan American Junior Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	100m hurdles	13.55
1987	Pan American Games	Indianapolis, United States	1st	100m hurdles	12.81
	Universiade	Zagreb, Yugoslavia	4th	100m hurdles	12.85
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	8th	100m hurdles	13.06
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	semi-final	100m hurdles	13.29
1990	Goodwill Games	Seattle, United States	3rd	100m hurdles	12.89
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	100m hurdles	12.69
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	2nd	60m hurdles	7.99

References

↑ "Edrick Floreal". University of Kentucky. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
↑ "24 EJ Floreal". University of Kentucky. Retrieved 29 October 2013.

"LaVonna Martin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.

Pan American Champions in Women's 80 m Hurdles and 100 m Hurdles

1951 – 1967: 80 m hurdles 1971 – present: 100 m hurdles

1951 – 1955: Eliana Gaete (CHI) 1959: Bertha Díaz (CUB) 1963: Jo Ann Terry (USA) 1967: Cherrie Sherrard (USA) 1971: Patty Johnson (USA) 1975: Edith Noeding (PER) 1979: Deby LaPlante (USA) 1983: Benita Fitzgerald (USA) 1987: LaVonna Martin (USA) 1991 – 1999: Aliuska López (CUB) 2003: Brigitte Foster (JAM) 2007: Delloreen Ennis-London (JAM) 2011: Yvette Lewis (USA) 2015: Queen Harrison (USA)

US National Championship winners in women's 100-meter hurdles

1923–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1923–4: Hazel Kirk 1925–9: Helen Filkey 1930: Evelyne Hall 1931–2: Babe Didrikson 1933: Simone Schaller 1934: Not held 1935: Jean Hiller 1936: Anne O'Brien 1937: Cora Gaines 1938–9: Marie Cortell 1940: Sybil Cooper 1941: Lelia Perry 1942: Lillie Purifoy 1943: Nancy Cowperthwaite 1944–5: Lillie Purifoy 1946–7: Nancy Cowperthwaite 1948–9: Bernice Robinson 1950: Evelyn Lawler 1951: Nancy C. Phillips 1952: Constance Darnowski 1953: Nancy Phillips 1954: Constance Darnowski 1955–6: Bertha Diaz (CUB) 1957: Shirley Crowder 1958: Not held 1959: Shirley Crowder 1960: JoAnn Grissom 1961–2: Cherrie Parrish 1963–4: Rosie Bonds 1965–6: Cherrie Sherrard 1967–8: Mamie Rallins 1969: Chi Cheng (TPE) 1970: Mamie Rallins 1971: Patty Johnson 1972: Mamie Rallins 1973–4: Patty Johnson 1975–6: Jane Frederick 1977: Patty Van Wolvelaere 1978–9: Deby LaPlante

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980–2: Stephanie Hightower 1983: Benita Fitzgerald 1984: Stephanie Hightower 1985: Rhonda Blanford 1986: Benita Fitzgerald-Brown 1987: LaVonna Martin 1988: Kim McKenzie 1989: Lynda Tolbert 1990: LaVonna Martin 1991–2: Gail Devers

1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Lynda Tolbert 1994: Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1995–6: Gail Devers 1997: Melissa Morrison 1998: Cheryl Dickey 1999–2004: Gail Devers 2005: Michelle Perry 2006–7: Virginia Powell 2008: Lolo Jones 2009: Dawn Harper 2010: Lolo Jones 2011: Kellie Wells 2012: Dawn Harper 2013: Brianna Rollins 2014–5: Dawn Harper Nelson

Notes	OT: 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event. Distance:The event was over 60 yards until 1928, 80 meters 1929-1968

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