Michelle Finn-Burrell

Personal information

Birth name

Michelle Bonae Finn

Full name

Michelle Bonae Finn-Burrell

Born

May 8, 1965 (age 50)
Orlando, Florida, U.S.

Medal record

Women’s athletics
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
	1992 Barcelona	4x100 metres relay

Michelle Bonae Finn-Burrell (born May 8, 1965 in Orlando, Florida)^[1] is an American former sprint athlete from Orlando, Florida. She graduated from Oak Ridge High School in Orlando. She set the Florida State University record for the 100 meters which has lasted over 18 years into the 2006 season. She won a gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics as part of the 4 x 100 meters relay team (heats). She also reached the final of the 200 meters at the same event, finishing in seventh place. In 1993 Finn was a 100 and 200 m semi-finalist at the World Championships and took the bronze medal at the US national championships for the 200 m.^[2]

She ran on the United States gold medal-winning 4 x 100 m relay team in the 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow. She spread her All-America performances over all four years of her FSU career beginning with the 100 meters as a freshman in 1984 through All-America honors in the 55, 100, 200 and with the 4 x 100 m relay team at the 1987 NCAA Championships. Finn was the 1990 TAC/USA's National Indoor Champion. She competed in the IAAF World Indoor Championships three times, reaching the final of the 60 meters twice.^[2]

She married Leroy Burrell, American sprinter, who broke the world 100 m record twice, 9.90s (1991) and 9.85s (1994). They have three sons Cameron, Joshua and Jaden.

Personal bests

Event	Time (seconds)	Venue	Date
50 meters	6.13	Los Angeles, California, United States	February 15, 1992
60 meters	7.07	New York City, United States	February 28, 1992
100 meters	11.16	Lausanne, Switzerland	July 7, 1993
200 meters	23.24	Stuttgart, Germany	August 17, 1993

References

↑ "Michelle Finn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
1 2 Finn-Burrell Michelle. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-04-05.

External links

Michelle Finn-Burrell profile at IAAF

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 100-meter dash

1923–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1923–1924: Frances Ruppert 1925: Helen Filkey 1926: Rosa Grosse 1927–1928^OT: Elta Cartwright 1929: Betty Robinson 1930: Stella Walsh 1931: Eleanor Egg 1932^OT: Wilhelmina von Bremen 1933: Annette Rogers 1934: not held 1935–1936: Helen Stephens 1937: Claire Isicson 1938: Lula Hymes 1939: Olive Hasenfus 1940–1941: Jean Lane 1942: Alice Coachman 1943–1944: Stella Walsh 1945–1946: Alice Coachman 1947: Juanita Watson 1948: Stella Walsh 1949–1950: Jean Patton 1951: Mary McNabb 1952: Catherine Hardy 1953–1954: Barbara Jones 1955–1956: Mae Faggs 1957: Barbara Jones 1958: Margaret Mathews 1959–1962: Wilma Rudolph 1963: Edith McGuire 1964–1966: Wyomia Tyus 1967: Barbara Ferrell 1968: Margaret Bailes 1969: Barbara Ferrell 1970: Chi Cheng (TWN) 1971: Iris Davis 1972: Alice Annum (GHA) 1973: Iris Davis 1974: Renaye Bowen 1975: Rosalyn Bryant 1976: Chandra Cheeseborough 1977: Evelyn Ashford 1978: Leleith Hodges (JAM) 1979: Evelyn Ashford

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Alice Brown 1981–1983: Evelyn Ashford 1984–1985: Merlene Ottey (JAM) 1986: Pam Marshall 1987: Diane Williams 1988: Sheila Echols 1989: Dawn Sowell 1990: Michelle Finn 1991: Carlette Guidry 1992^OT: Gwen Torrence

1993–present USA Track & Field	1993–1994: Gail Devers 1995–1996^OT: Gwen Torrence 1997–1998: Marion Jones 1999: Inger Miller 2000^OT: Marion Jones 2001: Chryste Gaines 2002: Marion Jones 2003: Torri Edwards 2004^OT: LaTasha Colander 2005: Me'Lisa Barber 2006: Marion Jones 2007: Torri Edwards 2008^OT: Muna Lee 2009: Carmelita Jeter 2010: Allyson Felix 2011–2012^OT: Carmelita Jeter 2013: English Gardner 2014: Tianna Bartoletta 2015: Tori Bowie

Notes	OT: 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. Distance:The event was over 100 yards until 1927; from 1929-31, 1955, 1957-8, 1961-2, 1965-6, 1969-70 and 1973-4

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)

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