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Dennis Mitchell
The Olympic Games, or Olympics, is an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprises of summer and winter games. The unity of the 5 continents is shown on the Olympic flag by five colorful intertwined rings of red, blue, green, yellow, and black, created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to represent at least one color of the participating country’s national flag.
Dennis Allen Mitchell is a former American athlete He was born on February 20, 1966 in Havelock, North Carolina. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, Mitchell was fourth in 100 m and won a silver medal as a member of American 4 by 100 m relay team.
He was winner of gold medal in 4 by 100 m relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Dennis Mitchell placed fourth in 100 m at the 1988 Summer Olympics and missed a probable gold medal in 4 by100 m relay race, because the American team was disqualified in the heats, after the pass between Calvin Smith and Lee McNeill was made out of the zone. In 1989, Mitchell won the NCAA, the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships in 200 m. In 1991, just a month before the World Championships, Mitchell ran his first world record in 4 by 100 m relay of 37.67 at Zurich. At the World Championships, Mitchell was again a member of American 4 by 100 m relay team where he set a new world record in the final. In addition to that, Michell won a bronze medal in 100 m.
In 1992, Mitchell won his first US National Championships title in 100 m. He repeated this victory in 1994 and 1996. At the Barcelona Olympics, Mitchell ran his third world record in 4 by 100 m relay of 37.40 and won again a bronze medal in 100 m. At the 1993 World Championships, Mitchell won his third bronze at the international championships in individual 100 m and his third gold in relay event with a world record, as this time the American team equalled their own world record of 37.40. Mitchell won a gold medal in 100 m at the 1994 Goodwill Games, but injured himself in the heats of 100 m at the 1995 World Championships. Dennis Mitchell made his final international appearance at the 2001 World Championships, where he won a gold medal in 4 by100 m relay.
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