Gil Roberts

Calvin Smith, Gil Roberts, Manteo Mitchell

Personal information

Born

March 15, 1989 (age 35)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Height

1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Weight

79.5 kg (175 lb)

Sport

College team

Texas Tech Red Raiders

Medal record

Men's athletics

Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	4×400 m relay
World Championships
	2017 London	4×400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
	2012 Istanbul	4×400 m relay

Gil Roberts (born March 15, 1989) is an American athlete who specializes in the 200 m and 400 m. He competed for Texas Tech under coach Wes Kittley at the NCAA level. He was a member of the USA team that won the gold medal in the Men's 4×400 metres relay at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships. ^[1] Roberts won the 2014 US Outdoor championship in 44.53 on June 28 in Sacramento, California.^[2] On 21 June 2024 he was sanctioned by the USADS for doping violations. ^[3]

While competing at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Roberts won an Olympic gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay.^[4] Another Texas Tech athlete, Michael Mathieu won bronze in the same event competing for the Bahamas.

References[edit]

^ "Tech star anchors winning relay at World Championships". lubbockonline. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
^ "TEXASTECH.COM Roberts Wins Gold at U.S. Championships - Texas Tech University Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
^ "Independent Arbitrator Imposes Eight-Year Sanction on Track & Field Athlete Gil Roberts for Second Anti-Doping Rule Violation". 21 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ "U.S. men reclaim the gold in 4x400 relay". USAToday.com. USA Today. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

External links[edit]

v t e US National Championship winners in men's 400-meter dash
1876-1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1876-77: Edward Merritt 1878: Frank Brown 1879-84: Lon Myers 1885: H. Mason Raborg 1886: John Robertson 1887: Harvey Banks 1888: Walter Dohm 1888: T.J. Mahoney 1889: Walter Dohm 1890-92: William Downs 1893: Edward Allen 1894: Tom Keane 1895-97: Thomas Burke 1898-1900: Maxie Long 1901: Howard Hayes 1902: Fay Moulton 1903: Harry Hillman 1904: D.H. Meyer 1905-06: Frank Waller 1907: John Taylor 1908: Harry Hillman 1909: Edward Lindberg 1910: William Hayes 1911: Edward Lindberg 1912: Thomas Halpin 1913: Carroll Haff 1914-15: Ted Meredith 1916: Thomas Halpin 1917: Frank Shea 1918: Cornelius Shaughnessy 1919-20: Frank Shea 1921: William Stevenson 1922: James Driscoll 1923: Horatio Fitch 1924: James Burgess 1925: Cecil Cooke 1926: Ken Kennedy 1927: Hermon Phillips 1928: Ray Barbuti 1929: Reggie Bowen 1930-31: Vic Williams 1932: Bill Carr 1933-34: Ivan Fuqua 1935: Eddie O'Brien 1936: Harold Smallwood 1937-38: Ray Malott 1939: Erwin Miller 1940-41: Grover Klemmer 1942-43: Cliff Bourland 1944: Elmore Harris 1945: Herb McKenley (JAM) * James Herbert 1946: Elmore Harris 1947: Herb McKenley (JAM) * Dave Bolen 1948: Herb McKenley (JAM) * Mal Whitfield 1949: George Rhoden (JAM) * Hugh Maiocco (3) 1950: George Rhoden (JAM) * Tom Cox (3) 1951: George Rhoden (JAM) * Dick Maiocco (3) 1952: Mal Whitfield 1953: Jesse Mashburn 1954: Jim Lea 1955: Charles Jenkins 1956: Tom Courtney 1957: Reggie Pearman 1958-59: Eddie Southern 1960-61: Otis Davis 1962-63: Ulis Williams 1964: Mike Larrabee 1965: Ollan Cassell 1966-69: Lee Evans 1970-71: John Smith 1972: Lee Evans 1973-74: Maurice Peoples 1975: Dave Jenkins (GBR) * Fred Newhouse 1976: Maxie Parks 1977: Robert Taylor 1978: Maxie Parks 1979: Willie Smith
1980-1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Willie Smith 1981-82: Cliff Wiley 1983: Sunder Nix 1984-85: Mark Rowe 1986: Darrell Robinson 1987: Butch Reynolds 1988: Tim Simon 1989: Antonio Pettigrew 1990: Steve Lewis 1991: Antonio Pettigrew 1992^OT: Danny Everett
1992 onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Michael Johnson 1994: Antonio Pettigrew 1995-96^OT: Michael Johnson 1997: Antonio Pettigrew 1998-99: Jerome Young 2000^OT: Michael Johnson 2001: Derrick Brew 2002: Angelo Taylor 2003: Tyree Washington 2004^OT-05: Jeremy Wariner 2006: Andrew Rock 2007: Angelo Taylor 2008^OT-09: LaShawn Merritt 2010: Greg Nixon 2011: Tony McQuay 2012^OT-13: LaShawn Merritt 2014: Gil Roberts 2015: David Verburg 2016^OT: LaShawn Merritt 2017: Fred Kerley 2018: Kahmari Montgomery 2019: Fred Kerley 2021^{2020 OT}-22: Michael Norman 2023: Bryce Deadmon
Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

v t e US National Championship winners in men's indoor 400-meter dash
1981–1992 The Athletics Congress	1981: Ed Yearwood 1982: Walter McCoy 1983: Cliff Wiley 1984: Clinton Davis 1985–9: Antonio McKay 1990–1: Michael Johnson 1992: Willie Caldwell
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Antonio McKay 1994: Darnell Hall 1995–6: Michael Johnson 1997: Derek Mills 1998: Alvin Harrison 1999: Angelo Taylor 2000–1: James Davis 2002: Brandon Couts 2003: Tyree Washington 2004: Milton Campbell 2005: Bershawn Jackson 2006: Milton Campbell 2007: Greg Nixon 2008: David Neville 2009: Jamaal Torrance 2010: Bershawn Jackson 2011: Michael Courtney 2012: Gil Roberts 2013: Jeremy Wariner 2014: Kyle Clemons 2015: Manteo Mitchell 2016: Vernon Norwood 2017: Noah Lyles 2018: Michael Cherry 2019: Dontavius Wright 2020: Rashard Clark 2022: Trevor Bassitt
Notes	*Distances have varied as follows: 440 yards (1981–1986), 400 meters (1987–date) alternating with 300 meters in odd numbered years starting 2015

Olympic champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Medley

1908: William Hamilton, Nathaniel Cartmell, John Taylor, Mel Sheppard (USA)

4 × 400 m

1912: Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charles Reidpath (USA)
1920: Cecil Griffiths, Robert Lindsay, John Ainsworth-Davis, Guy Butler (GBR)
1924: Commodore Cochran, Alan Helffrich, Oliver Macdonald, William Stevenson (USA)
1928: George Baird, Emerson Spencer, Fred Alderman, Ray Barbuti (USA)
1932: Ivan Fuqua, Ed Ablowich, Karl Warner, Bill Carr (USA)
1936: Freddie Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, Bill Roberts, Godfrey Brown (GBR)
1948: Arthur Harnden, Cliff Bourland, Roy Cochran, Mal Whitfield (USA)
1952: Arthur Wint, Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden (JAM)
1956: Charles Jenkins Sr., Lou Jones, Jesse Mashburn, Tom Courtney (USA)
1960: Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis, Otis Davis (USA)
1964: Ollan Cassell, Mike Larrabee, Ulis Williams, Henry Carr (USA)
1968: Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans (USA)
1972: Charles Asati, Munyoro Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang (KEN)
1976: Herman Frazier, Benny Brown, Fred Newhouse, Maxie Parks (USA)
1980: Remigijus Valiulis, Mikhail Linge, Nikolay Chernetskiy, Viktor Markin (URS)
1984: Sunder Nix, Ray Armstead, Alonzo Babers, Antonio McKay (USA)
1988: Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, Butch Reynolds, Antonio McKay, Andrew Valmon (USA)
1992: Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, Steve Lewis, Darnell Hall, Charles Jenkins Jr. (USA)
1996: LaMont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Derek Mills, Anthuan Maybank, Jason Rouser (USA)
2000: Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong, Nduka Awazie, Fidelis Gadzama (NGR)
2004: Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson, Andrew Rock, Kelly Willie (USA)
2008: LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner, Kerron Clement, Reggie Witherspoon (USA)
2012: Chris Brown, Demetrius Pinder, Michael Mathieu, Ramon Miller (BAH)
2016: Arman Hall, Tony McQuay, Gil Roberts, LaShawn Merritt, Kyle Clemons, David Verburg (USA)
2020: Michael Cherry, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon, Rai Benjamin, Trevor Stewart, Randolph Ross, Vernon Norwood (USA)

World Indoor Champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay

1991: Germany (Lieder, Carlowitz, Just, Schönlebe)
1993: United States (Hall, Irvin, Rouser, Everett)
1995: United States (Tolbert, Davis, Long, Atwater)
1997: United States (Rouser, Everett, Maye, Minor)
1999: United States (Morris, Johnson, Minor, Campbell)
2001: Poland (Rysiukiewicz, Haczek, Bocian, Maćkowiak)
2003: United States (Davis, Young, Campbell, Washington)
2004: Jamaica (Haughton, Colquhoun, McDonald, Clarke)
2006: United States (Washington, Merritt, Campbell, Spearmon)
2008: United States (Davis, Torrance, Nixon, Willie)
2010: United States (Torrance, Nixon, Tate, Jackson)
2012: United States (Wright, Smith Jr., Mitchell, Roberts)
2014: United States (Clemons, Verburg, Butler III, Smith Jr., Parros, Babineaux)
2016: United States (Clemons, Smith Jr., Giesting, Norwood)
2018: Poland (Zalewski, Omelko, Krawczuk, Krzewina)
2022: Belgium (Watrin, Doom, Sacoor, K. Borlée)
2024: Belgium (Sacoor, D. Borlée, Iguacel, Doom, De Smet)

v t e 2016 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	2016 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Devon Allen Robby Andrews Ronnie Ash Boris Berian Ben Blankenship Hillary Bor Marvin Bracy Trayvon Bromell Donn Cabral Matthew Centrowitz Jr. Paul Chelimo Kerron Clement Kyle Clemons (r) Christian Coleman (r) Justin Gatlin Tyson Gay (r) Arman Hall (r) Evan Jager Charles Jock Meb Keflezighi Shadrack Kipchirchir Leonard Korir Bernard Lagat Tony McQuay (r) Hassan Mead LaShawn Merritt Clayton Murphy John Nunn Jeff Porter Gil Roberts Byron Robinson Mike Rodgers (r) Galen Rupp Michael Tinsley David Verburg Jared Ward Ameer Webb
Men's field athletes	Bradley Adkins Tavis Bailey Chris Benard Will Claye Ryan Crouser Sam Crouser Logan Cunningham Marquis Dendy Ashton Eaton Andrew Evans Mason Finley Sean Furey Michael Hartfield Jeff Henderson Darrell Hill Cyrus Hostetler Kibwé Johnson Sam Kendricks Joe Kovacs Erik Kynard Jarrion Lawson Conor McCullough Ricky Robertson Cale Simmons Jeremy Taiwo Christian Taylor Rudy Winkler Zach Ziemek
Women's track and road athletes	Morolake Akinosun (r) Nia Ali Tianna Bartoletta Tori Bowie Kristi Castlin Emma Coburn Kim Conley Amy Cragg Abbey Cooper Taylor Ellis-Watson (r) Allyson Felix Shalane Flanagan Phyllis Francis Courtney Frerichs English Gardner Kate Grace Marielle Hall Natasha Hastings Shelby Houlihan Molly Huddle Emily Infeld Desiree Linden Brenda Martinez Francena McCorory (r) Sydney McLaughlin Miranda Melville Maria Michta Dalilah Muhammad Courtney Okolo (r) Jenna Prandini Colleen Quigley Brianna Rollins Shannon Rowbury Jenny Simpson Ashley Spencer Deajah Stevens Ariana Washington (r) Chrishuna Williams Ajeé Wilson
Women's field athletes	Whitney Ashley Tianna Bartoletta Gwen Berry Brittany Borman Amber Campbell Kelsey Card Michelle Carter Vashti Cunningham Janay DeLoach Christina Epps Andrea Geubelle Felisha Johnson Chaunté Lowe Maggie Malone Inika McPherson Heather Miller-Koch Sandi Morris Barbara Nwaba Keturah Orji DeAnna Price Brittney Reese Raven Saunders Amanda Smock Jennifer Suhr Shelbi Vaughan Alexis Weeks Kendell Williams Kara Winger
Coaches	Bonnie Edmondson (women's assistant coach) Troy Engle (men's assistant coach) Curtis Frye (men's assistant coach) Robyne Johnson (women's assistant coach) Vin Lananna (men's head coach) Rose Monday (women's assistant coach) Connie Price-Smith (women's head coach) Cliff Rovelto (men's assistant coach) Mario Sategna (men's assistant coach) LaTanya Sheffield (women's assistant coach)