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Cheeseborough, ChandraEntry/Object ID
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This is a file of primarily newspaper clippings about Chandra Cheeseborough.
Summary: A native of Jacksonville, Florida, she is a graduate of Ribault High School. She graduated from Tennessee State University with a B.S. degree in Health and Physical Education. Athletic accomplishments: A three-time U.S. Olympic team member, Cheeseborough won a silver medal in the 400-meter dash at the 1984 Olympics and gold medals in the 400-meter relay and 1,600-meter relay. The Ribault High graduate tied Valerie Brisco-Hooks for the most medals won in the '84 Summer Games by a female track and field participant. She captured silver with a time of 49.05, just .22 of a second behind Brisco-Hooks. She anchored the gold medal-winning 4 x 400-meter relay team in an Olympic record time of 3:18.29. She made the Olympic team in 1980, but didn't compete because of a U.S. boycott. Cheeseborough was inducted into the National High School Sports Hall of Fame in 1987. At Ribault, she won seven individual state titles, including the 100- and 200-yard dash state titles from 1975-77. She set national records in the 100 (10. 3 seconds) and 200 (23.3 seconds) that were never broken. She also won the '77 long jump state title with a leap of 19 feet, 11 1/4, leading Ribault to team state titles in 1976-77. Cheeseborough now lives in Nashville, Tenn., and has served as head women's track and cross-country coach at Tennessee State, her alma mater, for many years. She has led the Tigerbelles to six Ohio Valley Conference championships. Cheeseborough also served as an assistant coach on the 2008 U.S. Olympic team and head coach of the 2009 team at the World Championships. The oldest of Cheeseborough's two daughters, Martinique, won the long jump title for Tennessee State at the 2010 conference meet. Cheeseborough often commutes to Jacksonville to see family and her husband, Walter Guice, who still works here as a massage therapist.
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Cheeseborough, Chandra., Ribault High School (Jacksonville, Fla.)., Olympic Games (23rd : 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Medals., African American track and field athletes.Publication Details
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