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Mark McKoy
Mark Anthony McKoy (born December 10, 1961) is a Canadian retired track and field athlete. He won the gold medal for the 110 metres hurdles at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. He won the 60 metres hurdles title at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 110 metres hurdles titles at the Commonwealth Games in 1982 and 1986. He is the World record holder for the 50 metres hurdles with 6.25 secs (1986), he is also the Canadian record holder for the 60 metres hurdles with 7.41 secs (1993) and the 110 metres hurdles with 13.08 secs (1993).
Born in Georgetown, British Guiana, Mark McKoy spent his youth in England before moving to Canada as a teenager. He attended Clemson University in 1980 but dropped out.
McKoy came to the international athletics scene in 1982, winning a gold medal for the 110 metres hurdles and silver for the 4 × 100 metres relay at the Commonwealth Games. The following year, McKoy finished fourth in the 110 metres hurdles at the first World Championships and then repeated this finishing position at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
In 1986, McKoy repeated his victory in the 110 metres hurdles at the Commonwealth Games and upgraded his 4 × 100 metres relay silver to gold.
At the 1987 World Championships, he finished seventh in the 110 metres hurdles.
McKoy finished seventh in the 110 metres hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, hitting a number of hurdles in the final. His compatriot Ben Johnson tested positive for banned substances at the Games. In protest of the rush to judgement and treatment of his friend and teammate, Mark left the Olympic games prior to competing in the 4 × 100 metre relay. This act led to McKoy receiving a 2-year suspension from international athletics from the Canadian Olympic Committee. Over the course of the Dubin Inquiry, McKoy testified that as a young man and under pressure from his coach, Charlie Francis, he briefly experimented with performance enhancing drugs.
McKoy made his comeback at the 1991 World Championships, once again finishing fourth in 110 metres hurdles. At the Olympic Games in Barcelona, McKoy put his fourth-place streak behind him and won the gold medal in 13.12 seconds. It was the first Canadian Olympic gold medal in track and field since Duncan McNaughton's first-place finish in the high jump competition in 1932; at the same time, McKoy became the first black Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal. At the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Toronto he won the 60 metres hurdles title.
McKoy emigrated to Austria and subsequently obtained Austrian citizenship in 1994. He spent the last years of his career competing for his adopted country and set an Austrian record of 13.14 seconds in the 110 m hurdles.
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Mark McKoy
Mark Anthony McKoy (born December 10, 1961) is a Canadian retired track and field athlete. He won the gold medal for the 110 metres hurdles at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. He won the 60 metres hurdles title at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 110 metres hurdles titles at the Commonwealth Games in 1982 and 1986. He is the World record holder for the 50 metres hurdles with 6.25 secs (1986), he is also the Canadian record holder for the 60 metres hurdles with 7.41 secs (1993) and the 110 metres hurdles with 13.08 secs (1993).
Born in Georgetown, British Guiana, Mark McKoy spent his youth in England before moving to Canada as a teenager. He attended Clemson University in 1980 but dropped out.
McKoy came to the international athletics scene in 1982, winning a gold medal for the 110 metres hurdles and silver for the 4 × 100 metres relay at the Commonwealth Games. The following year, McKoy finished fourth in the 110 metres hurdles at the first World Championships and then repeated this finishing position at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
In 1986, McKoy repeated his victory in the 110 metres hurdles at the Commonwealth Games and upgraded his 4 × 100 metres relay silver to gold.
At the 1987 World Championships, he finished seventh in the 110 metres hurdles.
McKoy finished seventh in the 110 metres hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, hitting a number of hurdles in the final. His compatriot Ben Johnson tested positive for banned substances at the Games. In protest of the rush to judgement and treatment of his friend and teammate, Mark left the Olympic games prior to competing in the 4 × 100 metre relay. This act led to McKoy receiving a 2-year suspension from international athletics from the Canadian Olympic Committee. Over the course of the Dubin Inquiry, McKoy testified that as a young man and under pressure from his coach, Charlie Francis, he briefly experimented with performance enhancing drugs.
McKoy made his comeback at the 1991 World Championships, once again finishing fourth in 110 metres hurdles. At the Olympic Games in Barcelona, McKoy put his fourth-place streak behind him and won the gold medal in 13.12 seconds. It was the first Canadian Olympic gold medal in track and field since Duncan McNaughton's first-place finish in the high jump competition in 1932; at the same time, McKoy became the first black Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal. At the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Toronto he won the 60 metres hurdles title.
McKoy emigrated to Austria and subsequently obtained Austrian citizenship in 1994. He spent the last years of his career competing for his adopted country and set an Austrian record of 13.14 seconds in the 110 m hurdles.