born July 1, 1961, Birmingham, Ala., U.S.
U.S. track-and-field athlete.
He qualified for the 1980 Olympics but did not participate, because of the U.S. boycott of the Moscow games. At the 1984 Olympics he won the 100-m and 200-m races, the long jump, and the 4 00D7; 100-m relay. At the 1988 Olympics he won the long jump (becoming the first athlete ever to win that event consecutively) and the 100-m race and received a silver medal in the 200-m. In 1992 he again won the long jump and anchored the winning U.S. 4 00D7; 100-m relay team, and in 1996 he astounded observers by winning a fourth consecutive long-jump title.