Andrew Valmon
Andrew Orlando Valmon (born January 1, 1965) is an American former 400 meters runner.
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| Full name | Andrew Orlando Valmon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 1, 1965 (age 59) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Valmon was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Manchester Township, New Jersey, where he attended Manchester Township High School. He attended college at Seton Hall University and graduated in 1987 with a degree in communications.
Valmon won the silver medal at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in 1991 in Seville. In 1992 he won a gold medal with the American 4 × 400 m relay team at the Olympic Games in Barcelona. The same year, Valmon set his personal best of 44.28 seconds.
He is now the track & field head coach at the University of Maryland, and coaches a summer camp at the university. He is married to Meredith Rainey, who is also an Olympic runner. Valmon is a member of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.