January 1, 1965 (1965-01) (age 59) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul
4x400 m relay
1992 Barcelona
4x400 m relay
World Championships
1993 Stuttgart
4x400 m relay
1991 Tokyo
4x400 m relay
Andrew Orlando Valmon (born January 1, 1965) is an American former 400 meters runner.
Valmon was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Manchester Township, New Jersey, where he attended Manchester Township High School.[1] He attended college at Seton Hall University and graduated in 1987 with a degree in communications.[2]
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.[3] Valmon is a member of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.[4]
^Denman, Elliott. "New Jersey's Andrew Valmon named Olympic coach", MileSplitNy. February 18, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2019. "The 20-something young man was Andrew Valmon, the graduate of Manchester Township High School, just a few miles east of Lakehurst, and of South Orange, NJ’s Seton Hall University, who’d run a sizzling 4x400 relay leadoff leg in the semifinals at Seoul (thus earning a gold when USA took the final.)"
^"Andrew Valmon". University of Maryland. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
^"Meredith Rainey-Valmon". USA Track & Field. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
^Sutcliffe, Jessica (October 13, 2010). "Phi Beta Sigma values participation in service and community". Retrieved October 11, 2019.
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