Patton (second left) after his 2007 World 4×100 m relay gold
Personal information
Nationality
American
Born
(1977-12-04) December 4, 1977 (age 46) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Height
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight
180 lb (82 kg)
Sport
Sport
Track and field
Event(s)
100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, long jump
College team
Texas Christian University and Garden City Community College
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
100m: 9.89 200m: 20.03
Medal record
Men’s athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
2004 Athens
4×100 m relay
World Championships
2003 Paris
4×100 m relay
2007 Osaka
4×100 m relay
2003 Paris
200 m
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro
100 m
2007 Rio de Janeiro
4×100 m relay
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Darvis "Doc" Darell Patton (born December 4, 1977) is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events.[1] He is a two-time US Champion in the 200-meter dash and won the silver medal in the event at the 2003 World Championships. He is a three-time Olympian and a four-time participant at the World Athletics Championships.
Patton has had much success with the American 4×100-meter relay team, being a world gold medallist in 2003 and 2007, as well as an Olympic silver medallist (2004). He has also had misfortune in the relay, having been involved in the American team's disqualification at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the 2009 World Championships, and the 2011 World Championships.
A multi-talented athlete in the horizontal jumps and sprints, he initially focused on the 200 m but, after missing 2005 and 2006 due to injury, he switched to the 100-meter dash. He won the 100 m silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games and reached the finals of the event at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2009 World Championships. He has broken the 10-second barrier and his personal record of 9.89 seconds places him within the top-ten fastest Americans in the event.[2] He also has bests of 20.03 for the 200 m, 8.12 m for the long jump, and 6.50 seconds for the 60-meter dash (a masters record for over-35 runners).
^"Athlete biography: Darvis Patton". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. Retrieved Aug 26, 2008.
^100 Metres All Time. IAAF (2010-04-25). Retrieved on 2010-05-03.
Darvis "Doc" Darell Patton (born December 4, 1977) is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events. He is a two-time US...
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disqualifications occurred in the heats of the Olympic 4×100 meter relay race: DarvisPatton and Tyson Gay misjudged a baton pass, causing the American team to be...
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Athletic Association All-American first-team; National Player of the Year DarvisPatton, "Doc"; retired sprinter in track and field; three-time Olympian (two...
Jonathan Johnson Meb Keflezighi Daniel Lincoln Coby Miller John Nunn DarvisPatton Derrick Peterson Jonathon Riley Dathan Ritzenhein Grant Robison Khadevis...
Merritt Manteo Mitchell (r) Maurice Mitchell Bryshon Nellum John Nunn DarvisPatton (r) Jeff Porter Jason Richardson Dathan Ritzenhein Mike Rodgers (r)...
Tyson Gay and Ryan Bailey instead of Demps and preliminary teammate DarvisPatton, but as part of the team, Demps still received a medal. The medal was...
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Great Britain 10.08 (SB) 200 m details John Capel United States 20.30 DarvisPatton United States 20.31 Shingo Suetsugu Japan 20.38 400 m details Tyree...
Merritt Manteo Mitchell (r) Maurice Mitchell Bryshon Nellum John Nunn DarvisPatton (r) Jeff Porter Jason Richardson Dathan Ritzenhein Mike Rodgers (r)...
executive for the Texas Rangers Frank Murphy, former NFL and UFL player DarvisPatton, "Doc", retired sprinter in track and field, three-time Olympian (two...
Thompson (TTO) ran 9.74 (+5.0 m/s) in Clermont, Florida on 31 May 2014. DarvisPatton (USA) ran 9.75 (+4.3 m/s) in Austin, Texas on 30 March 2013. Trayvon...
27 Silver Shawn Crawford Justin Gatlin Maurice Greene Coby Miller DarvisPatton* Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m relay August 28 Silver John C. Lovell Charlie...
Jonathan Johnson Meb Keflezighi Daniel Lincoln Coby Miller John Nunn DarvisPatton Derrick Peterson Jonathon Riley Dathan Ritzenhein Grant Robison Khadevis...
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