American hurdler (born 1963)
Anthony Michael Dees (born August 6, 1963, in Pascagoula, Mississippi ) is a former American hurdler .
Dees won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona behind Mark McKoy . He then finished third at the 1993 World Indoor Championships , eighth at the 1993 World Championships , third again at the 1997 World Indoor Championships and fourth at the 1999 World Championships .
5 times indoor national champion 60 meter hurdles
He attended the University of Mississippi , and finished his education at Turabo University in Caguas, Puerto Rico.
Dees also was 5 time indoor 60 meter hurdles national champion. Dees ranked #2 in the world in 1991, #3 in the world in 1992 and 1993 in 110 meter hurdles. Dees ended his career at age 38 by posting an impressive 60 meter hurdle best of 7.37 seconds.
Another one of his accomplishments is coaching the University School in Cross Country and leading them to their first ever Boys and Girls trip to the regionals in the school's history. Dees also took four track and field athletes to the state championships which were held in Gainesville at The University of Florida.
Dees was inducted into the Ole Miss track hall of fame by coach Joe Walker at The University Of Mississippi. (Ole Miss)
Personal bests
Rankings Dees was ranked among the best in the US and the world in the 100m hurdles event from 1990 to 2000, according to the votes of the experts of Track and Field News .[ 1] [ 2]
110 m hurdles
Year
World rank
US rank
1990
2nd
2nd
1991
2nd
2nd
1992
3rd
1st
1993
5th
2nd
1994
-
6th
1995
9th
6th
1996
-
8th
1997
-
6th
1998
-
10th
1999
10th
5th
2000
-
9th
See also
References
1959 : Italy (De Murtas , Giannone , Mazza , Berruti )
1961 : Soviet Union (Mikhailov , Ozolin , Bartenev , Chistyakov )
1963 : Hungary (Csutorás , Rábai , Gyulai , Mihályfi )
1965 : West Germany (Obersiebrasse , Metz , Felsen , Sundermann )
1967 : Italy (Giani , Preatoni , Roscio , Berruti )
1970 : Poland (Wagner , Werner , Gramse , Nowosz )
1973 : United States (Brown , Riddick , Whatley , Gilbreath )
1975 : Soviet Union (Zhidkikh , Silovs , Kolesnikov , Vladimirtsev )
1977 : Soviet Union (Kolesnikov , Aksinin , Silovs , Ignatenko )
1979 : Italy (Caravani , Grazioli , Lazzer , Mennea )
1981 : United States (Lattany , Ketchum , Grimes , Smith )
1983 : United States (Scott , Graddy , Robinson , Gault )
1985 : Cuba (Querol , Simón , Chacón , Peñalver )
1987 : United States (McRae , Heard , Daniel , Spearmon )
1989 : United States (Watkins , Dees , Cason , Marsh )
1991 : United States (Drummond , Goins , Bates , Trapp )
1993 : United States (Bridgewater , Oaks , Miller , Jefferson )
1995 : United States (Bowen , Oaks , Hargraves , Dopek )
1997 : United States (Howard , Henderson , Carter , McCall )
1999 : United States (Conwright , Trammell , Miller , Capel )
2001 : Japan (Kawabata , Nara , Omae , Okusako )
2003 : Japan (Ishikura , Takahira , Yoshino , Arai )
2005 : Italy (Verdecchia , Rocco , Donati , Anceschi )
2007 : Thailand (Autas , Sondee , Suwannarangsri , Suwonprateep )
2009 : Russia (Mokrousov , Teplykh , Smirnov , Petryashov )
2011 : South Africa (Dreyer , Magakwe , Sefanyetso , Mpuang )
2013 : Ukraine (Perestiuk , Smelyk , Bodrov , Korzh )
2015 : Japan (Ōseto , Nagata , Suwa , Taniguchi )
2017 : Japan (Tanaka , Tada , Kitagawa , Yamashita )
2019 : Japan (Miyamoto , Someya , Yamashita , Dede )
2021 : China (Chen ,Chen ,Yan ,Deng )
1977: United States (Collins , Riddick , Wiley , Williams )
1979: Americas (Lara , dos Santos , Leonard , de Araújo )
1981: Europe (Zwoliński , Licznerski , Dunecki , Woronin )
1985: United States (Glance , Baptiste , Smith , Evans )
1989: United States (Cason , Dees , Council , Watkins )
1992: United States (Bridgewater , Braunskill , Smith , Williams )
1994: Great Britain (Braithwaite , Jarrett , Regis , Christie )
1998: Great Britain (Condon , Devonish , Golding , Chambers )
2002: United States (Drummond , Smoots , Conwright , Miller )
2006: United States (Conwright , Spearmon , Gay , Smoots )
2010: Americas (Bailey , Spearmon , Gay , Martina )
2014: Americas (Collins , Rodgers , Carter , Thompson )
2018: Americas (Rodgers , Lyles , Blake , Tracey )
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