Cheryl Toussaint
Olympic athlete
1952 –
Who is Cheryl Toussaint?
Cheryl Toussaint is an American athlete who mainly competed in the 800 metres.
She grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, where she attended Erasmus Hall High School, setting the indoor record in the 600-yard run in 1970, the same year she graduated from high school. She competed for the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich where she won the silver medal in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay with her team mates Mable Fergerson, Madeline Manning and 400 m bronze medalists Kathy Hammond.
In 1987, Toussaint founded Tousse Running Apparel, a company designing custom Team track Apparel. Working with GK Elite Sportswear, Toussaint has developed a line of track and field uniforms that can be custom designed online.
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- Born
- Dec 16, 1952
- Also known as
- Cheryl Renee Toussaint
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Brooklyn
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on July 23, 2013
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