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American track and field sprinter

LaTasha Colander, Sydney 2000
Born	August 23, 1976 (1976-08-23) (age 48) Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.

LaTasha Colander (born August 23, 1976, in Portsmouth, Virginia) is a retired track and field sprinter who competed internationally for the United States.

In 1994, on athletic scholarship, Colander enrolled at, and later graduated from, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

In 1994, in the 100 m hurdles, Colander was the USA Juniors champion, and placed second in the World Junior Champs.

Yet soon, she switched to sprints.

Tasha is not just a local accomplished professional athlete, she is an Olympic Gold Medalist!

Tasha is not just a local accomplished professional athlete, she is an Olympic Gold Medalist!

LaTasha Colander, 17, has used her talents to the utmost.

LaTasha's specialty is the meter hurdles, which she ran in seconds in Portugal, making her the second-fastest hurdler in the world.

A two-time U.S. champion and Olympian in the meters, Colander shifted to the just last year.

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In 2000 and 2001, she was the U.S. champion in the 400 m. In April 2000, her team set the women's world record in the 4 × 200 m relay, a record standing over 15 years onward.^[1]

In the 2000 Olympics, Colander won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay.

Upon her teammate Marion Jones's 2007 admission of illegal doping, the International Olympic Committee stripped