Avard_Moncur
Avard Moncur
Bahamian sprinter
Avard Moncur (born November 2, 1978) is a Bahamian track and field athlete competing in the 400 metres. He was born in Nassau.[2]
Moncur (front) in 2000 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | ||
Representing  Bahamas | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 2008 Beijing | 4x400 m relay |
 | 2000 Sydney | 4x400 m relay |
| World Championships | ||
 | 2001 Edmonton | 400 m |
| 2001 Edmonton | 4x400 m relay[1] |
| 2005 Helsinki | 4x400 m relay |
| 2007 Osaka | 4x400 m relay |
| 2003 Paris | 4x400 m relay |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| 2002 Manchester | 400 m |
| Pan American Games | ||
| 2007 Rio de Janeiro | 4x400 m relay |
| CAC Championships | ||
| 2003 St George's | 4×400 m relay |
| 2011 Mayagüez | 4×400 m relay |
| 2008 Cali | 4×400 m relay |
| CAC Junior Championships (U20) | ||
| 1996 San Salvador | 400 m |
| 1996 San Salvador | 4x100 m relay |
| CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) | ||
| 1995 George Town | 400 m |
| 1997 Bridgetown | 400 m |
| 1995 George Town | 4x400m relay |
| 1996 Kingston | 400 m |
Under the guidance of coach Henry Rolle, Moncur's most successful year came in 2001 when he won the gold medal in the 400m and the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2001 World Championships.[1] Moncur has only managed to make one more appearance in the individual final of a major championship, at the 2007 World Championships where he finished 8th.
More success, however, has come has part of the Bahamas relay team. At the 2005 World Championships he (together with Nathaniel McKinney, Andrae Williams and Chris Brown) won a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay.
At the 2007 World Championships, Moncur (together with Williams, Brown and Michael Mathieu) won silver in the 4 × 400 m relay for the third time in 2.59.18s.[3]
Moncur's personal best time and national record[4] in the 400m is 44.45 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Madrid. However, Chris Brown tied Moncur's national record at the 2007 World Championships.[5]
In addition to currently[when?] coaching at the collegiate level, Moncur is coaching one on one lessons to track & field athletes in Atlanta, GA.[6]
- The Bahamas 4x400 team won originally the silver medal, but the USA 4x400 team, which originally finished first in 4x400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.
- Olympians – Avard Moncur, Bahamas Olympic Committee, retrieved 18 April 2012
- Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Men) Archived 2007-05-20 at the Wayback Machine
- iaaf.org – Osaka 2007 – News Archived 14 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
