Félix Sánchez

Dominican track and field athlete · United States · On the map · Athletes · Born 1977 · age 49

Félix Sánchez is a retired Dominican-American track and field athlete. Specializing in the 400 meter hurdles, He is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, winning gold in 2004 and 2012, and was also World Champion in 2001 and 2003. Just before turning 36, he set the Masters M35 World Record with a time of 48.10.

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2013“Most Dominican boys dream of being a baseball player and I was no different, I played baseball from six years old until 15.”In their words4 December 2013SPORTS 360Read the whole statement

“I’m just so competitive that I had to improve, The next year instead of going back to baseball, I wanted to prove I could do it in track and field.”In their words4 December 2013SPORTS 360Read the whole statement

“It helped that no one came into the field, in the way that someone like Usain Bolt did, coming in and demolishing everyone.”In their words4 December 2013SPORTS 360Read the whole statement

“Champions were changing every year and no one was running particularly fast so I figured I can still compete with these guys.”In their words4 December 2013SPORTS 360Read the whole statement

“Finally, coming into 2012 I had a good 2011 and I thought this is the year to find out if I’ve been fooling myself or whether age and injury have got the better of me.”In their words4 December 2013SPORTS 360Read the whole statement

“Very similar to Athens, almost to the letter. I showed up late, I didn’t go the opening ceremony and I turned up three days before the opening round.”In their words4 December 2013SPORTS 360Read the whole statement

Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the YearAward1977Born30 August 1977

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Sánchez at the 2012 London Olympics

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In my first year at high school, my friends and I chose to do some wrestling, just so we had a sport in the fall while we waited for the baseball season to come around.
4 December 2013 · SPORTS 360, Own words
I trained harder, studied the sport, started hurdling and all the bits and pieces came together, getting me more interested in it. I fell in love with it and never went back.
4 December 2013 · SPORTS 360, Own words
Track and field is all about confidence, it has to do with talent too, but so much relies on confidence.
4 December 2013 · SPORTS 360, Own words