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	Encyclopedia: Don Quarrie
		Don Quarrie is regarded as one of the finest sprinters in the history of track and field.
		Don is a world class athlete who is not only respected for his athletic ability but also his discipline and his demeanor on and off the field.
		Don was well on his way to winning a third gold in the 200m but he suffered cramps in his semi-final heat and was not able to advance to the final round.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Don-Quarrie (1485 words)

	Don Quarrie
		Don proved that sprinters could be durable, with a career than spanned five Olympic Games.
		Although he won only one Mt. SAC individual event title, Don was a regular participant in relay races, both as a USC college student and club athlete.
		Don also won an Olympic silver medal as a member of Jamaica's 4x100m relay team.
	ibm.mtsac.edu /relays/HallFame/Quarrie.htm (141 words)

	Don Quarrie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Don Quarrie reached the highest point of his long career at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, where he won the 200m, and finished second, by only 0.01sec, in the 100m.
		Don seemed set to repeat this performance in the 200m when he breezed through the first two rounds, but he suffered a mid-race attack of cramp in his semi-final, and finished a disappointing fifth.
		Don fared much better in the 200m, at which he was the defending titleholder, finishing third to earn a bronze medal to go with the gold and silver medals he had won in 1976.
	www.sporting-heroes.net /athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=1773 (338 words)

	Sports Heroes: Donald Quarrie (Jamaica)
		Don captured the gold in the 200m and the silver in the 100m.
		Quarrie has received recognition both on and off the field, a statue of him is proudly positioned at the entrance to Jamaica's National Stadium.
		Don has long since retired from competition but he is still active in the sporting world.
	www.jamaicans.com /culture/people/jasports_donquarrie.shtml (471 words)

	IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
		Quarrie then bounced back to take the gold in the 200, and returned four years later to claim the bronze in Moscow.
		Quarrie said that he’s seen one primary difference between the sprinters of today and his contemporaries.
		Quarrie, who has remained extremely active in the sport since his retirement in the 1980s, is also very upbeat about the sport’s future.
	www.iaaf.org /news/newsId=30983,printer.html (690 words)

	DON QUARRIE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Don Quarrie, a Jamaican National, was born in 1951.
		He is considered one of the most accomplished athletes and is known for his work as a sprinter in the track and field arena.
		Don Quarrie has competed in five Olympic Games.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /Biography/DonQuarriebio.htm (160 words)

	1970cwealth100final
		DON QUARRIE (gold, 10.24sec) Although Lennox Miller was a world-class athlete, he was often overshadowed by his good friend Quarrie, who also attended USC.
		Born in Kingston, Jamaica, on 25 February 1951, Quarrie is considered one of the finest sprinters of all time, and the greatest bend runner ever.
		Quarrie is still revered in his native Jamaica - a bronze statue of him stands at the entrance of Jamaica's national stadium and there is a school named after him in the St Thomas region of Kingston.
	caribsport01.homestead.com /1970cwealth100final.html (709 words)

	Don Quarrie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Despite Quarrie's world record, the 100m at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal was considered to be an open affair, with several runners having a strong chance to win, including Quarrie and defending champion Valeriy Borzov (Soviet Union).
		In the final, on 24 July, Quarrie hit the lead at 75m and seemed destined for victory, until Hasley Crawford (Trinidad and Tobago) edged past him in the closing stages to just win the gold medal from Quarrie, whose silver medal-winning time of 10.07sec was the fastest electronic time of his career.
		In the 200m, Quarrie was again one of a number of athletes considered to have winning chances, although the fastest two times of the year had been set by teammates Millard Hampton, and Dwayne Evans, at the USA Olympic Trials.
	www.sporting-heroes.net /athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=1772 (344 words)

	BBC Caribbean
		In 1976 the year Quarrie is most famously remembered for, the 100 metres was a close race.
		Quarrie’s preparations for the 1980 Moscow Games were severely affected by a car crash the year before.
		Quarrie is still actively involved in athletics in his native Jamaica where his contribution to the sport has been recognised by the national athletics association when he was presented with a special award at the Jamaican International meet.
	www.bbc.co.uk /caribbean/news/story/2004/08/040819_jamaica-quarrie.shtml (569 words)

	Pietro Mennea - One Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He did make it to the final of the 200 m, but saw Don Quarrie take the gold, leaving the Italian in fourth.
		The world record holder was also one of the favourites for the Olympic gold in Moscow, especially because of the American boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics.
		In the 200 m final, Mennea faced reigning champion Don Quarrie, and 100 m champion Allan Wells.
	www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Pietro_Mennea (575 words)

	Afiwi.Com - Your Caribbean Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Biography: Don Quarrie was born in Kingston, Jamaica on February 25th, 1951.
		Quarrie broke the World Record for the 200 Meters during the Pan American Games in Cali, Columbia crossing the line in 19.8 seconds.
		Don Quarrie is still considered one of the top sprinters off all-time.
	www.afiwi.com /people2.asp?id=252 (362 words)

	Don Quarrie Encyclopedia Article, Description, History and Biography @ Karr.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	Olympic legend Don Quarrie off to China - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At that time, it was also agreed that Jamaican athletes would also be invited to China to participate in warm-up races in the run-up to the Games.
		Quarrie, 54, an executive member of the Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association (JAAA), is one of the island's most outstanding athletes.
		He was the first male athlete to win six Commonwealth track gold medals when he triumphed in the 100m at the 1978 Games.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /sports/html/20051112T190000-0500_92375_OBS_OLYMPIC_LEGEND_DON_QUARRIE_OFF_TO_CHINA_.asp (283 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner News - FROM THE BOUNDARY - Two of the very best - Wednesday \| December 28, 2005
		An Olympian at age 18, Quarrie, who was injured during his first two Olympic Games, won the silver medal in the 100 metres and the gold in the 200 in 1976, the bronze medal in the 200 in 1980, and the silver in the 4x100 relay in 1984.
		The Don, who set a new 200m record of 19.8 in 1971 and who tied the 100m record of 9.9 in 1976, was also the world record holder in both the 100 and the 200.
		By doing it in bronze, by erecting a statue in memory of Ottey's deeds, by rededicating the one in memory of Quarrie's achievements, this time, however, it will be a thank you that will last forever.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20051228/sports/sports5.html (530 words)

	Jamaica Track and Field, the Sprint factory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is said that there is quicksilver in the veins of Jamaican Sprinters, a combination of determination and their blinding footspeed have produced medals at Olympic and other World Championship finals.
		Olympian sprinters such as Don Quarrie, Merlene Otty, Lennox Miller, Deon Hemmings, Bertland Cameron, Herb McKenley, Authur Wint have graced the history books of Olympics dating back to 1948.
		Quarrie who was considered the fastest turn-runner ever goes on to wins the 200-meter gold by a huge margin.
	www.sprintfactory.com (595 words)

	TFN 1973
		The heralded 440 relay was nothing special as Cal International, talking of records before the race, didn't finish after tightly bandaged Willie Deckard couldn't complete the 2nd leg and limped off the track.
		Southern Cal had to work for its 40.5 victory as Don Quarrie overhauled Bay Area Strider Ralph Ligons in the stretch, turning on the afterburners in the final 20y.
		Quarrie didn't even challenge the quick-starting Deckard in an earlier 220 race, cruising 0.3sec slower than winner Deckard's 20.8.
	vm.mtsac.edu /relays/TFN/1973.html (672 words)

	The Jamaica Star :: JAAA boss lauds Francis, local programme ::
		Quarrie is one of six Jamaicans who have held outdoor individual world records.
		Powell is the sixth Jamaican to hold an individual world record and the first since 1976 when Don Quarrie ran 9.9 for the last recognised hand-timed world record.
		Quarrie and Dennis Johnson, who ran 9.3 seconds for the 100 yards in 1961, held sprint records, and Marilyn Neufville posted a 400-metre world best in 1970 at the Commonwealth Games.
	www.jamaica-star.com /thestar/20050617/sports/sports4.html (759 words)

	UK Athletics : Press Association News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Former Jamaica track and field star Don Quarrie has paid tribute to team-mate and Olympic silver medallist Lennox Miller who died on Monday.
		Miller, who won his silver in the 100 metres at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico and a bronze in the same event four years later, passed away in Pasadena aged 58 after battling cancer.
		Quarrie, who won gold for Jamaica in the 1972 Olympics in Montreal, praised Miller for the courage he showed throughout his career.
	www.ukathletics.net /vsite/vcontent/content/news/0,10869,4854-133510-134818-20996-142333-news-item,00.html (369 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - My Father's War; 1939 - 1945 - A4045772
		Eventually, he escaped in February 1945 after being shot at by American planes when he was on a forced march to move westwards, away from Russian forces.
		Along with his best friend Don Taylor (later to be his best man), at the wedding with Joan Bushell (my mum), they found a farm belonging to Herr Und, Frau Meyer and their daughters Anni and Racci aged 21 and 18.
		This family looked after my father and Don Taylor for about 2 weeks, hiding them from German soldiers and the Gestapo Officers.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A4045772 (604 words)

	Sporting Life - Commonwealth Games
		Four years later, he won his third Commonwealth gold in the 1,500m.
		DON QUARRIE (Jamaica): Don Quarrie's 100m victory in 1978 made him the first male athlete to win six gold medals in the Commonwealth Games - a record that still stands today.
		LENNOX LEWIS (Canada): The enormous super-heavyweight caused a shock in Edinburgh in 1986 by winning the Super-heavyweight gold before adding the Olympic version two years later.
	www.sportinglife.com /commonwealth_games/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=commonwealth/02/06/18/manual_105822.html&TEAMHD= (198 words)

	TFN 1971
		Don Quarrie and Chuck Smith both got 9.3 100s and Tommie White a 13.5 highs win over hefty Willie Davenport.
		In the straightaway races, Don Quarrie and Chuck Smith both lagged early in their 100s before edging ahead for 9.3 wins.
		Erv Hall led the highs early but Tom White came on mid-way to hold off Willie Davenport by a tenth in 13.5.
	vm.mtsac.edu /relays/TFN/1971.html (1052 words)

	BBC Caribbean
		Despite Bolt's record-breaking exploits, Jamaican sprint legend Don Quarrie doesn't feel that the Jamaican public will put him under undue pressure to bring home a medal.
		"I think the country is hoping he gets through," Quarrie said.
		Quarrie, who won the 200m gold medal in 1976 at the Montreal Olympics, believes that Bolt is ready for the Olympics, but he said the team’s senior athletes have to ensure that Bolt remains focused.
	www.bbc.co.uk /caribbean/news/story/2004/06/040614_usain-bolt.shtml (740 words)

	Trinidad News, Trinidad Newspaper, Trinidad Sports, Trinidad politics, Trinidad and Tobago, Tobago News, Trinidad ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At left is Don Quarrie, who was second, with Valeri Borzov (87) third.
		In the quarter-finals he whipped the Russian Valeri Borzov, and in the "semis" he defeated the Jamaican Don Quarrie.
		Glance took the early lead, but Quarrie caught him after 60 metres and passed him at 75 metres.
	www.trinidadexpress.com /index.pl/article_sports_mag?id=72555603 (1144 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Letter writer off-base on Quarrie's record - Saturday \| August 19, 2000
		Jamaica Gleaner - Letter writer off-base on Quarrie's record - Saturday
		IN THE letter from Sylvester 'Jim' Bowie on the Merlene Ottey issue he states that Don Quarrie insisted in making Jamaica's Olympic team in 1984 although he failed to qualify and further that "his impact on team morale and cohesion was devastating."
		These assertions are entirely baseless and damaging to the excellent name of one who has served his country and sport with distinction.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20000819/Letters/Letters3.html (76 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		ATLANTA -- Twenty years after Haseley Crawford captured Trinidad's only Olympic gold medal to date, another speedster from the tiny West Indian island has emerged as a genuine challenger for the 100 meter title in Atlanta.
		At the 1976 Montreal Olympics, during a golden period for Caribbean sprinting, Crawford just held off Jamaican Don Quarrie to win by 0.01 of a second and provide Trinidad with its finest sporting moment.
		Now Ato Boldon, a 22-year-old student at UCLA, who combines scorching speed with unshakeable self-confidence, has set his sights on emulating Crawford.
	www.math.miami.edu /~ttca/art3.html (511 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - LETTER OF THE DAY - Why ridicule Usain Bolt? - Tuesday \| August 16, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		To continue running could have done serious injury, which could have, not only ended his season, but adversely affected his running future.
		The great Don Quarrie went to the Olympics as a teen in 1968.
		He did not win his first medal until 1976 - his third Olympics.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20050816/letters/letters1.html (310 words)

	NewspaperARCHIVE.com - Search old newspapers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Quarrie sets world mark in 220 dash Ore. Don Quarrie broke the world record in the 220-yard dash Saturday by blazing over the lightning- fast Hayward Field track in 19.9 seconds at the Steve Pre- fontaine Classic.
		Quarrie finishd inches ahead of Steve who also was clocked in 19.9 and shared the previous world mark.
		A double off Guidry by Doby Johnson and Don Castle's error on Pichardo's throw gave the Blues their final tally in the eighty.
	www.newspaperarchive.com /newspapers2/na0029/6285161/21511272.html (2771 words)

	COMMENTS
		I won't bother linking to them because of the registration issue, but they did have some info...
		and a link to a low quality video with almost completely unintelligible audio where they talked to Culberson and Quarrie, along with a David Pasley, who is running in a different District for the same commission.
		From the profiles on tcpalm.com, and what little I could understand of the "debate" on there, Culberson and Quarrie don't seem to actually differ on too much.
	www.abulsme.com /comments.php?id=374_0_1_0_C (519 words)

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