LaTasha Jenkins

Quick Facts

Full Name	LaTasha Jenkins
Occupation	Sprinter
Date Of Birth	Dec 19, 1977(1977-12-19)
Age	47
Birthplace	Chicago
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Sagittarius

LaTasha Jenkins Biography

LaTasha Jenkins is one of the most popular and richest Sprinter who was born on December 19, 1977 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. LaTasha Jenkins (born on 19 December 1977) is an American former track and field athlete. She has won several world championships at the 200m race, she took home an Olympic silver medal in the 2001 World Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the 2001 Outdoor Championships. Other highlights of her career included 2000 U.S. Indoor 200m champion 2000 as well as 2001 US Outdoor runner-up, 200m 2001 NCAA 200m champion and four-time NCAA All-American participant in the four-time world record-holders in the 4x200m relay. Her birthplace was in Chicago and went to Oak Lawn Polaris High School.

Latasha Jenkins has been inducted into the Ball State University Sports Hall of Fame in February 2009.

In The Chicago Tribune in August 25 in the year 2006 Jenkins was found to have a failed sample a drug test conducted in late July of that year. The substance tested was Nandrolone. Latasha Jenkins sought to contest the claimed tests and was later cleared of any charges. She is the sole athlete ever to prevail in an anti-doping trial against USADA. WADA accepted the conclusions that were made in the USADA verdict and subsequently withdrawn their appeal.

LaTasha Jenkins Net Worth

LaTasha Jenkins is one of the richest Sprinter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, LaTasha Jenkins 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1999, after winning the NCAA 200m title and coming in second behind Marion Jones at the U.S. Championships, Jenkins was ready to make her mark on the international stage However, a collapsed lung she experienced on her way towards her 1999 World University Games forced her to pull out of that competition as well as from competing in the World Championships. The athlete recovered in 2000 and then in 2001, she had a great results under her new Coach Norbert Elliott of Georgia and won the first U.S. title indoors and taking bronze at the World Indoor Championships. She then finished third behind Jones outside at 200m and finished third during the World Outdoor Championships. Her graduation in 1999 from Ball State University with a degree in English and a minor in counseling psychology. She was awarded 25 points in the mid-American championship in 1998. Her 1999 NCAA victory was the first National Championship to be won by Ball State female track and track and field.

Jenkins holds the world record as an athlete on the American 4 200m team, which was able to run 1:27.46 on the 29th of April the year 2000, on the streets of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the other members of the team including LaTasha Colander-Richardson Nanceen Perry, and Marion Jones. It is important to note that the 4 x 200 metres is not a standard race and is not component of the major championships in international competition.

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LaTasha Ranked on the list of most popular Sprinter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. LaTasha Jenkins celebrates birthday on December 19 of every year.