Sports, Female Athletes, Olympics Speakers, Track and Field
In brief :
Gail Devers, Olympic champion
Fee Range :
$10,001 - $20,000
Gail Devers is a three-time Olympic 100 m champion in athletics for the US Olympic Team.
A young talent in the 100 m and 100 m hurdles, Devers was in training for the 1988 Summer Olympics, started experiencing health problems, suffering from among others migraine and vision loss. She qualified for the Olympics 100 m hurdles, in which she was eliminated in the semi-finals, but her health continued to deteriorate even further.
In 1990, she was diagnosed with Graves' disease, and started radiation therapy. Amazingly, Devers recovered quickly and resumed training. At the 1991 World Championships, she won a silver medal in the 100 m hurdles.
At the 1992 Summer Olympics, Devers starred. She qualified for the final of the 100 m, which ended in an exciting finish, with five women finishing close (within 0.06 seconds). The photo finish showed Devers had narrowly beaten Jamaican Juliet Cuthbert. In the final of the 100 m hurdles, Devers' lead event, she seemed to be running towards a second gold medal when she hit the final hurdle and stumbled over the finish line in fifth place, leaving Voula Patoulidou from Greece as the upset winner.
In 1993, Devers won the 100 m World Championship title after - again - a photo finish win over Merlene Ottey in an apparent dead heat, and the 100 m hurdles title. She retained her hurdles title in 1995.
The 100 m final at the 1996 Summer Olympics was an almost exact repeat of the World Championships final three years before. Ottey and Devers again finished in the same time and did not know who had won the race. Again, both were awarded the same time, but Devers was judged to have finished first and became the first woman to retain the Olympic 100 m title since Wyomia Tyus. In the final of her favourite event, Devers again failed, as she finished fourth and outside of the medals. With the 4 x 100 m relay team, Devers won her third Olympic medal.
After these Olympics, Devers concentrated on the hurdles event, winning the World Championship again in 1999, but she had to forfeit for the semi-finals at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Disclaimer
NOPACTALENT acts only as an entertainment broker/producer for corporate functions, private events and speaking engagements. NOPACTALENT does not claim or represent itself as the exclusive agent, manager or management for any artist on this website. NOPACTALENT is a celebrity talent booking agency and speaker booking agency representing organizations seeking to hire motivational speakers, athletes, celebrities and corporate entertainment for private corporate events, celebrity endorsements, personal appearances, spokesperson campaigns and speaking engagements.
Related Tags:
Find More Booking Information on Gail Devers for speaking engagements, personal appearances, endorsements, private corporate events and celebrity appearance fees. Hire Gail Devers for personal appearances, celebrity marketing agency, print advertising, product endorsements, media events and fundraisers. Gail Devers talent agent, celebrity appearances, celebrity representation, celebrity talent booking agent, find speakers bureau or booking agent for Gail Devers. Official Booking Agency for Conventions and Trade Shows, Television and Radio Commercials, Spokesperson or Spokesman Campaigns, Marketing Agent, Celebrity Biographies. Gail Devers Agent, booking agency, celebrity talent agent, keynote speaking engagements, Gail Devers manager, publicist, business manager, find top rated business speakers, celebrity entertainers, celebrity speakers, promotions, celebrity advertising, representation, talent booking agent, celebrity booking services, hire celebrity talent, celebrity spokespersons, celebrity experts, celebrity spokesperson agency, celebrity supplier, event speaker agency, sports and athlete personal appearances, sports promotions. NOPACTALENT is home to all industry experts including: Celebrity Fitness Trainers, Celebrity Chefs, Celebrity Stylists, Fashion Experts, Lifestyle/Entertaining Experts, Health Experts, Home Improvement Experts, Organizational Experts, Relationship Experts, Travel Experts and much more.
