Sandra Glover

Career Highlights

 2005 World and U.S. Outdoor Championships bronze medalist; 4-time USA Outdoor champion (99, 00, 01, 02); 2003 World Outdoor silver medalist; 5th at 1999 & 2001 World Championships; 2nd at 2002 World Cup

Glover set career best at the age of 36 in winning the bronze medal in the women's 400m final at the 2005 World Outdoor Championships in Helsinki. She also grabbed a bronze medal at the 2005 USA Outdoor Championships… had an outstanding 2004 outdoor campaign winning at several international meets and earning a #1 world ranking from Track & Field News, despite failing to make the Olympic Team…Glover started running track in the eighth grade…she says she didn’t even hear about summer age group track until she got to college and heard other athletes talking about it… her relatively late start in the sport made her a late bloomer: ‘I was not a top-ranked high school athlete who was highly recruited.’ She got a scholarship to Stephen F. Austin, and transferred to Houston two years later, where she earned her degree in elementary education...she taught second grade at Hunters Glen Elementary in 1999-2000...Glover took a year off from teaching following the 2000 Olympics, she returned to the classroom in Fall 2001...maiden name was Cummings...married to Don Glover, who is her coach… ‘It took a while for me to get used to working and training. I used to get to the track around 5pm. My husband would pay attention to my coaches, Mike Takaha, Tom Tellez, Victor Lopez. He started learning more about it and reading.’

2007: 4th at USA Outdoors (55.31)…1st at Georgia Tech Invitational (54.70)… 1st at Kassel (54.59)…1st at Monaco (54.74)…ranked #3 in the U.S. by T&FN…best of 54.59.
2006:  5th at Paris (55.28)…4th at Rome (54.90)…3rd at Athens (54.15)…1st at Madrid (54.20)…ranked #10 in the world (#3 U.S.) by T&FN…best of 54.20.
2005: World Outdoor Championships bronze medalist (53.32)...3rd at USA Outdoor Champs (54.62)...1st at Houston (54.21)...2nd at Belem (54.09)...4th at Paris (54.34)...1st at Helsinki GP (54.27)...1st at Oslo (53.93)...3rd at Zurich (53.91)...2nd at Brussels (53.73)...1st at Rieti (53.92)...1st at Berlin (54.17)...3rd at World Athletics Final (54.09)...1st at Atlanta (54.01)...ranked #3 in the world (#2 U.S.) by T&FN...best of 53.32.
2004: 4th at the Olympic trials in 400mH (53.64)...1st at Madrid (53.67)...1st at Zurich (53.50)...1st at Heusden (53.40)...1st at Stockholm (54.34)...1st at Houston (54.11)...1st at Rovereto (54.41)...1st at Osaka (54.95)...1st at Fort de France (55.00)...1st at Martinique (55.00)...ranked #1 in the world (#1 U.S.) by T&FN...best of 53.40.
2003: World Outdoor silver medalist (53.65)3rd at Bislett Games (54.8)1st at Gaz de France (54.47)3rd at Golden Gala (54.15, U.S. Leader) 2nd at Memorial Van Damme (53.87)1st at Rieti (53.34 U.S. Leader)ranked #2 in world (#1 U.S.) by T&FNbest of 53.34.
2002: USA Outdoors champion (55.22)2nd at World Cup (54.46)won at Hengelo GP (55.70)1st at Dortmund (55.14)1st at Rovereto (54.40)2nd at Linz GP (54.89)ranked #3 in the world (#1 U.S.) byT&FNbest of 54.40.
2001: Won USA Outdoors (55.08) 5th at World Champs (55.04) 3rd at Grand Prix Final (55.01) ranked #8 in world (#2 U.S.) by T&FN best of 54.30.
2000: Won Olympic Trials in PR 53.33...6th in Olympic semifinal (54.98)...in Golden League competition: 2nd at Rome (54.31), 3rd at Paris (55.33) and 4th at Monaco (54.51)... ranked #6 in world (#1 U.S) by T&FN...best of 53.33.
1999: Won USA Outdoors (54.95)... 5th at World Champs (53.65)... best of 53.65 PR.
1998: 4th at Mt. SAC (56.46)...3rd in USA Outdoors (55.11 PR)...8th in Goodwill Games (56.97)...ranked #3 U.S. by T&FN... best of 55.11.
1997: 8th in USA Outdoors (58.84)...ranked #8 U.S. by T&FN... best of 55.63.
1996: 5th in semi at Olympic Trials (58.33)... best of 56.31.
1995: 5th in semi at USA Outdoors (57.43)...ranked #8 U.S. by T&FN... best of 57.39.
1994: 7th in USA Outdoors (57.92)...ranked #8 U.S. by T&FN... best of 56.66.
1993: 6th in USA Outdoors (58.13)...ranked #6 U.S. by T&FN... best of 56.76.
1992: 7th in Olympic Trials (58.12)...ranked #7 U.S. by T&FN... best of 55.77.

Olympic Experience

• 1-time Olympian;
• Olympic Games Sydney 2000, 9th (400m Hurdles - Women)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2005 – bronze (400m Hurdles - Women)
• Years of participation: 400m Hurdles - Women 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005
• Medals: 2 (1 silver, 1 bronze)
• Silver – 2003 (400m Hurdles - Women)
• Bronze – 2005 (400m Hurdles - Women)