| Meredith Rainey-Valmon | |
| Full Name: | Meredith Lee Rainey |
| Birth Place: | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
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Meredith Lee Rainey-Valmon (born October 15, 1968, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American runner who specialized in the 800 metres.
Her personal best time was 1:57.04 minutes, achieved at the 1996 Olympic Trials. She is also a two-time Olympian, in 1992 and 1996.[1] In 1996, she married fellow US Olympian, 400m runner and 1992 Olympic 4x400 gold medalist Andrew Valmon.
Running for Harvard University, she dominated Ivy League competition[2] and won two NCAA Championships in the 800 meters in 1989, Indoors and Outdoors.[3] She graduated in 1990.
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Universiade | Duisburg, West Germany | 8th | 800 m | 2:04.55 | |
| 1990 | Goodwill Games | Seattle, United States | 6th | 800 m | 2:00.45 | |
| 1991 | Seville, Spain | 6th | 800 m | 2:04.82 | ||
| World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 26th (h) | 800 m | 2:04.84 | ||
| 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 17th (h) | 800 m | 2:01.33 | |
| 1993 | Stuttgart, Germany | 5th | 800 m | 1:59.57 | ||
| 1994 | Goodwill Games | Saint Petersburg, Russia | 5th | 800 m | 1:59.90 | |
| 1995 | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 1st | 800 m | 1:59.44 | ||
| Gothenburg, Sweden | 5th | 800 m | 1:58.20 | |||
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 13th (sf) | 800 m | 1:59.36 | |
| 1999 | Maebashi, Japan | 4th | 800 m | 1:59.11 | ||
| Winnipeg, Canada | 3rd | 800 m | 2:01.51 | |||
| World Championships | Seville, Spain | 18th (h) | 800 m | 2:00.86 | ||
| (#) Indicates overall position in qualifying heats (h) or semifinals (sf) | ||||||