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{{short description|American track and field athlete}}
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[Athletics (track and field)|athletics]]}}
| name = Maicel Malone-Wallace
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
| image =
{{MedalGold| [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|4x400 m relay]]}}
| caption =
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
| birth_name = Maicel D. Malone
{{MedalGold |[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 Stuttgart]]| [[1993 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 4 x 400 metres relay|4x400 m relay]]}}
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|June 12, 1969}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]]| 4x400 m relay}}
| birth_place = [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], U.S.
{{MedalSilver |[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 Seville]]| 4x400 m relay}}
| spouse = Aaron Wallace (m. 1994)
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{{MedalGold| [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4x400 metres relay]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 Stuttgart]] | [[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4x400 metres relay]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]] | [[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4x400 metres relay]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 Seville]] | [[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4x400 metres relay]] }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Junior Athletics Championships|Pan American Junior Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1986 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships|1986 Winter Park]]|100 m}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1986 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships|1986 Winter Park]]|200 m}}
{{MedalGold |[[1986 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships|1986 Winter Park]]|4x100 relay}}
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'''Maicel Malone-Wallace''' (born [[June 6]], [[1969]] in [[Indianapolis]]) is a former track and field athlete who specialised in the [[400 meters]]. She was the [[1996 Olympic Games]] gold medalist in the women's [[4 x 400 meters relay]] for the [[United States]].
'''Maicel D. Malone-Wallace''' (born June 12, 1969 in [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]]) is an American former [[track and field]] athlete who specialised in the [[400 meters]]. She was on the [[1996 Olympic Games]] gold medal winning team in the women's [[4 x 400 meters relay]] for the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/maicel-malone-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033409/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/maicel-malone-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Maicel Malone |access-date=May 24, 2015}}</ref>


Running for the [[Arizona State Sun Devils track and field]] team, Malone-Wallace won the 1990 [[400 meters at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships]] and the 1991 [[4 × 400 meter relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships]].<ref>{{Olympedia}}</ref>
Highlights of Malone's track career include one [[Olympic gold medal]] (4x400m relay, 1996), three [[World Championships in Athletics|World Championship]] gold medals (4x400m relay and 400m, 1993), two [[World University Games]] gold medals (400m and 4 x 400m relay, 1991) and one [[Pan American Games]] gold medal (4x400m relay, 1991). On top of her seven career gold medals, Malone has three silver medals ([[Goodwill Games]], 1990; U.S. Olympic Festival, 1990; World Championships, 1997) and a bronze medal at the 1990 U.S. Olympic Festival. She has also set two [[American records in athletics|American records]] in the indoor 400m and the indoor 4x400m relay, both in 1991. During her time at Arizona State, Malone captured seven NCAA titles, 11 All-American honors, two TAC/USA Championships and 10 PAC-10 titles.


==Achievements==
Until recently, she held the indoor collegiate record in the 400 meters for 13 seasons which was broken in 2004 by Olympian [[Sanya Richards]] from the [[University of Texas]]. Additionally, she was named the "Most Outstanding Athlete" of the 1990 [[Penn Relays]] after running the fastest 400m relay split in the meet's 96-year history, and also named "Hanes Her Way Woman of the Year" for the state of Arizona in 1991. Malone was the first ever female to win NCAA indoor and outdoor 400m titles and the TAC 400m title in the same season.
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|-
! colspan="6" | Representing the {{USA}}
|-
|rowspan=3|1986
|rowspan=3|[[1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|100m
|[[1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres|11.49]] <small>(wind: +0.9&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|8th (sf)
|200m
|[[1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|23.72]] <small>(wind: +0.5&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|43.78]]
|-
| 1988
| [[1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
| [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], Canada
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 400 m
| [[1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|52.23]]
|-
| 1990
| [[Athletics at the 1990 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]]
| [[Seattle]], United States
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 4 × 400 m
| 3:24.53
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1991
| rowspan=2 | [[Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Sheffield]], United Kingdom
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 400 m
| 50.65
|-
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 4 × 400 m
| 3:27.93
|-
| 1993
| [[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Stuttgart]], Germany
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 4 × 400 m
| 3:16.71
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1994
| rowspan=2 | [[Athletics at the 1994 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 400 m
| 50.60
|-
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 4 × 400 m
| 3;22.27
|-
| 1995
| [[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Gothenburg]], Sweden
| 7th
| 400 m
| 50.99 <small>(50.77)</small>
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1996
| rowspan=2 | [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Atlanta]], United States
| semifinal
| 400 m
| 51.16
|-
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 4 × 400 m
| 3:20.91
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1997
| rowspan=2 | [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Athens]], Greece
| semifinal
| 400 m
| 51.40<small> (50.77)</small>
|-
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 4 × 400 m
| 3:21.03
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1999
| rowspan=2 | [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Seville]], Spain
| semifinal
| 400 m
| 50.93<small> (50.82)</small>
|-
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 4 × 400 m
| 3:22.09
|}
<small>'''Note:''' Results in parentheses, indicate superior time achieved in the previous round.</small>


==References==
Malone's coaching career began as a volunteer coach at the [[University of Florida]], where she coached eight years, before moving to Tallahassee to be an assistant coach at Florida State. She is currently head track coach at Florida A&M.
<references />
* {{World Athletics||name=Maicel Malone-Wallace}}
* [http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/TrackAndFieldArchive/2000/wallace.html Maicel Malone-Wallace bio] at [[USATF]]
* [http://www.seminoles.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209584221 Maicel Malone bio] at Seminoles.com


{{Footer Olympic Champions 4x400 m Women}}
Malone grew up in [[Indianapolis, Indiana]], where she attended [[North Central High School]], and won 11 state titles in track and field. She also ran cross-country at North Central.
{{Footer World Champions 4 x 400 m Women}}
{{Footer Pan American Champions 4x400m Women}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions 400m Women}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions 4x400m Women}}
{{Footer World Athletics U20 Champions women's 4x100 metres}}
{{Footer US NC 400m Women}}
{{Footer US NC Indoor 400m Women}}
{{Footer USA Track & Field 1996 Summer Olympics}}


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==External links==
*{{iaaf name|id=61155|name=Maicel Malone-Wallace}}
*[http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/oldBios/2000/wallace.html Archived biography] from [[USATF]]


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Latest revision as of 14:41, 14 November 2024

Maicel Malone-Wallace
Personal information
Birth nameMaicel D. Malone
BornJune 12, 1969 (1969-06-12) (age 55)
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
SpouseAaron Wallace (m. 1994)
Medal record
Women's athletics (track and field)
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta 4x400 metres relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Stuttgart 4x400 metres relay
Silver medal – second place 1997 Athens 4x400 metres relay
Silver medal – second place 1999 Seville 4x400 metres relay
Pan American Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 1986 Winter Park 100 m
Silver medal – second place 1986 Winter Park 200 m
Gold medal – first place 1986 Winter Park 4x100 relay

Maicel D. Malone-Wallace (born June 12, 1969 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American former track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 meters. She was on the 1996 Olympic Games gold medal winning team in the women's 4 x 400 meters relay for the United States.[1]

Running for the Arizona State Sun Devils track and field team, Malone-Wallace won the 1990 400 meters at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships and the 1991 4 × 400 meter relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.[2]

Achievements

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  United States
1986 World Junior Championships Athens, Greece 3rd 100m 11.49 (wind: +0.9 m/s)
8th (sf) 200m 23.72 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 43.78
1988 World Junior Championships Sudbury, Canada 2nd 400 m 52.23
1990 Goodwill Games Seattle, United States 2nd 4 × 400 m 3:24.53
1991 Universiade Sheffield, United Kingdom 1st 400 m 50.65
1st 4 × 400 m 3:27.93
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 1st 4 × 400 m 3:16.71
1994 Goodwill Games Saint Petersburg, Russia 2nd 400 m 50.60
1st 4 × 400 m 3;22.27
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 7th 400 m 50.99 (50.77)
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States semifinal 400 m 51.16
1st 4 × 400 m 3:20.91
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece semifinal 400 m 51.40 (50.77)
2nd 4 × 400 m 3:21.03
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain semifinal 400 m 50.93 (50.82)
2nd 4 × 400 m 3:22.09

Note: Results in parentheses, indicate superior time achieved in the previous round.

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maicel Malone". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  2. ^ Maicel Malone-Wallace at Olympedia (archive) Edit this at Wikidata


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