Background
Pettigrew, Antonio was born on November 3, 1967 in Macon, Georgia, United States.
Pettigrew, Antonio was born on November 3, 1967 in Macon, Georgia, United States.
At the Summer Olympics in Sydney 2000, Pettigrew threw his gold medal-winning Adidas spikes into the crowd after winning the 4 × 400 m final for the United States of America.
In 2008, prosecution documents related to the trial of coach Trevor Graham listed Pettigrew as one of Graham"s athletes to have used performance-enhancing drugs. Pettigrew then admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs and testified against Graham at his trial in May 2008. The 2000 Sydney Olympics 4 × 400 m relay United States. team was stripped of their medals after Pettigrew admitted that he had used performance-enhancing drugs.
He received a two-year athletics ban in 2008, although he had already retired from the track.
Pettigrew was found dead aged 42 in the back seat of his locked car in Chatham County, North Carolina, on August 10, 2010, and evidence of sleeping pills was found by police. On October 13, an autopsy report stated that he had committed suicide by overdosing on a medication containing diphenhydramine.
Pettigrew was an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina at the time of his death. Main information from IAAF Profile.
Record information from All-Athletics.com.
Married Cassandra Pettigrew.