Background
Mitchell, Dennis A. was born on February 20, 1966 in Havelock, North Carolina, United States.
Olympic athlete track and field
Mitchell, Dennis A. was born on February 20, 1966 in Havelock, North Carolina, United States.
Mitchell placed fourth in the 100 meters race at the 1988 Summer Olympics and missed a probable gold medal in the 4 x 100 meters relay race, because the American team was disqualified in the early heats, after the baton pass between teammates Calvin Smith and Lee McNeill was completed outside the exchange zone.
He received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he ran for the Florida Gators track and field team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and Southeastern Conference (Securities and Exchange Commission) competition from 1986 to 1989. At Florida, Mitchell was coached by Joe Walker. In 1991, just a month before the World Championships, Mitchell set his first world record in the 4 x 100 meters relay of 37.67 at Zürich.
His personal best for the 100 metres was 9.91 seconds, set in Tokyo on 25 August 1991 in the World Athletics Championships final.
In 1998, Mitchell was banned by IAAF for two years after a test showed high levels of testosterone.. it was her birthday, the lady deserved a treat," was accepted by United States of America Track and Field but not by the IAAF. Mitchell made his final international appearance at the 2001 World Championships, where his team finished first in the 4 x 100 meters relay, but was subsequently disqualified because of BALCO scandal involvement by a teammate.
On May 1, 2008, it was announced that the United States. government, in its trial against Trevor Graham, would have Mitchell, as well as Antonio Pettigrew as witnesses, with Mitchell to testify that Graham injected him with human growth hormone.
At the World Championships, Mitchell was again a member of the American 4 x 100 meters relay team, in which he set a new world record of 37.50 in the final.