Gwen Torrence - Sprints (Inducted 2002)

Born: June 12, 1965

One of America’s best and most versatile women’s sprinters of all time, Gwen Torrence won the 1992 Olympic Games 200 meter gold medal and also won gold at 100 meters at the 1995 World Outdoor Championships. A two-time Olympic 4x100m gold medalist ('92, '96), Torrence was the 1996 Olympic 100m bronze medalist. Her overall record was impressive: she was an eight-time U.S. Outdoor champion, silver medalist in the 60 meters at the 1989 World Indoor Championships, and the 1987 NCAA 100m and 200m champion. At the World Outdoor Championships, she was 1991 silver medalist in the 100m and 200m, and she won a gold medal in the 4x400m relay at the 1993 World Outdoor Championships. Torrence was the U.S. Indoor 60m champion five times and 200m champ twice. At the end of the 1994 and 1995 seasons, she was ranked #1 in the world at 100 meters by Track & Field News. On four occasions Torrence was ranked #1 in the U.S. at 100m (1991-92-94-95), and she was ranked #1 in the world in the 200 meters in 1992, 1994, and 95. Torrence earned the U.S. #1 200m ranking five times (1991-92-93-94-95). Showing outstanding versatility, in 1992 Torrence was ranked #1 nationally in the 400 meters. Torrence currently lives in Lithonia, Georgia, where she is a hair stylist and the mother of two, son Manley (13), and daughter E’mon (3).