Donald Sanford (athlete)
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| Full name | Donald Eugene Blair-Sanford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | DBS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | American–Israeli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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February 5, 1987 Inglewood, Los Angeles, California |
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| Residence | Kibbutz Ein Shemer, Israel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Danielle Dekel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Israel
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 400m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Lloyd Cowan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m; 45.04 seconds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Donald Eugene Blair-Sanford (born February 5, 1987) is an American Israeli Olympic sprinter, who specialises in the 400 metre dash.
His personal record at 400 metres is 45.04 seconds. He represented Israel in the 2012 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal in 400 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships, with a new Israeli record of 45.27 seconds. Competing for Israel at the 2015 European Games, Sanford won with a time of 45.75.
Sanford was born, one of four children, in Inglewood in Los Angeles County, California, to Donald E. Sanford Jr. and Debra Blair, who had run track in high school. He attended City Honors High School in Inglewood. He won the 400m dash at the California Interscholastic Federation Division III Championships, and was a member of the National Honor Society.
He competed for one season at Morgan State University, running a season-best time of 46.92 to place second at the IC4A Championships.
He became an Israeli citizen after marrying Israeli basketball player Danielle Dekel, whom he met when they were both students at Central Arizona College where she was playing basketball for the school. He earned an associate degree at Central Arizona in 2007, where he ran on two NJCAA Outdoor Championship teams (in 2006 and 2007).
He also studied at Arizona State University, which he represented in athletic competitions within the United States, and set his 400m personal record of 45.21 seconds. He was the 2010 NCAA runner-up at 400 meters and was part of the 4×400-meter indoor and outdoor relays that season, and was named an All-American.
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