Meredith Rainey-Valmon

Meredith Lee Rainey-Valmon (born October 15, 1968, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American runner who specialized in the 800 metres.

Meredith Rainey-Valmon
Personal information
Full nameMeredith Lee Rainey
BornOctober 15, 1968 (1968-10-15) (age 55)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  United States
Pan American Games
1995 Mar del Plata 800 metres
1999 Winnipeg 800 metres

Her personal best time was 1:57.04 minutes, achieved at the 1996 Olympic Trials. She is also a two-time Olympian, in 1992 and 1996. In 1996, she married fellow US Olympian, 400m runner and 1992 Olympic 4x400 gold medalist Andrew Valmon.

Running for Harvard University, she dominated Ivy League competition and won two NCAA Championships in the 800 meters in 1989, Indoors and Outdoors. She graduated in 1990.

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