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{{short description|Bahamian sprinter}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|11|2}}
| birth_place = [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]], Bahamas
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{{Medal|Country | {{BAH}} }}
{{Medal|Competition | [[Athletics at the Olympic Games|Olympic Games]] }}
{{Medal|Silver | [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{Medal|Competition | [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001 Edmonton]] | [[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres|400 m]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001 Edmonton]] | [[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}<ref name="Pettigrew">The Bahamas 4 × 400 team won originally the silver medal, but the USA 4 × 400 team, which originally finished first in 4 × 400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to [[Antonio Pettigrew]] confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.</ref>
{{Medal|Silver | [[2005 World Championships in Athletics|2005 Helsinki]] | [[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{Medal|Silver | [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|2007 Osaka]] | [[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[2003 World Championships in Athletics|2003 Paris]] | [[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{Medal|Competition | [[Athletics at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] }}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | [[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres|400 m]] }}
{{Medal|Competition | [[Pan American Games]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2007 Pan American Games|2007 Rio de Janeiro]] | [[Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{Medal|Competition | [[Central American and Caribbean Championships|CAC Championships]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships|2003 St George's]] | 4 × 400 m relay }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|2011 Mayagüez]] | 4 × 400&nbsp;m relay }}
{{Medal|Silver | [[2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships|2008 Cali]] | 4 × 400 m relay }}
{{Medal|Competition | [[Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|CAC Junior Championships]] (U20) }}
{{Medal|Silver | [[1996 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|1996 San Salvador]] | 400 m }}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[1996 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|1996 San Salvador]] | 4 × 100 m relay }}
{{Medal|Competition | [[CARIFTA Games]] <br /> Junior (U20) }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1995 CARIFTA Games|1995 George Town]] | 400 m }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1997 CARIFTA Games|1997 Bridgetown]] | 400 m }}
{{Medal|Silver | [[1995 CARIFTA Games|1995 George Town]] | 4 × 400 m relay }}
{{Medal|Silver | [[1996 CARIFTA Games|1996 Kingston]] | 400 m }}
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'''Avard Moncur''' (born November 2, 1978) is a [[Bahamas|Bahamian]] [[track and field]] athlete competing in the [[400 metres]]. He was born in [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]].<ref>{{Citation
| title = Olympians – Avard Moncur
| url = http://www.bahamasolympiccommittee.org/Olympians/Avard-Moncur
| publisher = Bahamas Olympic Committee
| access-date = 18 April 2012
}}</ref>

==Career==
Under the guidance of coach [[Henry Rolle (coach)|Henry Rolle]], Moncur's most successful year came in 2001 when he won the gold medal in the 400 m and the 4 × 400 m relay at the [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001 World Championships]].<ref name="Pettigrew" /> Moncur has only managed to make one more appearance in the individual final of a major championship, at the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|2007 World Championships]] where he finished 8th.

More success, however, has come has part of the Bahamas relay team. At the [[2005 World Championships in Athletics|2005 World Championships]] he (together with [[Nathaniel McKinney]], [[Andrae Williams]] and [[Chris Brown (athlete)|Chris Brown]]) won a silver medal in [[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 metres relay]].

At the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|2007 World Championships]], Moncur (together with Williams, Brown and [[Michael Mathieu]]) won silver in the 4 × 400 m relay for the third time in 2.59.18s.<ref>http://au.sports.yahoo.com/070902/3/1dor8.html{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Moncur's personal best time and national record<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.net/cm99.htm Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Men)<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520070413/http://www.gbrathletics.net/cm99.htm |date=2007-05-20 }}</ref> in the 400 m is 44.45 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in [[Madrid]]. However, Chris Brown tied Moncur's national record at the 2007 World Championships.<ref>[http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/news/kind=4/newsid=41236.html iaaf.org – Osaka 2007 – News<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214051243/http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/news/kind%3D4/newsid%3D41236.html |date=14 February 2012 }}</ref>

In addition to currently{{when?|date=July 2022}} coaching at the collegiate level, Moncur is coaching one on one lessons to track & field athletes in Atlanta, GA.<ref>https://www.coachup.com/coaches/avardm{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== Achievements ==
{| {{AchievementTable|width=auto|Event=yes}}
|-
! bgcolor="#eeeeee" colspan="6" | Representing the {{BAH}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1995
| rowspan="3" | [[1995 CARIFTA Games#Boys under 20 (Junior)|CARIFTA Games (U-20)]]
| rowspan="3" | [[George Town, Cayman Islands|George Town]], [[Cayman Islands]]
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 400 m
| 47.40
|-
| 7th
| 400 m hurdles
| 56.09
|-
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 4 × 400 m relay
| 3:15.69
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1996
| [[1996 CARIFTA Games#Boys under 20 (Junior)|CARIFTA Games (U-20)]]
| [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 400 m
| 47.10
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[1996 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics#Male Junior A (under 20)|CAC Junior Championships (U-20)]]
| rowspan="2" | [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]]
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 400 m
| 47.09
|-
| bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
| 4 × 100 m relay
| 41.51
|-
| [[1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
| [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
| 17th (sf)
| [[1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres|400 m]]
| 47.90
|-
|rowspan=2|1997
| [[1997 CARIFTA Games#Boys under 20 (Junior)|CARIFTA Games (U-20)]]
| [[Bridgetown]], [[Barbados]]
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 400 m
| 46.90
|-
|[[1997 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|CAC Championships]]
|[[San Juan, Puerto Rico]]
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|4 × 400 m relay
|3:09.15
|-
|1998
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games|Central American and Caribbean Games]]
|[[Maracaibo, Venezuela]]
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results#4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay]]
|3:04.16
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1999
| rowspan="2" | [[Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba, Canada
| 8th
| [[Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres|400 m]]
| 45.60
|-
| 1st (h)
| [[Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
| 3:00.73
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| rowspan="2" | [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
| 5th (sf)
| [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres|400 m]]
| 45.18
|-
| 4th
| [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
| 2:59.23
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2001
| rowspan="2" | [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Edmonton]], Canada
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| [[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres|400 m]]
| 44.64
|-
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| [[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
| 2:58.19
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Athletics at the 2001 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Brisbane]], Australia
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| [[Athletics at the 2001 Goodwill Games#400 meters|400 m]]
| 45.31
|-
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| [[Athletics at the 2001 Goodwill Games – Results#4 × 400 meters relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
| 3:01.67
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2002
| [[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
| [[Manchester]], [[England]]
| bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
| [[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres|400 m]]
| 45.12
|-
| [[2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final|IAAF Grand Prix Final]]
| [[Paris]], France
| 4th
| 400 m
| 44.97
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2003
| [[2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|CAC Championships]]
| [[St. George's, Grenada|St. George's]], [[Grenada]]
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| [[2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results#4 x 400 meters relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
| 3:02.56
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Paris]], [[France]]
| 18th (sf)
| [[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres|400 m]]
| 45.65
|-
| bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
| [[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
| 3:00.53
|-
| 2005
| [[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| [[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
| 2:57.32 '''NR'''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| rowspan="2" | [[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]
| 10th (sf)
| [[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres|400 m]]
| 45.72
|-
| —
| [[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
| DNF
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2007
| rowspan="2" | [[Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| [[Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres|400 m]]
| 44.85 '''SB'''
|-
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| [[Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
| 3:01.94
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]
| 8th
| [[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres|400 m]]
| 45.40
|-
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| [[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
| 2:59.18 '''SB'''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| [[2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|CAC Championships]]
| [[Cali]], [[Colombia]]
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| [[2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results#4 x 400 meters relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
| 3:02.48
|-
| [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| [[Beijing]], [[China]]
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
| 2:59.88 (h) '''SB'''
|-
| 2009
| [[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
| —
| [[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
| DQ
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| [[2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|CAC Championships]]
| [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico|Mayagüez]], [[Puerto Rico]]
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| [[2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results#4 x 400 meters relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
| 3:01.33
|-
| [[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Daegu]], [[South Korea]]
| 9th (h)
| [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
| 3:01.54
|}

As of 7 September 2024, Moncur holds the track record for 400&nbsp;metres for [[Thessaloníki]] where he ran 44.70&nbsp;seconds on 22/08/2001.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics||name=Avard Moncur}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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