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{{Short description|American athlete (born 1970)}}
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| name             = Chryste Gaines
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| full_name        = Chryste Dionne Gaines
| birth_date       = {{birth-date and age|September 14, 1970}}
| birth_place      = [[Lawton, Oklahoma]], U.S.
| height           = {{cvt|170|cm|ftin|order=flip}}
| weight           = {{cvt|57|kg|lb|order=flip}}
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{{Medal|Sport | Women's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]] }}
{{Medal|Country | the {{flagu|United States}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]] }}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]] }}
{{Medal|Competition | [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1995 World Championships in Athletics|1995 Gothenburg]] | [[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]] | [[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]] }}
{{Medal|Silver | [[2003 World Championships in Athletics|2003 Paris]] | [[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]] }}
{{Medal|Disqualified | [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001 Edmonton]] | [[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4&nbsp;×&nbsp;100&nbsp;m&nbsp;relay]] }}
{{Medal|Competition | [[Pan American Games]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1995 Pan American Games|1995 Mar del Plata]] | [[Athletics at the 1995 Pan American Games|100 m]] }}
}}

'''Chryste Dionne Gaines''' (born September 14, 1970, in [[Lawton, Oklahoma]]) is an American Olympic athlete who competed mainly in the sprints.

==Education==
Gaines is a 1988 graduate of [[South Oak Cliff High School]] in [[Dallas, Texas]].<ref name="dmnsports">[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/highschools/leaderboard/schoolhome.html?page=alum&sid=292 "My High School: South Oak Cliff,"] ''The Dallas Morning News'' sports section online.</ref>

During her senior year, Gaines was named the [[Gatorade Player of the Year awards|Gatorade National High School Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year]].

Gaines received a bachelor's degree from [[Stanford University]] in 1992 and an MBA from Coles College of Business, [[Kennesaw State University]] in 2007.

==Track and Field==

While at [[Stanford Cardinal track and field|Stanford]], Gaines was the 1992 NCAA indoor champion in the 55 meter sprint and the 1992 NCAA outdoor champion at 100 meters.<ref name="Olympics.com">{{Cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/chryste-gaines |title=Chryste GAINES |website=Olympics.com}}</ref> She was the first person to win the conference 100 meter championship three times.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://usctrojans.com/news/2006/6/19/powell_named_pac_10_women_s_track_athlete_of_the_year_allice_men_s_coach_of_the_year.aspx |title=Powell Named Pac-10 Women's Track Athlete of the Year; Allice Men's Coach of the Year}}</ref>

Gaines competed for the United States in Atlanta's [[1996 Summer Olympics]]. In the 4 × 100 metres, she won the gold medal with teammates [[Gail Devers]], [[Inger Miller]] and [[Gwen Torrence]].

She returned to [[Sydney]] for the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] as the sole survivor of the 4 × 100 meters team. Teamed with [[Marion Jones]] [[Torri Edwards]] and [[Nanceen Perry]], the Americans earned a bronze medal.

Gaines's best time in the 100 meters was 10.86 seconds (run in 2003).

Gaines successfully competed until 2008.<ref name="Olympics.com"/>

==Doping allegations==
In 2003, Gaines was issued a Public Warning and had her results disqualified for the detection of [[Modafinil]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Antidoping/SanctionedAthletes/2003ResultsManagement_2212.pdf |title=Athletes Sanctioned for a Doping Offence Committed During 2003 |website=IAAF.org |access-date=October 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025134051/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Antidoping/SanctionedAthletes/2003ResultsManagement_2212.pdf |archive-date=October 25, 2012}}</ref>  The same year she was investigated as part of the [[BALCO scandal]] and in 2004 she received a two-year doping ban.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Antidoping/SanctionedAthletes/2004ResultsManagement_1162.pdf |title=IAAF: Medical anti-doping |website=IAAF.org |access-date=November 16, 2017}}</ref>

Because of a teammate's steroid use, the [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]] tried to force the 4 × 100 relay team to return their bronze medal from the 2000 Olympics. Gaines and her five teammates would successfully appeal.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=5385884 |title=US relay runners win Olympic medals appeal |agency=Associated Press |date=April 10, 2008 |publisher=ESPN}}</ref>

==Honors and awards==

Gaines was the 1987–88 Gatorade National Track & Field Athlete of the Year, an award that goes to one high school girl each year from around the country.<ref>{{Cite press release |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gatorade-national-track--field-athletes-of-the-year-abraham-hall-and-shelbi-vaughan-160576205.html |title=Gatorade® National Track & Field Athletes of the Year: Abraham Hall and Shelbi Vaughan |website=prnewswire.com}}</ref>
 
In 2009, she was named one of 10 "Women Out Front", a leadership award given by [[Georgia Tech]], where she was an academic advisor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ramblinwreck.com/tech-basketball-hosts-fifth-annual-women-out-front-celebration/ |title=Tech Basketball Hosts Fifth-Annual Women Out Front Celebration |website=ramblinwreck.com |date=February 17, 2009}}</ref>
 	
In 2018, she was named to the 10-person inaugural class of the Dallas Independent School District's Athletic Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2017/12/dallas-isds-greatest-athlete-time/ |title=Who is Dallas ISD's greatest athlete of all time? |website=oakcliff.advocatemag.com |date=December 20, 2017}}</ref>

==Coaching==
Gaines has coached at the high school and college level.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.milesplit.com/articles/230620/olympic-gold-medalist-and-coach-chryste-gaines-on-recruiting-for-juniors |title=Olympic Gold Medalist and Coach Chryste Gaines on Recruiting for Juniors |website=milesplit.com}}</ref> As of 2018, Gaines was the track and field and cross country coach at Heritage High School in Frisco, Texas.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.friscoisd.org/news/district-headlines/2018/01/18/heritage-coach-selected-for-dallas-isd-hall-of-fame |title=Heritage Coach Selected for Dallas ISD Athletics Hall of Fame |website=friscoisd.org}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of doping cases in athletics]]

==References==
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* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/chryste-gaines-1.html |title=Chryste Gaines |access-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203051932/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/chryste-gaines-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 3, 2016}}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{Team USA|new_id=chryste-gaines|old_id=GA/Chryste-Gaines|archive=20221220123636}}
* {{Olympics.com|chryste-gaines}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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