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{{short description|American track and field athlete|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name             = Coby Miller
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| sport            = [[Running]]
| event            = [[100 meters]], [[200 meters]]
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| collegeteam      = 
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1976|10|19|mf=yes}}
| birth_place      = [[Ackerman, Mississippi]], U.S.
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| height           = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[sport of athletics|athletics]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{flagu|United States}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Universiade]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 Summer Universiade|1999 Palma de Mallorca]] | 200 m }}
{{MedalGold | 1999 Palma de Mallorca | 4 × 100 m relay }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[IAAF World Cup in Athletics|IAAF World Cup]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2002 IAAF World Cup|2002 Madrid]] | [[2002 IAAF World Cup#Men 10|4 × 100 m relay]] }}
}}

'''Coby Miller''' (born October 19, 1976) is an American [[track and field]] athlete, who specialises in the [[sprint (running)|sprint events]]. In his career, he recorded a [[10-second barrier|sub-10 second]] personal best in the [[100 metres|100 meters]] and a sub-20 second best in the [[200 metres|200 meters]]. In the latter distance, he won the [[1999 Summer Universiade]] and reached the [[2000 Sydney Olympics]] final. He suffered leg injuries in the 2001 and 2002 seasons, but returned in late 2002 as part of the [[gold-medal]]-winning American [[4 × 100 metres relay|4 x 100&nbsp;m relay]] team at the [[2002 IAAF World Cup|IAAF World Cup]], breaking the championship record. He ran under ten seconds in the 100&nbsp;m Olympics Trials in 2004, but failed to qualify for the event. However, he won an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[silver medal]] at the [[2004 Athens Games]] as part of the American 4 x 100&nbsp;m relay team. At his peak he was regularly ranked among the top ten American sprinters.

==Career==
Miller had his first successes as a collegiate athlete at [[Auburn University]]; in 1999 he won the 200&nbsp;m at the [[NCAA]] indoor championships and came second in the outdoor championships.<ref name=USATF>[http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/TrackAndFieldArchive/2005/Miller_Coby.asp Biography Coby Miller]. [[USATF]]. Retrieved on 2009-05-15.</ref> He also enjoyed international success that year, winning the 200&nbsp;m at the [[Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade|Summer Universiade]].

He set a 200&nbsp;m personal best of 19.96&nbsp;seconds at the 2000 United States Olympic Trials, and reached the [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|200&nbsp;m final]] at the [[2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney Olympics]]. He qualified for the [[IAAF Grand Prix Final]] in the 100&nbsp;m and finished in fourth place.<ref>[http://www2.iaaf.org/GPF00/indexframe.asp?Page=/gp00/gpfdoha/results/byevent.html Official Result Men – 100 METRES] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915053859/http://www2.iaaf.org/GPF00/indexframe.asp?Page=%2Fgp00%2Fgpfdoha%2Fresults%2Fbyevent.html |date=2008-09-15 }}. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2009-05-17.</ref> The following year he became the 2001 American indoor champion over 200&nbsp;m, running a world leading time. However, a pile-up at the finish line resulted in a broken [[fibula]], ruling him out for the rest of the athletics season. This included the [[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships]] in which he was previously a strong medal contender.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/wales/1205553.stm Lisbon boost for Malcolm]. [[BBC Sport]] (2001-03-06). Retrieved on 2009-05-15.</ref> The following year he missed much of the indoor track season due to [[hamstring]] problems, which were a knock-on effect of his previous injury.<ref name=USATF />

Upon his return in 2002 he won medals at a number of track meets in both the 100 and 200&nbsp;m, including a personal best-equalling win of 9.98&nbsp;seconds in the 100&nbsp;m at [[Gresham, Norfolk|Gresham]].<ref name=USATF /> He again reached the Grand Prix Final but finished last. However, [[Tim Montgomery]] and [[Dwain Chambers]] who finished first and second later tested positive for [[Use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport|banned substances]] and Miller was upgraded to sixth place.<ref>[http://www2.iaaf.org/GP02/GPFParis/Results/data/M/100/ERF.asp Official Result Men – 100 METRES – Heat 1] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012032026/http://www2.iaaf.org/GP02/GPFParis/Results/data/M/100/ERF.asp |date=2008-10-12 }}. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2009-05-15.</ref> Forming an American team with [[Jon Drummond]], [[Jason Smoots]] and [[Kaaron Conwright]] for the [[2002 IAAF World Cup]], Miller anchored the US to victory, setting a championship record of 37.95&nbsp;seconds.<ref>[http://www2.iaaf.org/WCP02/Results/data/M/4X1/Rf.html 4 X 100 METRES – Men – Final] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604191327/http://www2.iaaf.org/WCP02/Results/data/M/4X1/Rf.html |date=2011-06-04 }}. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2009-05-15.</ref> He was ranked #7 in the world in both the 100&nbsp;m and 200&nbsp;m that year. The following year he failed to repeat this form, scraping ''[[Track and Field News]]''' top ten US sprinters list.<ref name=USATF /> However, he set new personal bests over [[50 metres|50]] and [[60 metres|60 meters]], with runs of 5.67&nbsp;seconds and 6.49&nbsp;seconds respectively.<ref name=IAAF>[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=0/athcode=137075/index.html Miller, Coby Biography]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2009-05-15.</ref> He also won 200&nbsp;m at the [[Athletissima]] Grand Prix, finishing in 20.07&nbsp;seconds.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/3036796.stm Deji upstages Greene]. [[BBC Sport]] (2003-07-01). Retrieved on 2009-05-15.</ref>

He competed at the [[2004 World Indoor Championships in Athletics|2004 World Indoor Championships]] but failed to make the 200&nbsp;m final.<ref name=IAAF /> In the outdoor season, Miller put in a strong performance in the 100&nbsp;m Olympic Trials in 2004. However, his time of 9.99&nbsp;seconds was not enough to edge out [[Maurice Greene (sprinter)|Maurice Greene]], [[Justin Gatlin]] or [[Shawn Crawford]].<ref>Knight, Tom (2004-07-12). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/2382876/Montgomery-hits-out-after-trials-failure.html Montgomery hits out after trials failure]. ''[[The Independent]]''. Retrieved on 2009-05-17.</ref><ref>[http://www.usatf.org/events/2004/OlympicTrials-TF/results/F1.asp Men 100 Meter Dash]. [[USATF]]. Retrieved on 2009-05-15.</ref> This was the first time that a sprinter had run under ten seconds at the event and not managed to qualify for the Olympics.<ref name=USATF />{{ref label|note1|nb|nb}} He was also eliminated in the 200&nbsp;m event, registering a sub-par 20.68&nbsp;seconds. His time in the 100&nbsp;m trials was convincing enough for a place in the 4 x 100&nbsp;m relay squad, and the team (comprising Miller, Crawford, Greene and Gatlin) went on to finish second in the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Olympic finals]]; resulting in an Olympic silver medal for Miller.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/history/OLY/season=2004/eventCode=3201/results/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=4X1/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#det 4x100 Metres Relay – M   Final]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2009-05-17.</ref>

Since the 2004 Olympics, Miller has not attended any major international competitions. However, he regularly competed at track meetings during the 2004–2008 period, running in the 100 and 200&nbsp;meters, although his times were significantly slower in comparison to his 2004 peak.<ref name=IAAF /> He competed at the [[Ponce Grand Prix]] in May 2009.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/WAF09/news/kind=100/newsid=50575.html Payne's 110&nbsp;m Hurdles season debut takes centre stage in Ponce – PREVIEW]. [[IAAF]] (2009-05-15). Retrieved on 2009-05-17.</ref>

==Personal bests==
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
! Event
! Time (seconds)
! Venue
! Date
|-
| [[50 meters]]
| 5.67
| [[Liévin]], France
| February 23, 2003
|-
| [[55 meters]]
| 6.11
| [[Gainesville, Florida]], United States
| January 22, 1999
|-
| [[60 meters]]
| 6.49
| [[Ghent]], Belgium
| February 9, 2003
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[100 meters]]
| rowspan=2 | 9.98
| [[Durham, North Carolina]], United States
| June 2, 2000
|-
| [[Portland, Oregon]], United States
| May 18, 2002
|-
| [[200 meters]]
| 19.96
| [[Sacramento, California]], United States
| June 23, 2000
|}
* <small>All information from IAAF Profile.</small><ref name=IAAF />

==Notes==
* {{note label|note1|nb|nb}} Miller remains the only sprinter to have run a legal sub-10 second time and not qualify. At the 2008 Olympic Trials six finalists ran under ten seconds but this was [[wind-assisted]] by a 4.1&nbsp;[[Metre per second|m/s]] wind, which is twice the legal limit allowed for valid record runs.<ref>[https://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/news/story?id=3466423 Gay runs wind-aided 9.68 to qualify for U.S. Olympic team]. [[ESPN]] (2008-06-20). Retrieved on 2009-02-12.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{Team USA|new_id=coby-miller|old_id=MI/Coby-Miller|archive=20220711233532}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|coby-miller}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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