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{{short description|American athlete (born 1966)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Jearl Miles Clark
| image = Jearl Miles-Clark Sydney 2000.jpg
| imagesize = 150px
| caption =Jearl Miles Clark on the awards stand in Sydney
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|September 4, 1966}}
| birth_place = [[Gainesville, Florida]], U.S.
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
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| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]] }}
{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalGold| [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 Stuttgart]]|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|400 m]] }}
{{MedalGold |1993 Stuttgart|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|1995 Gothenburg]]|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|2003 Paris]]|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|1991 Tokyo]]|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{MedalSilver |[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]]|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 Seville]]|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]}}
{{MedalBronze | 1995 Gothenburg|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|400 m]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 1997 Athens|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|400 m]] }}
}}

'''Jearl Atawa Miles Clark''' ([[née]] '''Miles'''; born September 4, 1966, in [[Gainesville, Florida]]) is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 and 800 meters.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/jearl-miles-clark-1.html |title=Jearl Miles-Clark |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918094239/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/jearl-miles-clark-1.html |archivedate=2011-09-18 }}</ref>

She held the [[United States records in track and field|American record]] in the women's 800&nbsp;m at 1:56.40.

She competed for the United States in the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]] in the 4 × 400 meters where she won the silver medal with her teammates [[Natasha Kaiser]], [[Gwen Torrence]] and [[Rochelle Stevens]].

She returned to the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta]], [[United States|U.S.]] where she again ran with [[Rochelle Stevens]] and fellow Americans [[Maicel Malone-Wallace|Maicel Malone]] and [[Kim Graham]] to win the gold medal in the 4 × 400 meters.

She made a third appearance in the Olympics in the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] and again walked off with the gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres with her teammates [[Monique Hennagan]], [[Marion Jones]] and [[LaTasha Colander|LaTasha Colander-Richardson]]. This medal was later stripped due to steroid doping admissions of Marion Jones. However, she and 6 other members of the team would successfully appeal the decision to strip them of their medals in July 2010.<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>

She is married to J. J. Clark, brother of Olympians [[Joetta Clark]] and [[Hazel Clark]]. Her father-in-law is [[Joe Louis Clark]].

She was a volunteer track and field coach at the [[University of Connecticut]], where her husband worked as head coach for track and field. She was inducted into the [[National Track and Field Hall of Fame]] in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?duid=USATF_2010_11_04_13_44_20 |title=USA Track & Field - View |access-date=2010-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005070343/http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?duid=USATF_2010_11_04_13_44_20 |archive-date=2012-10-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?duid=USATF_2010_11_12_14_50_16 USATF Interview after election to Hall of Fame]</ref>

Miles-Clark is a 1989 graduate of [[Alabama A&M University]].

She currently resides with her husband, J.J. and their son, Jorell in California.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040407094235/http://www.jearlmilesclark.com/ |title=Official website |date=mdy}}
* {{World Athletics|name=Jearl Miles-Clark}}
* {{USATF Hall of Fame|id=240|name=Jearl Miles Clark}}
* {{Olympedia|name=Jearl Miles-Clark}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|jearl-miles-clark|name=Jearl Miles Clark}}
* {{Team USA|new_id=jearl-clark|name=Jearl Clark|old_id=CL/Jearl-Clark|archive=20230614134953}}

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{{Footer Pan American Champions 4x400m Women}}
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{{Footer USA Track & Field 1992 Summer Olympics}}
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