Editing Sam Graddy (section)

==Track and field==
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
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{{MedalGold|[[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]]|[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 metres relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 1984 Los Angeles|[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 metres]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1983 Pan American Games|1983 Caracas]] | [[Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games|4 × 100 metres relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1983 Pan American Games|1983 Caracas]] | [[Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games|100 metres]]}}
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Graddy was also a standout track athlete. In 1984, he won the gold medal at the [[1984 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]] in the [[100 meters]] with a time of 10.28 seconds, and as a [[University of Tennessee at Knoxville]] student, he also won the 100 meters title at the [[1984 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/u-s-national-championships-history/ |title=U.S. National Championships History 1876-2020 |author3=Track & Field News |magazine=[[Track & Field News]] |access-date=September 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/tfn_pdfs/ncaa_history_pdfs/ncaam100.pdf |title=A History Of The NCAA Championships, 1921–2016: 100 Meters |author=Hill, E. Garry |magazine=Track & Field News |access-date=January 8, 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

At the [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] [[Olympic Games|Olympics]], Graddy was second behind [[Carl Lewis]] in 100 m and ran the first leg in the American [[4 × 100 metres relay]] team, which won the gold medal with a new [[world record]] of 37.83 seconds.

===Personal bests===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Event
!Time (seconds)
!Venue
!Date
|-
|[[60 meters]]
|6.63
|Paris, France
|January 1, 1985
|-
|[[100 meters]]
|10.09<!--Graddy ran a wind-aided 10.08 in Knoxville on May 19, 1984-->
|Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|May 12, 1984
|-
|[[200 meters]]
|20.30
|Knoxville, Tennessee
|May 10, 1985
|}