Editing Andre Phillips

{{short description|American hurdler}}
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| name = André Phillips
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| full_name = André Lamar Phillips
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|September 5, 1959}}
| birth_place = [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], U.S.
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]] }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|400 m hurdles]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[IAAF World Cup|Athletics World Cup]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1985 IAAF World Cup|1985 Canberra]] |400 hurdles }}
{{MedalGold | [[1985 IAAF World Cup|1985 Canberra]] | 4 × 400 m relay }}
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'''André Lamar Phillips''' (born September 5, 1959) is a retired American [[track and field]] athlete who is best known for winning the [[400 metres hurdles]] gold medal at the [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Olympic Games]].

Phillips spent most of his career in the shadow of his idol, [[Edwin Moses]], frequently as runner up during Moses' unequaled [[Edwin Moses#122 consecutive wins|winning streak]]. He managed to beat him once, at the 1988 Olympic Games in [[Seoul]]. In 1983, Phillips finished fifth in the 400&nbsp;m hurdles at the inaugural [[1983 World Championships in Athletics|World Athletics Championships]]. In 1985, in absence of Moses, Phillips won his only US National Championship title, and also won the [[IAAF World Cup]]. In 1988, Phillips lost to Moses at the Olympic trials, but showed a good pace at Olympics, winning his heat and semifinal. In the final, Phillips ran his personal best 47.19 to win a gold medal, beating second-place [[Amadou Dia Ba]] from [[Senegal]] by 0.04 seconds. At the time he was the second fastest individual over the hurdles. The two times currently still rank them as the #10 and #11 performers of all time. Although Moses ran his fastest Olympic final, he finished only third in a time of 47.56. It was the final race of Moses' career.

In 2009, Phillips was inducted into the [[National Track and Field Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=236 |title=Andre Phillips |website=legacy.usatf.org |publisher=USA Track & Field |access-date=2009-04-01}}</ref>

Phillips attended at [[University of California, Los Angeles]], and won the 400&nbsp;m hurdles at the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] championships in 1981. Prior to that, he attended Quimby Oak Jr. High and [[Silver Creek High School (San Jose, California)|Silver Creek High School]] in [[San Jose, California]], where he won the [[CIF California State Meet]] in the 330-yard [[low hurdles]] in 1977.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/stateres.htm |title=California State Meet Results – 1915 to present |website=prepcaltrack.com |publisher=Hank Lawson |access-date=2012-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006092406/http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/stateres.htm |archive-date=2014-10-06 |url-status=dead}}</ref> in 36.43, which also remains the school record for the event at Silver Creek High School. He joins 1976 [[4x100 meter relay]] Gold medalist, and individual [[200 meters]] Silver medalist [[Millard Hampton]], in one of the rare instances (the school claims only eight exist) of two unrelated [[List of high schools producing multiple Olympic gold medalists|Olympic Gold Medalists coming from the same high school]]. Silver Creek continues to host the "Hampton Phillips Classic" named in their honor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hampton-phillips2010.com/ |title=Hampton-Phillips Track Meet for 2010 |website=hampton-phillips2010.com |access-date=2010-09-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601155601/http://www.hampton-phillips2010.com/ |archive-date=2010-06-01}} Hampton Phillips</ref>

Phillips is a former teacher at [[Stagg High School (Stockton, California)|Stagg High School]], a former Assistant Principal at [[Franklin High School (Stockton, California)|Franklin High School]], and is now the current Principal at [[Stagg High School (Stockton, California)|Stagg High School]] in [[Stockton, California]]. Phillips earned his educational doctorate (Ed.D.) at Concordia University Irvine.

==References==
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* Wallechinksy, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Track & Field (Men): 400-Meter Hurdles". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics – 2008 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Limited. pp.&nbsp;165–6.

== External links ==
* {{USATF|new_id=andre-phillips}}
* {{USATF Hall of Fame|id=236}}

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| before = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Edwin Moses]]
| title = [[400 metre hurdles#Season's bests|Men's 400&nbsp;m Hurdles Best Year Performance]]
| years = 1988
| after = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kevin Young (athlete)|Kevin Young]]
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