Felix Sanchez (2018) - USC Athletics Hall of Fame

Felix Sanchez

Induction:
2018
Class:
2000

Felix Sanchez is one of USC’s greatest intermediate hurdlers. He won the 2000 NCAA title in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles and helped USC to the 1999 and 2000 Pac-10 championships. He then competed in four Olympics (2000-04-08-12) for the Dominican Republic, winning gold in his specialty in 2004 and 2012 (at 34, becoming the oldest man to win the Olympic 400 hurdles) and setting the school record (48.33) at the 2000 Games. He was ranked No. 1 in the world in the 400 hurdles for four years (2001-04) when he had a 43-race winning streak. He won a pair of World Championships (2001 and 2003). The Dominican Republic’s largest stadium is named after him. In 2016, he was named to the Pac-12 All-Century Team. He became a track coach in the Dominican Republic.