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Valerie Brisco-Hooks was born on 6 July, 1960 in Greenwood, Mississippi, is an American sprinter (born 1960). Discover Valerie Brisco-Hooks's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?
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63 years old |
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Cancer |
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6 July 1960 |
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6 July |
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Greenwood, Mississippi |
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United States
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She is a member of famous Sprinter with the age 63 years old group.
Valerie Brisco-Hooks Height, Weight & Measurements
At 63 years old, Valerie Brisco-Hooks height is 5 ft and Weight 137 lb.
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5 ft |
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137 lb |
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Valerie Brisco-Hooks Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Valerie Brisco-Hooks worth at the age of 63 years old? Valerie Brisco-Hooks’s income source is mostly from being a successful Sprinter. She is from United States. We have estimated Valerie Brisco-Hooks's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Sprinter |
Valerie Brisco-Hooks Social Network
Timeline
200m indoor 22.83 New York (USA) 22.02.1985
300m 35.47 Seoul (KOR) 26.09.1988
Valerie Ann Brisco-Hooks (born July 6, 1960, in Greenwood, Mississippi) is an Olympian who won three gold medals as an Olympic track and field athlete at the 1984 Olympics at Los Angeles, California, making her the first Olympian to win gold medals in both the 200- and 400-meter races at a single Olympics.
Valerie's outstanding high school performance led her to the collegiate level of track and field at California State University, Northridge.
She continued to excel, winning the 200-meter title at the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) Championships and earning a spot on the U.S. team for the 1979 Pan American Games, where she helped her 4 × 100-meter relay team win the gold medal.
Husband: Alvin Hooks (NFL football player, m. 1981), Son: Alvin Hooks, Jr. (b. 1982) & Valerie's nephew, Amar Brisco, was a football cornerback in the 1990s at NCAA UNLV.
Her 400 metres time of 48.83, set while winning the 1984 Olympics was at the time the Olympic record and still ranks her as the tenth fastest woman of all time.
Valerie Brisco-Hooks, who won three gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics, gained over 40 pounds during her pregnancy and did not resume training until well after her child was born in 1982.
Valerie Brisco-Hooks with her son Alvin Jr. at the 1984 Olympic trials.
She also won a gold medal for the 4 × 400 m. Brisco competed in the 1988 Olympic Games, which took place in Seoul, South Korea, running on the American 4x400 meter-relay team, which finished in second place (but below the older record, also), behind the Soviet team that broke the 4x400 meter-relay world record.
To this date, the American time possesses the second-fastest 4x400 relay of all time, behind only the Soviet winner of that race.
Brisco-Hooks is currently coaching with the Bob Kersee group of athletes and at West Los Angeles College.
3 x Olympic Games Gold medallist
1 x Olympic Games Silver medallist
1 x World Championships Bronze medallist
5 x Olympic Games finalist
1 x World Championships finalist
1 x Current NACAC Record holder - 4 × 400 m
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The West Athens Elementary, Locke High School, California State University Northridge Alum was inducted in the United States Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1995.
Valerie Brisco-Hooks Sports Foundation Inc is located at 1138 E 71st St Los Angeles, California 90001.
She became an advocate for drug-free schools and actively sought out opportunities to interact with students in the classroom to convey her message.
She made time in her training and competition schedule because she felt so passionately about making a difference.
It was not until meeting Jackie Joyner Kersee that she changed her work ethic
As a young girl she moved with her family from the rural south to the urban Watts neighborhood in Los Angeles.
She was inspired to run by her older brothers, Robert and Melvin Brisco.
Robert and Melvin were finishing a hard workout at their high school track late one day, when the violence of the neighborhood struck and a stray bullet shot from a gun held by a ninth-grader killed Robert.
4 × 400 m 3:15.51 Seoul (KOR) 01.10.1988
Brisco-Hooks guest-starred as herself in "Off to the Races," an episode from the second season of The Cosby Show.
She ran against Cliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby) at the Penn Relays, filling in at the last minute for an injured member of a rival team during a relay race.
400m 48.83 Los Angeles (USA) 06.08.1984
200m 21.81 -0.1 Los Angeles (USA) 09.08.1984
400m indoor 52.31 Fairfax (USA) 14.02.1988
50m individual 6.24 Rosemont (USA) 16.02.1986
100m 10.99 +1.3 Westwood (USA) 17.05.1986
