Avard Moncur

Avard Moncur
	; Moncur (front) in 2000
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Bahamas
Olympic Games
World Championships
Commonwealth Games
Pan American Games
CAC Championships
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
CARIFTA Games ; Junior (U20)

Avard Moncur (born November 2, 1978) is a Bahamian track and field athlete competing in the 400 metres. He was born in Nassau.^[2]

Career

Under the guidance of coach Henry Rolle, Moncur's most successful year came in 2001 when he won the gold medal in the 400m and the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2001 World Championships.^[1] Moncur has only managed to make one more appearance in the individual final of a major championship, at the 2007 World Championships where he finished 8th.

More success, however, has come has part of the Bahamas relay team. At the 2005 World Championships he (together with Nathaniel McKinney, Andrae Williams and Chris Brown) won a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay.

At the 2007 World Championships, Moncur (together with Williams, Brown and Michael Mathieu) won silver in the 4 × 400 m relay for the third time in 2.59.18s.^[3]

Moncur's personal best time and national record^[4] in the 400m is 44.45 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Madrid. However, Chris Brown tied Moncur's national record at the 2007 World Championships.^[5]

In addition to currently^[when?] coaching at the collegiate level, Moncur is coaching one on one lessons to track & field athletes in Atlanta, GA.^[6]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the Bahamas
1995	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	George Town, Cayman Islands	1st	400 m	47.40
			7th	400 m hurdles	56.09
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:15.69
1996	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Kingston, Jamaica	2nd	400 m	47.10
	CAC Junior Championships (U-20)	San Salvador, El Salvador	2nd	400 m	47.09
	CAC Junior Championships (U-20)	San Salvador, El Salvador	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	41.51
	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	17th (sf)	400 m	47.90
1997	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	400 m	46.90
1997	CAC Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.15
1998	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.16
1999	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	8th	400 m	45.60
1999	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	1st (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.73
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	5th (sf)	400 m	45.18
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	4th	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.23
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	1st	400 m	44.64
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:58.19
	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	2nd	400 m	45.31
	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.67
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	3rd	400 m	45.12
2002	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Paris, France	4th	400 m	44.97
2003	CAC Championships	St. George's, Grenada	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.56
	World Championships	Paris, France	18th (sf)	400 m	45.65
	World Championships	Paris, France	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.53
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:57.32 NR
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	10th (sf)	400 m	45.72
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	—	4 × 400 m relay	DNF
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	400 m	44.85 SB
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.94
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	8th	400 m	45.40
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.18 SB
2008	CAC Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.48
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.88 (h) SB
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	—	4 × 400 m relay	DQ
2011	CAC Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.33
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.54

As of 7 September 2024, Moncur holds the track record for 400 metres for Thessaloníki where he ran 44.70 seconds on 22/08/2001.

References

^ ^a ^b The Bahamas 4x400 team won originally the silver medal, but the USA 4x400 team, which originally finished first in 4x400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.
^ Olympians – Avard Moncur, Bahamas Olympic Committee, retrieved 18 April 2012
^ http://au.sports.yahoo.com/070902/3/1dor8.html^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Men) Archived 2007-05-20 at the Wayback Machine
^ iaaf.org – Osaka 2007 – News Archived 14 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ https://www.coachup.com/coaches/avardm^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

[Pettigrew-1] The Bahamas 4x400 team won originally the silver medal, but the USA 4x400 team, which originally finished first in 4x400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.

[2] Olympians – Avard Moncur, Bahamas Olympic Committee, retrieved 18 April 2012

[3] ttp://au.sports.yahoo.com/070902/3/1dor8.html^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[4] Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Men) Archived 2007-05-20 at the Wayback Machine

[5] .org – Osaka 2007 – News Archived 14 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[6] ttps://www.coachup.com/coaches/avardm^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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