Former champion Pettigrew found dead
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August 12, 2010, Thursday
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FORMER world 400 meters champion Antonio Pettigrew has been found dead, the university where he worked as a coach said on Tuesday.
Pettigrew, who is survived by his wife and son, had been an assistant athletics coach at the University of North Carolina.
"Although we are still learning the circumstances, we are deeply saddened to learn of Antonio's death," Dick Baddour, the school's athletic director, said of the 1991 world champion.
"I was particularly impressed with the relationships he established with his student-athletes and the pride he took in representing the university."
The 42-year-old Pettigrew, who was stripped of an Olympic gold medal after admitting to doping, was found unresponsive by friends in the back seat of his vehicle in Chatham County early on Tuesday.
"Chatham deputies and (emergency management services) arrived and found Pettigrew was deceased with no apparent trauma," Chatham County officials. They said there were indications Pettigrew may have taken a sleep aid but were unclear if that caused a role in his death.
Pettigrew helped the United States win the 2000 Olympic gold medal and three world titles in the 4x400 meters relay but relinquished the Olympic gold and two of the world relay medals after admitting to using performance-enhancing substances. He was honoured in 2000 by the sport's US governing body for humanitarian work.
Pettigrew, who is survived by his wife and son, had been an assistant athletics coach at the University of North Carolina.
"Although we are still learning the circumstances, we are deeply saddened to learn of Antonio's death," Dick Baddour, the school's athletic director, said of the 1991 world champion.
"I was particularly impressed with the relationships he established with his student-athletes and the pride he took in representing the university."
The 42-year-old Pettigrew, who was stripped of an Olympic gold medal after admitting to doping, was found unresponsive by friends in the back seat of his vehicle in Chatham County early on Tuesday.
"Chatham deputies and (emergency management services) arrived and found Pettigrew was deceased with no apparent trauma," Chatham County officials. They said there were indications Pettigrew may have taken a sleep aid but were unclear if that caused a role in his death.
Pettigrew helped the United States win the 2000 Olympic gold medal and three world titles in the 4x400 meters relay but relinquished the Olympic gold and two of the world relay medals after admitting to using performance-enhancing substances. He was honoured in 2000 by the sport's US governing body for humanitarian work.
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