Félix Sánchez (born in August 30, 1977) —nicknamed
Super Felix, the Invicible and the Dictator— is a
track and field athlete from New York, New York
(U.S.). Sánchez's event is the 400m hurdles for
which he won the first olympic gold medal ever for
the Dominican Republic in August 28, 2004 during the
2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Although
Sánchez was born in the United States, his parents
were born in the Dominican Republic, and he has
competed for that country since 1999.
Between 2001 and 2004 he won 43 races in a row at
400m hurdles. He won a share of the Golden League
million dollar-jackpot in 2002 after winning all 7
races.
Sánchez has been having injury problems since the
2004 Olympics and didn't come close to his previous
form until the 2007 World Championships where he won
a surprising silver medal.
He presently is a track and field instructor at the
Harvard-Westlake School in North Hollywood,
California.
