Anthuan Maybank was a 1996 Olympic Games

1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

 gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States

United States

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. Maybank ran the last leg for the United States and surprisingly shrugged off an attack from Roger Black

Roger Black

Roger Anthony Black MBE is a retired British athlete. During his athletics career, he won individual silver medals in the 400 metres sprint at both the Olympic Games and World Championships, two individual gold medals at the European Championships, and 4x400 metres relay gold medals at both the...

 (UK) who had won a silver medal in the individual event. Maybank was not a well-known athlete at the time. But a few weeks later he confirmed his talent by winning the 400m race at the prestigious meeting in Zurich.
Anthuan was born in Georgetown, South Carolina

Georgetown, South Carolina

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. He was coached by "Sweet" Freddie Young at Georgetown High where he set the current state record in the 400m (46.67), He attend the University of Iowa on a full athletic scholarship.