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{{short description|Canadian-Austrian runner (born 1961)}}
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{{Medal|Competition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]]|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Indoor Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold |[[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1993 Toronto]]|60 m hurdles}}
{{Medal|Bronze |[[1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1991 Seville]]|60 m hurdles}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold |[[1982 Commonwealth Games|1982 Brisbane]]|[[Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{Medal|Gold |[[1986 Commonwealth Games|1986 Edinburgh]]|[[Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{Medal|Gold |[[1986 Commonwealth Games|1986 Edinburgh]]|[[Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver |[[1982 Commonwealth Games|1982 Brisbane]]|[[Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Universiade]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze |[[1983 Summer Universiade|1983 Edmonton]]|[[Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{Medal|Competition | [[Pacific Conference Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1981 Pacific Conference Games|1981 Christchurch]] | [[1981 Pacific Conference Games|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Competition | [[Pan American Junior Athletics Championships|Pan American Junior Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[1980 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships|1980 Sudbury]] | [[1980 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships|110 m hurdles]]}}
}}

'''Mark Anthony McKoy''' (born December 10, 1961) is a Canadian retired [[track and field]] athlete. He won the gold medal in the [[110 metres hurdles]] at the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona Olympics]]. He also won the [[60 metres hurdles]] title at the [[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships]], and the 110 metres hurdles titles at the [[Athletics at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] in 1982 and 1986. He is the World record holder for the [[50 metres hurdles]] with 6.25 secs (1986), and the Canadian record holder in the 60 metres hurdles with 7.41 secs (1993), and the 110 metres hurdles with 13.08 secs (1993).

==Athletics career==
Born in [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]], [[British Guiana]], Mark McKoy spent his youth in England, before moving to Canada as a teenager. He attended [[Clemson University]] in 1980, but dropped out.

McKoy came to the international athletics scene in 1982 by winning a gold medal in 110 m hurdles and silver in [[4 × 100 m relay]] at the [[1982 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]. In the next year McKoy finished fourth at the [[1983 World Championships in Athletics|first World Championships]] and repeated this place at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]].

In 1986, McKoy repeated his victory in 110 m hurdles at [[1986 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] and turned his 4 × 100 m relay silver to gold medal, but finished seventh at the [[1987 World Championships in Athletics|1987 World Championships]].

McKoy finished seventh in the hurdles at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] in [[Seoul]], as he hit a number of hurdles in the final. His compatriot [[Ben Johnson (Canadian sprinter)|Ben Johnson]] tested positive for banned substances at the Games. In protest of the rush to judgement and treatment of his friend and teammate, Mark left the Olympic games prior to competing in the 4 × 100 metre relay race. This act led to Mark's 2 year suspension from international athletics by the Canadian Olympic Committee. Over the course of the [[Dubin Inquiry]], McKoy testified that as a young man and under pressure from his coach, Charlie Francis, he briefly experimented with performance enhancing drugs.

McKoy made a comeback at the [[1991 World Championships in Athletics|1991 World Championships]], finishing fourth again in 110 m hurdles. At the [[1992 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] in [[Barcelona]], McKoy put his fourth-place streak behind him and won the gold medal in 13.12 seconds. It was the first Canadian Olympic gold medal in track and field since [[Duncan McNaughton]]'s first-place finish in the high jump competition in 1932 and at the same time, Mark McKoy became the first black Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal. At the [[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships]] in [[Toronto]] he won the 60 m hurdles.

A training mate of [[Colin Jackson]], he appeared with Jackson and [[Linford Christie]] in the [[workout]] video ''The S Plan: Get Fit with Christie and Jackson'' in 1993.

McKoy had emigrated to [[Austria]] and subsequently obtained [[Austrian citizen]]ship in 1994. He spent the last years of his career competing for his adopted country and set an [[Austrian records in athletics|Austrian record]] of 13.14 seconds in the 110 m hurdles.<ref>[http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/usr/h93/h9352468/orfreiluft.htm Austrian national records, outdoor] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010222154829/http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/usr/h93/h9352468/orfreiluft.htm |date=2001-02-22 }}</ref>

===Personal bests===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Event
! Best
! Location
! Date
|-
| [[60 metres]]
| 6.49
| Karlsruhe, Germany
| 6 March 1993
|-
| [[50 metres hurdles]]
| 6.25
| Kobe, Japan
| 5 March 1986
|-
| [[60 metres hurdles]]
| 7.41
| Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 14 March 1993
|-
| [[100 metres]]
| 10.08
| Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
| 2 July 1993
|-
| [[110 metres hurdles]]
| 13.08
| Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
| 2 July 1993
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Canadian records in track and field]]
* [[Doping cases in athletics]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
* [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=2040 Mark McKoy] at Sporting Heroes
* Newall, Liz. "You're in great company." ''Clemson World''. Summer 2007. pp.&nbsp;10–12.

==External links==
* {{World Athletics|14178302}}
* {{Athletics Canada|mark-mckoy}}
* {{Team Canada|mark-mckoy}}
* {{Olympics.com profile}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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