Sandy Knott

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameSandra Phyllis "Sandy"•Knott
Used nameSandy•Knott
Born9 October 1937 in Worcester, Massachusetts (USA)
Died26 June 2013 in Springfield, Oregon (USA)
Measurements170 cm / 57 kg
AffiliationsCleveland Recreation Division
NOC United States

Biography

Sandy Knott ran the 400 and 800 for the Cleveland Recreation Club. She captured five AAU titles, indoors in the 1964 880 yards, and outdoors at 800 in 1963-64. Knott also won the 1964 US Olympic Trials in the 800. Knott later earned a nursing degree from the Francis Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve, and master’s degrees in nursing from the University of Washington and Gonzaga University, and worked as a nurse practitioner, specializing in the treatment of diabetes. In 2008 she was inducted into the Case Western Reserve Athletic Hall of Fame.

Personal Bests: 400 – 56.3 (1963); 800 – 2:09.7 (1963); 1500 – 4:36.7 (1965).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1964 Summer Olympics Athletics USA Sandy Knott
800 metres, Women (Olympic) 6 h2 r1/3