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{{short description|American sprinter}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| image = Francena McCorory 2015.jpg
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| full_name = Francena Lynette McCorory
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|10|20}}
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.<ref>{{cite web |title=Francena McCorory |url=https://www.teamusa.org/athletes/MC/Francena-McCorory |website=Team USA |publisher=[[United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221153804/https://www.teamusa.org/athletes/MC/Francena-McCorory |archive-date=December 21, 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| height = 5 ft 8 in
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| country = {{USA}}
| sport = [[Track and field]]
| club = Adidas, Herzogenaurach (GER)<ref name=sr>
| event = [[400 meters]]
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4×400 m relay]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4×400 m relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|2011 Daegu]]|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4×400 m relay]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics|2013 Moscow]]|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4×400 m relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics|2015 Beijing]]|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4×400 m relay]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|2011 Daegu]]|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|400 m]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Relays|World Relay Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2015 IAAF World Relays|2015 Nassau]]|[[2015 IAAF World Relays – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4×400 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Country|[[File:Americas (orthographic projection).svg|20px]] [[Americas]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF Continental Cup|Continental Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2014 IAAF Continental Cup|2014 Marrakech]]|400 m}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2014 IAAF Continental Cup|2014 Marrakech]]|4×400m relay}}
}}
'''Francena Lynette McCorory''' (born October 20, 1988) is a retired American [[track and field]] athlete, known primarily for running the [[400 metres|400 meters]]. She was the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|2011 World bronze medalist]] in the 400 meters and was a member of the gold medal-winning [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|2012]] and [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|2016 United States Olympic 4 x 400 m relay]] teams. She was the IAAF [[2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres|400 meter Indoor World Champion]] in 2014. McCorory retired in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gaither |first=Steven J. |date=2021-06-23 |title=Gold medalist Francena McCorory retiring from track |url=https://hbcugameday.com/2021/06/23/gold-medalist-francena-mccorory-retiring-from-track/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=HBCU Gameday |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Career==
McCorory attended [[Bethel High School (Hampton, Virginia)|Bethel High School]] in her hometown of [[Hampton, Virginia]] where she displayed her talent for the 400 metres.<ref>[http://www.hamptonpirates.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=861 Francena McCorory]. Hampton Pirates. Retrieved on 2012-06-11.</ref> A notable performance was at the 2005 Virginia Group AAA Eastern Region meet, where McCorory took her team's baton as much as 80 metres behind the leaders of the race, but cruised to victory past six other teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hsrn.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=428&Itemid=5 |title=Heritage Sports Radio Network |publisher=HSRN |access-date
Despite being recruited by larger universities, McCorory attended her hometown school of [[Hampton University]]. She won the 2009 [[NCAA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship]]s<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/NCAANewsArchive/2009/Division+I/lady%2bvols%2bshow%2bworld-class%2bdistance%2bdominance.html |title=NCAA News Archive – Lady Vols show world-class distance dominance |publisher=Fs.ncaa.org |date=2009-03-16 |
After graduating Hampton, she improved her best to 50.49 again in second at the [[USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/events/2011/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/results/6-3.asp |title=Events – 2011 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships |publisher=USATF |access-date=2012-06-09 |
Leading into the [[2012 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|Olympic Trials]], she improved her personal best to 50.06 at the [[Adidas Grand Prix]]. At the Olympic Trials, she qualified for the final and was assigned lane 7, just outside [[Sanya Richards-Ross]] in lane 6. Richards-Ross ran hard from the start closing down the stagger on McCorory. Sensing the challenge, McCorory exploded down the backstretch, leading around the turn to the head of the home stretch, but she paid the price for the early effort and struggled to the finish. Richards-Ross charged past her, in the process setting the best time of the year, followed by [[Dee Dee Trotter]], who made her third straight Olympic team. McCorory managed to hold off [[Debbie Dunn]] to claim third place and a trip to the Olympics.<ref>[http://www.legacy.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicTrials-TF/Results/Results6-3.htm Women's 400 Meter Dash] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915130539/http://www.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicTrials-TF/results/Results6-3.htm |date=2012-09-15 }}. 2012 Olympic Trials. usatf.org.</ref>
At the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], McCorory competed in the 400m and 4 × 400 m relay. In the 400m final, McCorory finished 7th with a time of 50.33. On the relay, McCorory ran the 3rd leg of the women's 4 × 400 m (in a leg time of 49.39), with [[DeeDee Trotter]], [[Allyson Felix]], and [[Sanya Richards-Ross]], with the winning time being 3:16.87, the 3rd fastest time in Olympic history behind the [[Soviet Union]] and United States at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]], and the 5th fastest time overall.<ref>[http://www.alltime-athletics.com/w4x400ok.htm Women's 4x400m relay]. Alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved on 2015-05-28.</ref> In 2012 Penn Relays, Francena McCorory won the 4x400 with Allyson Felix, Natasha Hastings, and Sanya Richards Ross.
At the [[2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]] she improved her personal record to 50.01. In finishing second, she qualified for the [[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|2013 World Championships]] where she improved her personal best under 50 to 49.86 in the semi-final round and got 2nd place in the 4x400 after failing to pass the Russian, but they were upgraded to gold because the Russians cheated. In the 2013 Penn Relays, Francena McCorory held off Great Britain's Perri Shakes Drayton to get gold for the USA.
At the 2014 World Indoor Championships, she was a double gold medal winner taking the [[2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres|400 metres]] and the [[2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4x400 relay]] titles. Later in the season at the [[2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]] another improvement of her personal record to 49.48, defeating [[Sanya Richards]] to take the win. Later that year McCorory added to her titles by being named HBCU Top 30 Under 30,<ref>{{cite web|author1=Tommy Meade|title=HBCU Top 30 Under 30|url=http://hbcubuzz.com/2014-hbcu-top-30-under-30-3/|website=hbcubuzz.com|publisher=HBCU Buzz|
==Major competition record==
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|rowspan=2|[[2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[London]], United Kingdom
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|400 m
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres|50.33]]
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|4 × 400 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:16.
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|rowspan=2|2013
|rowspan=2|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Moscow]], Russia
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|400 m
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|50.68]]
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|4 × 400 m relay
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:20.41]]
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{{Footer Olympic Champions 4x400 m Women}}
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