first race without the wristband – at the Van Damme Memorial meet in Brussels, Sánchez injured his leg and had to abandon the race halfway through. In 2012, at the age of 34, Sánchez entered the 2012 Summer Olympics. He posted the fastest qualifying time, and won the final with a time of 47.63 seconds, the same as his winning time in Athens in 2004 and his fastest run for eight years. Sánchez became the oldest man to win the Olympic 400m hurdles title. He was the only Olympic medalist for the Dominican Republic until 45 minutes after his second gold medal, when Luguelín Santos picked up a silver medal in the 400 metres. For his performance in London Sanchez was awarded the Laureus World Comeback of the Year. Sánchez announced his retirement in April 2016 at the age of 38, citing the recent birth of a son. He did not compete in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Competition record References External links 2004 interview and profile in Open Your Eyes magazine 1977 births Living people American male hurdlers American sportspeople of Dominican Republic descent Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Dominican Republic male hurdlers Dominican Republic male sprinters Junior college men's track and field athletes in the United States Laureus World Sports Awards winners Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Dominican Republic Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic gold medalists for the Dominican Republic Pan American Games bronze medalists for the Dominican Republic Pan American Games gold medalists for the Dominican Republic Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games silver medalists for the Dominican Republic Track and field athletes from New York City Track and field athletes from San Diego University of Southern California alumni World Athletics Championships athletes for the Dominican Republic World Athletics Championships medalists Goodwill Games