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milwaukee , wisconsin , u.s. lightsteelblue september 5 , 1959 andre phillips
 andre phillips
andre phillips

andré lamar phillips -lrb- born september 5 , 1959 in milwaukee , wisconsin -rrb- is a retired american track and field athlete who is best known for winning the 400 metres hurdles gold medal at the 1988 olympic games .
phillips spent most of his career in the shadow of his idol , edwin moses , frequently as runner up during moses ' unequaled winning streak .
he managed to beat him once , at the 1988 olympic games in seoul .
in 1983 , phillips finished fifth in the 400 m hurdles at the inaugural world athletics championships .
in 1985 , in absence of moses , phillips won his only us national championship title , and also won the iaaf world cup .
in 1988 , phillips lost to moses at the olympic trials , but showed a good pace at olympics , winning his heat and semifinal .
in the final , phillips ran his personal best 47.19 to win a gold medal , beating second-place amadou dia ba from senegal by 0.04 seconds .
the two times currently still rank them as the # 5 and # 6 performers of all time .
although moses ran his fastest olympic final , he finished only third in a time of 47.56 .
in 2009 , phillips was inducted into the national track and field hall of fame .
phillips attended at university of california , los angeles , and won the 400 m hurdles at the ncaa championships in 1981 .
prior to that , he attended silver creek high school in san jose , california , where he won the cif california state meet in the 300 low hurdles in 1977 .
in 36.43 .
he continues to hold the 300 ih -lrb- intermediate hurdles -rrb- hurdle record at silver creek at 37.1 sec .
he joins 1976 4x100 metres relay gold medalist , and individual 200 metres silver medalist millard hampton , in one of the rare instances -lrb- the school claims only eight exist -rrb- of two unrelated olympic gold medalists coming from the same high school .
silver creek continues to host the `` hampton phillips classic '' named in their honor .
phillips is a former teacher at stagg high school , a former assistant principal at franklin high school , and is now the current principal at stagg high school in stockton , california .
