Tim Montgomery

Tim Montgomery is a former American athlete and 100m record holder. The Olympic gold medal winner was arrested on April 30, 2008, after being indicted on a federal heroin distribution charge. He was sentenced to five years in the case after pleading guilty.Minneapolis Star Tribune: Former track star Montgomery sentenced to 5 years... (October 10, 2008) The charges revolved around an alleged sale of 100 grams of heroin to a police informant.

He was convicted and sentenced to 46 months in prison for his part in a fraud scheme on May 16, 2008.

• " I have a gold medal that I'm sitting on that I didn't get with my own ability."
• "I'm not here to take away from anybody else's accomplishments, only my own. And I must say, I apologize to the other people that was on the relay team if that was to happen."
• "I've had everything I ever wanted in life...I've stood on the top of the mountain. ... The gold medal, all those people cheering, that was part of another world. ... In jail, my status is gone."
• "I was blind. I never had a job in my life, I did the wrong thing."
• "I just want to say I'm very sorry for what I've done. I'm sorry to my community and my family."