Famous people Diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis

JAMES CARTER (MAY 7, 1978 - )

Carter enjoyed an outstanding 2007 outdoor season highlighted by his victory at the 2007 AT&T USA Outdoor Championships, where his winning time of 47.72 seconds in the 400m hurdles final was the second-fastest time in the world that season. Carter made it to the podium of a major international event for the first time in his career with his silver medal-winning performance at the 2005 World Outdoor Championships in Helsinki, where he posted a career-best time of 47.43 seconds. He has shown steady improvement, achieving his first national ranking in 1999 and world ranking in 2000. In 2002 he added his first U.S. title and World Cup gold.  His 47.57 at Zurich was the fastest time by an American in 2002. The first Baltimorean in a generation to earn a berth on the U.S. Olympic Team, Carter’s 48.04 to finish fourth in the 2000 Olympic final was his PR until he ran 47.57 in Zurich on August 16, 2002... Carter had a thymus tumor removed from his chest after he was stricken with Myasthenia Gravis, a neuromuscular disease, as a child. The disease weakened him to the extent that he could not pick up a fork to eat…nickname is ‘Slash’…High School alma mater Mervo Tech in Baltimore does not have a track. Had Olympic rings tattooed on his shoulder after making the 2000 Olympic Team.