World 100 meters record holder Tim Montgomery arrives for his Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) doping hearing in San Francisco in this June 7, 2004 file photo. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    WASHINGTON, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Tim Montgomery, the former sprint world record holder and the United States' Olympic champion, was sentenced to 46 months in prison on Friday for dealing in fraudulent checks.

    He pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy in the bank fraud and money laundering plot. Prosecutors said he had a hand in depositing bogus checks worth 1.7 million U.S. dollars.

    Montgomery won an Olympic 4x100m relay gold in Sydney 2000 and set a 100m world record of 9.78 seconds, which was erased after he was proved doping.

Tim Montgomery of the U.S., Ato Boldon of Trinidad and Tobago and Dwain Chambers of Britain compete in the men's 100 metres race during the Goodwill Games in Brisbane in this September 5, 2001 file photo. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    The 33-year-old retired in 2005 after he was banned from athletics for doping and has a child with Marion Jones, who was stripped of her five 2000 Olympic track medals and is now in prison after sentenced to six months for lying about the check scam and about her doping.

    Among the other defendants are Montgomery's former track coach,1976 Olympic gold medalist Steven Riddick, and his former agent, Charles Wells.