Jeremy Wariner
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Medal record | |||
 Jeremy Wariner |
|||
Competitor for  United States |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s athletics | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 2004 Athens | 400 m | |
| Gold | 2004 Athens | 4x400 m relay | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 2005 Helsinki | 400 m | |
| Gold | 2005 Helsinki | 4x400 m relay | |
| Gold | 2007 Osaka | 400 m | |
| Gold | 2007 Osaka | 4x400 m relay | |
Jeremy Wariner (born January 31, 1984, in Irving, Texas) is an American track athlete specializing in the 400 metres. He has won two Olympic gold medals and four World Championships medals.
Contents |
[edit] Early Career
He attended Lamar High School in Arlington, Texas, where he was the 2002 Texas 4A state sprint champion at both 200m and 400m. He enrolled at Baylor University, where he quickly established himself as an immense collegiate sprint talent under the guidance of Clyde Hart, who was also the coach of Baylor alumnus and two-time Olympic 400 m gold medal winner and nine-time world champion Michael Johnson. As a sophomore, he won both the 2004 NCAA Division I indoor and outdoor 400 m titles. Later that year, Wariner became the national 400 m champion by winning the USATF Championships, establishing himself as a favorite for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Subsequently, Wariner made his first appearance on the world athletic stage by winning gold medals at the 400 m and 4x400 m at the Olympics Games. He was the first Caucasian man to win Olympic gold at 400 m since Viktor Markin in 1980. Following his Olympic successes, Wariner turned professional, foregoing the rest of his collegiate eligibility, though he remained at Baylor and continued to be coached by Clyde Hart.
[edit] Professional Athletic Career
The next year, Wariner also won the 400 m at the 2005 United States Track and Field Championships with a time of 44.20. At the World Championships in Helsinki he won the 400 m in 43.93, and later anchored for the American team in the 4x400 m relay for the gold medal.
In 2006, Wariner ran a new personal best of 43.62 seconds at the Golden Gala Meet in Rome. Together with Asafa Powell (100 m) and Sanya Richards (women's 400 m) he won his sixth out of six Golden League events (400 m) in the same season, which earned him a total of $250,000.
On August 31, 2007 at the World Championships in Osaka he won the 400 m in 43.45, improving his personal best with the fifth-fastest 400 m of all time (only Michael Johnson and Butch Reynolds have run faster).[1]
In 2008, Wariner announced he would be coached by Baylor assistant coach Michael Ford.
[edit] Personal statistics
[edit] Personal bests
| Event | Time | Place | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200 m | 20.19 | Carson, CA, United States | May 21, 2006 |
| 400 m | 43.45 | Osaka, Japan | August 31, 2007 |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Justin Gatlin |
Men's Track & Field ESPY Award 2007 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
|
|||||
