Lorenzo Daniel

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Lorenzo Daniel (born March 23, 1966) is a retired track and field sprinter from the United States, best known for setting the 1985 world's best year performance in the men's 200 meters and one of the fastest to ever run. He did so on 18th May 1985 at a meet in Starkville, Mississippi, clocking 20.07. His fastest ever 200m dash was 19.87 at Eugene in 1988. He attended Mississippi State University, and majored in Sports Communication. Daniel grew up in Wrens, Georgia and now resides in Dallas, Texas. Used to be the fastest man in the world. Made the 1992 Olympics, but got injured before he could prove his #1 spot in the game. He now resides in Dallas, Texas and has three children; Lauren, Lorenzo Jr., and Lorielle. He founded and runs the company Turbo Techniques.

References

1985 Year Rankings

Sporting positions
Preceded by Carl Lewis	Men's 200 m Best Year Performance 1985	Succeeded by Floyd Heard

Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 4×100 metres

1959: Italy (De Murtas, Giannone, Mazza, Berruti)
1961: Soviet Union (Mikhailov, Ozolin, Bartenev, Chistyakov)
1963: Hungary (Csutorás, Rábai, Gyulai, Mihályfi)
1965: West Germany (Obersiebrasse, Metz, Felsen, Sundermann)
1967: Italy (Giani, Preatoni, Roscio, Berruti)
1970: Poland (Wagner, Werner, Gramse, Nowosz)
1973: United States (Brown, Riddick, Whatley, Gilbreath)
1975: Soviet Union (Zhidkikh, Silovs, Kolesnikov, Vladimirtsev)
1977: Soviet Union (Kolesnikov, Aksinin, Silovs, Ignatenko)
1979: Italy (Caravani, Grazioli, Lazzer, Mennea)
1981: United States (Lattany, Ketchum, Grimes, Smith)
1983: United States (Scott, Graddy, Robinson, Gault)
1985: Cuba (Querol, Simón, Chacón, Peñalver)
1987: United States (McRae, Heard, Daniel, Spearmon)
1989: United States (Watkins, Dees, Cason, Marsh)
1991: United States (Drummond, Goins, Bates, Trapp)
1993: United States (Bridgewater, Oaks, Miller, Jefferson)
1995: United States (Bowen, Oaks, Hargraves, Dopek)
1997: United States (Howard, Henderson, Carter, McCall)
1999: United States (Conwright, Trammell, Miller, Capel)
2001: Japan (Kawabata, Nara, Omae, Okusako)
2003: Japan (Ishikura, Takahira, Yoshino, Arai)
2005: Italy (Verdecchia, Rocco, Donati, Anceschi)
2007: Thailand (Autas, Sondee, Suwannarangsri, Suwonprateep)
2009: Russia (Mokrousov, Teplykh, Smirnov, Petryashov)
2011: South Africa (Dreyer, Magakwe, Sefanyetso, Mpuang)
2013: Ukraine (Perestiuk, Smelyk, Bodrov, Korzh)

Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 4×400 metres

1959: West Germany (Grawitz, Quantz, Klappert, Oberste)
1961: West Germany (Hoppe, Schöll, Graßhoff, Grawitz)
1963: Great Britain (Metcalfe, Boulter, Campbell, Steane)
1965: Italy (Bianchi, Iraldo, Frinolli, Bello)
1967: West Germany (Müller, Röper, Krüsmann, Thiemann)
1970: United States (Ulan, Colglazier, Turner, James)
1973: United States (Bond, Schultz, Lutz, Jenkins)
1975: Poland (Hewelt, Pietrzyk, Gondek, Szlendak)
1977: United States (Jennings, Smith, Dale, Andrews)
1979: United States (Taylor, Kerr, Harris, McCoy)
1981: Soviet Union (Zolotaryev, Fedotov, Burakov, Markin)
1983: United States (Nix, Tabron, Babers, Wiley)
1985: Cuba (Martínez, Peñalver, Ramos, Hernández)
1987: United States (Pierre, Daniel, Patrick, Robinzine)
1989: Jamaica (O'Connor, Morris, Davis, Burnett)
1991: United States (Wilson, Cannon, Irvin, Luke)
1993: United States (Jones, Payne, Lyles, Turner)
1995: United States (Hayden, Byrd, Morris, Maybank)
1997: United States (Terry, Wheeler, Davis, Woodward)
1999: United States (Berrian, Couts, Brew, Davis)
2001: United States (White, Gerding, Couts, Pierce)
2003: Ukraine (Demchenko, Zyukov, Horbenko, Tverdostup)
2005: Poland (Wieruszewski, Dąbrowski, Kędzia, Klimczak)
2007: Poland (Bańka, Klimczak, Kędzia, Dąbrowski)
2009: Australia (Troode, Cole, Thomas, Wroe, Watkins, Burstow)
2011: Russia (Sigalovsky, Buryak, Vazhov, Kruglyakov)
2013: Russia (Dyldin, Buryak, Kashefrazov, Krasnov)

Persondata
Name	Daniel, LoRenzo
Alternative names	'Renzo, Lo'
Short description	American sprinter
Date of birth	March 23, 1966
Place of birth	Wrens, GA
Date of death
Place of death

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