Jeremy Wariner

Jeremy Wariner
Wariner in 2006
Personal information
Full nameJeremy Matthew Wariner[1]
Born (1984-01-31) January 31, 1984 (age 40)[1]
Irving, Texas, U.S.[1]
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[2]
Weight155 lb (70 kg)[2]
Sport
SportRunning
Event400 meters
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 400 m
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 400 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Helsinki 400 m
Gold medal – first place 2005 Helsinki 4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2007 Osaka 400 m
Gold medal – first place 2007 Osaka 4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2009 Berlin 4×400m relay
Silver medal – second place 2009 Berlin 400 m
World Relay Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Nassau 4×400 m relay
Continental Cup
Gold medal – first place 2010 Split 400 m
Pan American Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Bridgetown 4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2003 Bridgetown 400 m
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Jeremy Matthew Wariner[1] (born January 31, 1984) is a retired[3] American track athlete specializing in the 400 meters. He has won four Olympic medals (three gold, one silver) and six World Championships medals. He is the joint sixth fastest competitor in the history of the 400 m event with a personal best of 43.45 seconds, behind Wayde van Niekerk (43.03 WR, 2016), Michael Johnson (43.18 WR, 1999) and Butch Reynolds (43.29 WR, 1988) and the fifth fastest all-time mark when he set it in 2007.

Wariner was born in Irving, Texas. A successful college athlete at Baylor University, he won the 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay gold medals at his first Olympics in Athens 2004. He followed this with two gold medals at the 2005 World Championships in the same events. He remained undefeated in the 400 m event during the 2006 ÅF Golden League, earning him the $250,000 jackpot. He remained World Champion in the 400 m individual and relay events at the 2007 Osaka World Championships, earning him the 2007 Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award. He won the 4×400 m relay gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but took silver in the 400 m, finishing behind countryman LaShawn Merritt. Wariner picked up the silver medal in the 2009 World Championships, again finishing second to Merritt.

  1. ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jeremy Wariner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2020. Full name: Jeremy Matthew Wariner.
  2. ^ a b "Jeremy Wariner". teamusa.org. USOC. Archived from the original on January 1, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  3. ^ Zaccardi, Nick (2017-08-02). "Jeremy Wariner, Olympic 400m champion, retires". OlympicTalk. Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2017-08-09.