&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Kevin_Young_(athlete).JPG) Young in 2012 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 16, 1966 Watts, California, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)[1] |
| Weight | 181 lb (82 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  United States |
| Sport | Track |
| Event | 400 m hurdles |
| College team | UCLA |
| Club | Santa Monica Track Club |
Medal record | |
Kevin C. Young (born September 16, 1966) is a former American athlete. He was the winner of the 400 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics. In the final of this event he set a world record and Olympic record of 46.78 seconds, the first time the 47-second barrier was broken, and a world record that stood for nearly 29 years until it was broken by Karsten Warholm on July 1, 2021.[2]
He became the 400 m hurdles world champion the following year, winning at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics with a time of 47.18 seconds. He had an unusual hurdling technique of switching between 12 and 13 strides between the hurdles, departing from the 13-stride technique popularized by Edwin Moses.[3]
Young's performances declined after 1993. He was inducted into the National Track & Field Hall of Fame in 2006.
- ^ "Kevin Young". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "Norway's Warholm breaks 400 metres hurdles world record". Reuters. July 2, 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ Kevin Young Inducted Into Hall of Fame Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine. International Medalist Association. Retrieved on 2010-01-24.