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| x Jesse Owens |
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James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprints and the long jump. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved...
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| x Cathy Freeman |
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Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, OAM (born 16 February 1973) is a former Australian sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit...
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| x Carolina Klüft |
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Carolina Evelyn Klüft (Swedish pronunciation: [klʏft]) (born February 2, 1983) is a Swedish athlete competing in triple jump, long jump and formerly in heptathlon and pentathlon. She won the Olympic heptathlon title in 2004. She is also a three-time...
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| x Jackie Joyner-Kersee |
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Jacqueline "Jackie" Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962) is a retired American athlete, ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the women's heptathlon as well as in the women's long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic...
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| x Bevil Rudd |
Bevil Gordon D'Urban Rudd (October 5, 1894 – February 2, 1948) was a South African athlete, the 1920 Olympic Champion in the 400 m.
Rudd was born in Kimberley, into a family closely involved with the De Beers diamond mining company. During his...
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| x Earl Thomson |
Earl J "Tommy" Thomson (sometimes spelled Thomson) (February 15, 1895 – April 19, 1971) was Canadian athlete, a specialist in the high hurdles.
Born in Birch Hills, Saskatchewan, Thomson moved to southern California at age 8, because the warm...
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| x Hicham El Guerrouj |
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Hicham El Guerrouj "King of the Mile" (Moroccan Arabic: هشام الݣروج, born September 14, 1974, Berkane) is a Moroccan former middle distance runner. He is the current holder of the 1500 metres, mile and outdoor 2000 metres world records, as well as...
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| x Daley Thompson |
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Francis Morgan Ayodélé "Daley" Thompson CBE (born 30 July 1958), is a former decathlete from England. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times.
With four world records...
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| x Archie Williams |
Archibald ("Archie") Franklin Williams (May 1, 1915 – June 24, 1993) was an African-American athlete and teacher, winner of 400 meter run at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Born in Oakland, California, Archie Williams had one great year but he did more in...
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| x Kelly Holmes |
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Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE, MBE(Mil.) (born 19 April 1970) is a retired British middle distance athlete. She specialised in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events and won a gold medal for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She set...
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| x Darvis Patton |
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Darvis "Doc" Darell Patton (born December 4, 1977) is an American sprint athlete. He was the US Champion and World silver medallist over 200 meters in 2003. He has had much success with the American 4×100-meter relay team, becoming the 2003 and 2007...
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| x Calvin Smith |
Calvin Smith (born January 8, 1961) is a former sprint track and field athlete from the United States. He is a former World Record holder in the 100 metre sprint, and was twice World Champion over 200 metres. He was born in Bolton, Mississippi....
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| x Terrence Trammell |
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Terrence R. Trammell (born November 23, 1978 to Julie and Roger Trammell in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.) is a track and field athlete who won the silver medal in the 110 meter hurdles at both the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, as well as three silver...
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| x Bernard Lagat |
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Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat (born December 12, 1974) is an American middle and long distance champion athlete.
Lagat was born in Kapsabet, Kenya. Prior to his change of domicile to the USA, Lagat had an extensive competitive career representing his...
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| x Shawn Crawford |
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Shawn Crawford (born January 14, 1978) is an American sprint athlete. He competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 meters.
Crawford holds the record...
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| x Amy Acuff |
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Amy Lyn Acuff (born July 14, 1975, Port Arthur, Texas) is a track and field athlete from the United States. A high jump specialist, she competed in the 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Olympics as a member of USA Track and Field. Her best Olympic...
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| x Adam Nelson |
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Adam Nelson (born July 7, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an elite American shotputter. A 1997 graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, Nelson has competed in three Olympic Games. In 1996, Nelson worked at a concession stand during the...
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| x Stefan Holm |
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Stefan Christian Holm (born 25 May 1976) is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships. His personal records are 2.37 m (7ft...
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| x Christian Olsson |
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Christian Olsson (born 25 January 1980 in Gothenburg) is a former Swedish athlete competing in high jump and triple jump. He won an Olympic gold medal, three gold and one silver medal in the World Championships and two gold medals in the European...
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| x Jeremy Wariner |
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Jeremy Mathew Wariner (born January 31, 1984, in Arlington, Texas) is an 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 third fastest...
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| x Richard Adu-Bobie |
Richard Adu-Bobie (12 January 1985) is a Canadian sprinter. He was an alternate for Canada's 4 x 100 m relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was an alternate for the same team at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Born in Manchester, New Hampshire to...
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| x Angelo Taylor |
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Angelo F. Taylor (born December 29, 1978) is an American athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics.
Born in Albany, Georgia, Angelo Taylor studied at the Georgia Institute of Technology and won the NCAA title in 1998 and...
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| x Lauryn Williams |
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Lauryn Williams (born September 11, 1983 in Rochester, Pennsylvania) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for the United States. She was the gold medalist in the 100 meter dash at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics...
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| x Allyson Felix |
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Allyson Michelle Felix (born November 18, 1985) is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for the United States, primarily in the 200 meters. She also competes at the 100 meters and the 400 meters distances. She is a two-time...
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| x Monique Henderson |
Monique Henderson (born February 18, 1983 in San Diego, California) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for the United States. She was a gold medalist in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
Henderson prepped at Morse High...
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| x Sanya Richards |
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Sanya Richards-Ross (born February 26, 1985) is a Jamaican American track and field athlete who competes internationally for the United States. She won an Olympic gold medal in the 4×400 meters relay at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, an...
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| x Darold Williamson |
Darold Williamson (born February 19, 1983) is an American track athlete.
He ran the anchor leg on the gold medal winning 4x400 meter relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He is 2005 graduate of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he...
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| x Kerron Clement |
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Kerron Stephon Clement (born October 31, 1985) is Trinidadian-born track and field athlete who represents the United States and specializes in the 400-meter hurdles. He also competes in the 400-meter sprint and holds the indoor world record for the...
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| x Kevin Sullivan |
Kevin Sullivan (born March 20, 1974) is a middle distance runner from Canada. He was born in Brantford, Ontario.
Sullivan competed in 1000 metre, 1500 metre, and mile events and represented Canada. His personal best times are 3:31.71 for the 1500 ...
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| x Miguel Pate |
Miguel Pate (born June 13, 1979 in St. Francisville, Louisiana) is an American track and field athlete. His speciality is the long jump, although during his high school and collegiate career he also competed in the triple jump, high jump, 100 m, 200...
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| x Emma Green |
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Emma Anna-Maria Green Tregaro (born 8 December 1984) is an athlete competing in high jump. She won a bronze medal in the event at the 2005 IAAF World Championships. She represented Sweden at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She finished 2nd at the 2010...
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| x Chaunte Howard |
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Chaunté Lowe (née Howard) (born January 12, 1984) is an American athlete, who competes in the high jump and participated in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. She is the American record holder in the women's high jump, both outdoors, with a height...
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| x Bryan Clay |
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Bryan Ezra Tsumoru Clay (born January 3, 1980) is an American decathlete. He is the reigning Olympic champion for the decathlon and was also World champion in 2005.
Clay was born in Austin, Texas and raised in Hawaii. He is Afro-Asian. His mother,...
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| x DeeDee Trotter |
De'Hashia Tonnek ("DeeDee") Trotter (born December 8, 1982 in Twenty Nine Palms, California) is an American athlete. She currently lives in Orlando, Florida, and trains at the University of Central Florida under Head Coach and former University Of...
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| x Angela Williams |
Angela Williams (born 30 January 1980 in Bellflower, California) is an American athlete. Williams attended the University of Southern California, graduating in 2002.
Starting for the American national team in 2001, she won a silver medal in the 60...
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| x Mustafa Mohamed |
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Mustafa Hassan Mohamed (Somali: Mustafa Xasan Maxamed, Arabic: مصطفى حسن محمد) (born March 1, 1979) is a Somali-Swedish long-distance runner who mainly competes in the 3000 meter steeplechase.
Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, Mohamed moved to Sweden at...
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| x Bershawn Jackson |
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Bershawn Jackson (born May 8, 1983 in Miami, Florida) is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 m hurdles, but is also a capable 400 m runner.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Jackson won a bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles. He also has...
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| x Wallace Spearmon |
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Wallace Spearmon, Jr., (born December 24, 1984 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is a sprint athlete, who specializes in the 200 meters. He is a two-time NCAA outdoor champion in the 200 m and won the silver medal in the event at the 2005 World...
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| x Brad Walker |
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Brad Walker (born June 21, 1981 in Aberdeen, South Dakota) is an American pole vaulter.
Walker attended University High School in Spokane, Washington and competed in football and track & field. In track, Walker was coached by Reg Hulbert and won All...
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| x Tyler Christopher |
Tyler Christopher (born October 3, 1983 in Chilliwack, British Columbia) is a Canadian sprinter who specializes in 400 meters. He is the Canadian record holder for the distance in both indoor and outdoor competition.
In 2004 he won the NACAC U23...
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| x Tyson Gay |
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Tyson Gay (born August 9, 1982) is an American track and field sprinter. His primary events are the 100 meters and 200 meters. His personal bests establish him as the second fastest athlete in the 100 meters and the fifth fastest athlete in the...
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| x Kenta Bell |
Kenta Bell (born March 16, 1977 in Kilgore, Texas) is an American track and field athlete who competes mainly in the triple jump. He won this event at the 2001 Universiade and the 2003 national championship. Bell has also finished third in two IAAF...
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| x Deena Kastor |
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Deena Michelle Kastor (born Deena Michelle Drossin on February 14, 1973) is an American long-distance runner. She holds American records in the marathon, half-marathon, and numerous road distances. She won the bronze medal in the women's marathon at...
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| x Muna Lee |
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This article is about the American athlete. For the Puerto Rico-based writer, see Muna Lee (writer).
Muna Lee (born October 30, 1981, Little Rock, Arkansas) is an American sprinter.
Lee won a gold medal as part of the Women's 4 x 100m relay team at...
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| x Susanna Kallur |
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Susanna Elisabeth Kallur (Swedish pronunciation: [sɵˈsanːa ˈkalːɵr]) (born February 16, 1981) is a Swedish athlete competing mainly in sprint hurdles. She has won several international medals, including the gold medal in the 100 m hurdles at the...
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| x Torri Edwards |
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Torri Edwards (born January 31, 1977) is an American sprinter. She was a rising young star in 100 and 200 metres, winning an Olympic medal in 4×100 metres relay in 2000. In 2003 she won six medals in major international competitions, including one...
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| x Mbulaeni Mulaudzi |
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Mbulaeni Tongai Mulaudzi (born September 8, 1980 in Muduluni, Limpopo Province) is a South African middle distance runner, and the 2009 world champion in the men's 800 metres. He carried the flag at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics...
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| x Dathan Ritzenhein |
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Dathan Ritzenhein (born December 30, 1982 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American long-distance runner. He held the American record in the 5,000 metres (12:56.27) from 2009–10, when it was broken by Bernard Lagat. He is a three-time national cross...
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| x Adam Goucher |
Adam Goucher (born February 18, 1975) is a retired American cross-country and track and field athlete. He primarily competed in distance events and is featured in Running With The Buffaloes, a book revolving around the 1998 season of the University...
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| x Rui Silva |
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Rui Silva (born August 3, 1977) is a Portuguese track and field athlete, who represents Sporting Clube de Portugal. As a distance runner, he specializes at the 1500 and 3000 m events, although he has at times run the 800 metres as well. He is the...
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| x Linus Thörnblad |
Linus Thörnblad (born 6 March 1985) is a Swedish former track and field athlete competing in high jump. He won the bronze medal at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He...
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| x Kerryn McCann |
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Kerryn McCann (2 May 1967 – 8 December 2008) was an Australian athlete. She was best known for winning the marathon at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games.
McCann was born Kerryn Hindmarsh in Bulli, New South Wales, in 1967.
In 1991 she married...
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| x Alhaji Jeng |
Alhaji Jeng (born December 13, 1981 in Banjul, Gambia) is a Swedish pole vaulter and actor.
Jeng came to Sweden when he was just 3 months old, but retained his Gambian citizenship until he was 18 years old, when he applied for and was granted...
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| x Bruce Kidd |
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Bruce Kidd, OC (born July 26, 1943) is a Canadian academic, author, and athlete.
Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he was a member of the University of Toronto track and field team. He won 18 national senior championships in Canada, the United States, and...
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| x Anson Henry |
Anson Henry (born March 9, 1979) is a Canadian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He was born in Toronto, Ontario. His personal best time is 10.12 seconds, achieved in May 2006 in Doha. He also has 20.52 seconds in the 200 metres and 6.59...
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| x Pierre Browne |
Pierre Browne (born January 14, 1980) is a Canadian sprinter of Barbadian descent. He represented Canada for the 100 and the 200 meters dash in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, 2002 Commonwealth Games, and the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.
Browne is the...
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| x Chris Huffins |
Chris Huffins (born 15 April 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an athlete from the United States who competed in the field of Decathlon. He was the Director and Head Coach of the Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross Country programs at the...
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| x Hank Palmer |
Hank Palmer (born 16 March 1985) is a Canadian sprinter. He was born in Montreal. Palmer's best place to date was a fourth place at the 2004 World Junior Championships. He is uncommonly known by his self-appointed nicknames Black Phoenix, and Legend...
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| x Usain Bolt |
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The Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. ( /ˈjuːseɪn/; born 21 August 1986), is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and...
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| x Achraf Tadili |
Achraf Tadili (born July 8, 1980) is a Canadian athlete competing over 800 metres. He was born in Casablanca, Morocco.
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