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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 February 2025. South African middle-distance runner (born 1991) Caster Semenya OIB Caster Semenya in 2018 Personal information Nationality South African Born (1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 34) Pietersburg, South Africa Alma mater North-West University Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Weight 70 kg (154 lb ...
Nikki Hiltz (/ ˈ h ɪ l t s / HILTS; born October 23, 1994) [1] is an American middle-distance runner specializing in the 1500 meters and mile.Hiltz holds the American record in the mile and is the 2023 US 1500 m champion.
Zola Budd (also known as Zola Pieterse; born 26 May 1966) is a South African middle-distance and long-distance runner. She competed at the 1984 Olympic Games for Great Britain and the 1992 Olympic Games for South Africa, both times in the 3000 metres. In 1984 (unratified) and 1985, she broke the world record in the 5000 metres.
Gabrielle Lisa Thomas (born December 7, 1996) [3] is an American track and field athlete specializing in 100 and 200 meter sprint who is the 2024 200m Olympic champion. Born in Georgia and raised in Massachusetts, Thomas competed in college for Harvard University before beginning a professional track career in 2018.
Letesenbet Gidey (Tigrinya: ለተሰንበት ግደይ, born 20 March 1998) [3] is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. In the 10,000 metres, she is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist, 2019 World silver medallist, and 2022 World champion. Her record of 29.01.03 is the second fastest time ever, just recently broken by Kenyan rival Beatrice ...
Cameron Spencer/Getty Images During the 2024 Paris Olympics, Grant Fisher became the first American man in more than a decade to win a medal in the 10,000-meter race, the longest race of the Olympics.
Transgender and nonbinary middle-distance runner Nikki Hiltz ran the second fastest time ever of any American in the women’s 1500-meter race at the U.S. Olympic Trials Sunday, qualifying for the ...
Canadian Ian Millar in a 2007 picture. At London 2012 he participated in a record 10th Olympics. Only a small fraction of the world's population ever competes at the Olympic Games; an even smaller fraction competes in multiple Games. 950 athletes [1] (648 men [2] and 302 women [3]) have participated in at least five Olympics from Athens 1896 to Paris 2024, but excluding the 1906 Intercalated ...