(2002-06-08) June 8, 2002 (age 21) Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Height
5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight
124 lb (56 kg)
Sport
Country
United States
Sport
Track and field
Event(s)
800 meters, 400 meters
College team
Texas A&M Aggies
Club
Nike Trenton Track Club (youth)
Coached by
Bobby Kersee (2023–) Milton Mallard (2021–2022) Al Jennings (youth) Bernice Mitchell (youth)
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
400 m: 49.57 AJR (Eugene 2021)
800 m: 1:54.97 NR (Eugene 2023)
Indoors
400 m: 50.52i (College Station 2021)
800 m: 1:58.40i WJR (College Station 2021)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo
800 m
2020 Tokyo
4×400 m relay
World Championships
2022 Eugene
800 m
2023 Budapest
800 m
Pan American U20 Championships
2019 San José
800 m
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos Aires
800 m
Updated on July 24, 2022.
Athing Mu (born June 8, 2002)[1] is an American middle-distance runner. She is the youngest woman in history to hold Olympic and world titles in an individual track and field event. At the age of 19, Mu won the gold medal in the 800 meters at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, breaking a national record set by Ajeé Wilson in 2017, and a continental under-20 record. She took a second gold as part of the women's 4 × 400 m relay. She was the 800 m 2022 World champion, becoming the first American woman to win the world championship title over the distance.[2]
Mu holds the world under-20 record in the women's indoor 800 m, which she set in early 2021. She also holds the world U20 best in the indoor 600 meters, set in 2019 when she was 16 years of age. Her time is the third fastest ever run indoors.
^"Athing MU – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
^Azzi, Alex (July 24, 2022). "Athing Mu becomes first American woman to win 800m, keeps win streak alive". NBC Sports. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
AthingMu (born June 8, 2002) is an American middle-distance runner. She is the youngest woman in history to hold Olympic and world titles in an individual...
Ethiopia's Meskerem Legesse in 2004. However, Hodgkinson's contemporary AthingMu, USA's rising talent, improved the new record the following month (1:58...
Mu Dan (1918–1977), Chinese poet and translator AthingMu (born 2002), American middle-distance runner Mu (negative), 無, a concept in Buddhism Muism (Korean...
Mutola also ran 1:23.13 (2003). Pamela Jelimo also ran 1:24.08+ (2008). AthingMu also ran 1:23.57 i (2019), 1:24.13 (2022). Anita Weiß also ran 1:24.30+...
Field Championships Women's 400 meters Final". Retrieved May 13, 2023. "AthingMu Runs 1:57.73 to Crush NCAA 800m Record – Video Replay and Results". LetsRun...
Championships in Eugene, Oregon, clocking a personal best of 1:56.71 behind AthingMu (1:56.30) and Keely Hodgkinson (1:56.38). The following month, she won...
complete list". Olympics. Retrieved December 12, 2023. "Rising Stars winners AthingMu and Erriyon Knighton show future of athletics is in great hands". RunBlogRun...
and field circuit. The meeting was highlighted by American records from AthingMu (in the women's 800 m) and Courtney Frerichs (in the women's 3000 m steeplechase...
Heather MacLean Taylor Manson Cory McGee Sydney McLaughlin Alicia Monson AthingMu Dalilah Muhammad Javianne Oliver Elinor Purrier St. Pierre Jenna Prandini...
1:10.22 AthingMu Trenton Central High School Trenton, New Jersey Lynchburg, Virginia Virginia Showcase 17 January 2020 600 m 1:23.57 AthingMu Trenton...
49.20 NR Allyson Felix United States 49.46 SB MWR 800 metres details AthingMu United States 1:55.21 NR Keely Hodgkinson Great Britain 1:55.88 NR Raevyn...
Heather MacLean Taylor Manson Cory McGee Sydney McLaughlin Alicia Monson AthingMu Dalilah Muhammad Javianne Oliver Elinor Purrier St. Pierre Jenna Prandini...
alongside a team that included Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad, and AthingMu. This 11th Olympic medal broke Felix's tie with Carl Lewis and officially...
Heather MacLean Taylor Manson Cory McGee Sydney McLaughlin Alicia Monson AthingMu Dalilah Muhammad Javianne Oliver Elinor Purrier St. Pierre Jenna Prandini...
Heather MacLean Taylor Manson Cory McGee Sydney McLaughlin Alicia Monson AthingMu Dalilah Muhammad Javianne Oliver Elinor Purrier St. Pierre Jenna Prandini...
Heather MacLean Taylor Manson Cory McGee Sydney McLaughlin Alicia Monson AthingMu Dalilah Muhammad Javianne Oliver Elinor Purrier St. Pierre Jenna Prandini...
silver medals, 7 bronze medals, and 26 total medals. Sydney McLaughlin and AthingMu both won two gold medals to lead the U.S. track and field athletes, with...
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