Rai Benjamin at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene
Personal information
Born
(1997-07-27) July 27, 1997 (age 26) Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
Height
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight
77 kg (170 lb)[1]
Sport
Country
United States[2][3]
Sport
Track and field
Event(s)
Hurdling, sprinting
College team
USC Trojans (2018) UCLA Bruins (2016, 2017)
Team
Nike[4]
Turned pro
2018[4]
Coached by
Joanna Hayes[3] Quincy Watts[3] Caryl Smith Gilbert[3]
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
2020 Tokyo
400 m hurdles, Silver
World finals
2019 Doha
400 m hurdles, Silver
2022 Eugene
400 m hurdles, Silver
2023 Budapest
400 m hurdles, Bronze
Personal bests
400 m hurdles: 46.17 AR (Tokyo 2021)
400 m: 44.21 (Los Angeles 2023)
200 m: 19.99 (Paris 2018)[5][6]
100 m: 10.03 (Fort Worth 2020)
Indoors
400 m: 45.39i (Staten Island 2021)
200 m: 20.34i NR[note 1] (College Station 2018)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo
4×400 m relay
2020 Tokyo
400 m hurdles
World Championships
2019 Doha
4×400 m relay
2023 Budapest
4×400 m relay
2019 Doha
400 m hurdles
2022 Eugene
400 m hurdles
2023 Budapest
400 m hurdles
Diamond League
2023
400 m hurdles
Representing Antigua and Barbuda
CARIFTA Games (U-20)
2015 Basseterre
400 m
Rai Benjamin (born July 27, 1997)[7] is an American professional hurdler and sprinter specializing in the 400 m and 400 m hurdles. He is the second fastest man in history in the 400 m hurdles with a personal best time of 46.17 s. Benjamin won silver medals at his first Olympic Games in 2021 and at the World Championships in 2019 and 2022 in the men's 400 m hurdles, and gold medals in the 4 × 400 m relay in 2019 and 2021.
In college, Benjamin ran for the UCLA Bruins and then the USC Trojans, where in early 2018 he was part of the team that set the world best time in the indoor 4 × 400 m relay with a time of 3:00.77. At the time, his relay split time of 44.35 s was the fastest ever recorded in an indoor race. In June of the same year he also helped set the NCAA record in the same event but outdoors, and ran what was at the time the second fastest 400 m hurdles race of all time in 47.02 s.
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^ abcdLindstrom, Sieg (January 19, 2019). "New Flag, New Beginning for Rai Benjamin". trackandfieldnews.com. Track & Field News. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
^ abSully, Kevin (June 14, 2018). "Rai Benjamin is Now a Nike Athlete". flotrack.org. FloSports, Inc. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
^Rowbottom, Mike (July 1, 2018). "Norman and Benjamin the latest starts to shine in the IAAF Diamond League". iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
^Zaccardi, Nick (June 30, 2018). "Abderrahman Samba runs second-fastest 400m hurdles ever (video)". nbcsports.com. NBC. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
^"Rai BENJAMIN – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
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Results". Word Athletics. Retrieved 18 May 2024. Andrew Greif (19 May 2024). "Benjamin and McLaughlin-Levrone impress in Los Angeles". World Athletics. Retrieved...
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