(1982-08-09) August 9, 1982 (age 41)[1] Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.[1]
Home town
Clermont, Florida
Alma mater
University of Arkansas
Height
5 ft 11 in (1.81 m)[2]
Weight
176 lb (80 kg)[2]
Sport
Country
United States
Sport
Track and field
Event(s)
100 m, 200 m, 4×100 m relay
Coached by
John Smith
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
100 m: 9.69 NR (Shanghai, 2009)
200 m: 19.58 (New York, 2009)
200 m straight: 19.41 (Manchester, 2010)
400 m: 44.89 (Gainesville, 2010)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the United States
World Championships
2007 Osaka
100 m
2007 Osaka
200 m
2007 Osaka
4×100 m relay
2009 Berlin
100 m
World Cup
2006 Athens
100 m
2006 Athens
4×100 m relay
World Relays
2015 Nassau
4×100 m relay
World Athletics Final
2005 Monaco
200 m
2006 Stuttgart
200 m
2009 Thessaloniki
100 m
2006 Stuttgart
100 m
Diamond League Final
2010 Brussels
100 m
NACAC U-25 Championships
2002 San Antonio
4×100 m relay
Representing the Americas
Continental Cup
2010 Split
4×100 m relay
Tyson Gay (born August 9, 1982) is a retired American track and field sprinter who competed in the 100 and 200 meters. His 100 m personal best of 9.69 seconds is the American record and makes him tied for the second fastest athlete over 100 m ever, along with Yohan Blake of Jamaica.
Gay has won medals in many major international competitions, which includes 3 gold medals in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay at the 2007 Osaka World Championships. This made him the second man to win all three events at the same World Championships, after Maurice Greene (Usain Bolt duplicated the feat two years later). Gay is a four-time U.S. champion in the 100 m.
At the 2008 Olympic Trials, he ran a wind assisted 9.68 seconds in the 100 m.[3][4] Days later, he suffered a severe hamstring injury in the 200 m trials and did not win any medals at the Beijing Olympics. He clocked 9.71 seconds to win the 100 m silver medal in the 2009 World Championships — it is the fastest non-winning time in the history of the 100 m.
In July 2013, it was announced that Gay had tested positive for a banned substance; he subsequently withdrew from consideration for the World Championships in Moscow. The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) suspended him until June 23, 2014, and stripped him of his silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Gay is a two-time winner of the Jesse Owens Award, was the 2007 IAAF World Athlete of the Year, won Best Track and Field Athlete for Track & Field News in 2007 and for ESPY Award in 2008 and 2011. He has also achieved multiple Men's season's best performances in the 100 m and 200 m.
^ ab"Tyson Gay". teamusa.org. USOC. Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
^ abEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tyson Gay". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on August 25, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
^Patrick, Dick (June 29, 2008). "Gay wins trials 100 with wind-aided 9.68". USA Today. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
^0 Toplists 100 m – o. iaaf.org. Retrieved on 2011-05-30.
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