(1986-01-31) January 31, 1986 (age 38) Coral Springs, Florida, U.S.
Height
5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight
190 lb (86 kg)
Sport
Sport
Running
Event(s)
100 meters, 200 meters
College team
Florida State Seminoles
Club
Unattached
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
100m: 9.88 s (Nottwil 2010) 200m: 19.53 s (Brussels 2011)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing
100 m
2008 Beijing
200 m
World Championships
2011 Daegu
100 m
2011 Daegu
200 m
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Walter Dix (born January 31, 1986[citation needed]) is a retired American sprinter who specialized in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is the sixth-fastest 200-meter runner ever with a best of 19.53 seconds, and has broken the 10-second barrier in the 100 meters, with a best of 9.88 (9.80w) seconds. He was the only track athlete from USA to win 2 individual Olympic medals in Beijing.
Dix was a highly successful amateur athlete, setting a state record in the 100 m and trying out for the US Olympic Team at the age of eighteen. He joined Florida State University and in his first year he broke the 100 m American junior record and won at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. After a fourth-place finish at the 2005 US Championships, Dix continued with his collegiate success, setting an NCAA record of 19.69 seconds in the 200 m and coming within one hundredth of the 100 m record. He completed a 100 m, 200 m, and 4×100 meter relay sweep at the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Championships, the first to do so since John Carlos in 1969. He closed his amateur career in 2008: another NCAA 200 m title made him the third most decorated track athlete in NCAA history, and he won gold and silver at the 2008 US Olympic Trials.
Dix turned professional in mid-2008, signing a multimillion-dollar contract with Nike. He reached the Olympic finals in the 100 and 200 m, and won two bronze medals; the only American track athlete to win two individual medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He suffered an injury at the 2009 US Championships, thus missing out on the World Championships, and a contract dispute with his agent resulted in only a handful of appearances that season. In 2011 he was both the 100 and 200 m American champion and won silver medals in the events at the 2011 World Championships. An injury at the 2012 Olympic trials meant he missed a second Olympic appearance.
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(NGR) ran 9.79 (+3.0 m/s) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on 30 April 2022. WalterDix (USA) ran 9.80 (+4.1 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon...
Noah Lyles (19.31), Michael Johnson (19.32), Erriyon Knighton (19.49), WalterDix (19.53), Justin Gatlin (19.57), his training partner Tyson Gay (19.58)...
over 200 m, he finished in 19.76 seconds but was beaten to the line by WalterDix, who returned from a year-long hiatus. A week later he attended the British...
track and road athletes Abdi Abdirahman Kerron Clement Shawn Crawford WalterDix Ian Dobson Philip Dunn Kevin Eastler Anthony Famiglietti Tyson Gay Ryan...
its second consecutive men's Track & Field NCAA National Championship, WalterDix became the first person to hold the individual title in the 100 m, 200...
Gabeira Tennis: Daniela Hantuchová Track and field: Carmelita Jeter, WalterDix Volleyball: 2012 U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team (Destinee Hooker...
champions in the 200 m (WalterDix), the triple jump (Raqeef Curry), and the shot put (Garrett Johnson). Individual runners-up were WalterDix in the 100 m, Ricardo...
former record, and left him three tenths of a second ahead of runner-up WalterDix. This achievement made Bolt one of only two men to win consecutive 200 m...
individual champions in the 200 m (WalterDix), the triple jump (Rafeeq Curry), and the shot put (Garrett Johnson). In 2007, Dix became the first person to hold...
Tobago 9.89 WalterDix United States 9.91 200 metres details Usain Bolt Jamaica 19.30 (WR) Shawn Crawford United States 19.96 WalterDix United States...
15 Bronze Bob Bryan Mike Bryan Tennis Men's doubles August 16 Bronze WalterDix Track & field Men's 100 m August 16 Bronze Randi Miller Wrestling Women's...
Championships title in the 400 m hurdles. Under his tutelage, sophomore WalterDix won the NCAA indoor and outdoor 200m National Championships, became a...
at the 2011 USA Track & Field Championships, Gatlin was second behind WalterDix with a season's best time of 9.95 seconds; his first sub-10 second performance...
15 Bronze Bob Bryan Mike Bryan Tennis Men's doubles August 16 Bronze WalterDix Track & field Men's 100 m August 16 Bronze Randi Miller Wrestling Women's...
National Football League (NFL) player Greg Cipes, voice actor and musician WalterDix, Olympic sprinter Steve Hutchinson, NFL football player George LeMieux...
Championships, where he recorded 10.07 seconds in the final – ahead of WalterDix and second only to Tyson Gay. This qualified him for the 2007 World Championships...
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