🇺🇸United States
Justin Gatlin
Track & Field — 60m / 100m / 200m
Justin Alexander Gatlin is one of the most decorated American sprinters in history. The 2004 Olympic champion in the 100m, he went on to win four World Championship gold medals across three decades of competition. His personal best of 9.74 seconds ranks among the all-time fastest, and at age 34 he became the oldest man to win an Olympic medal in a non-relay sprint event.
Birthdate
February 10, 1982
Personal Best
9.74s (100m) — 5th on all-time list
Global Reach
50 MILLION
Roles
Athlete
Achievements
- •2004 Olympic gold medalist — 100m
- •2012 Olympic bronze medalist — 100m (9.79s)
- •2016 Olympic silver medalist — 100m
- •5-time Olympic medalist total
- •2005 World Champion — 100m and 200m
- •2017 World Champion — 100m (age 35)
- •2019 World Champion — 4×100m relay
- •2003 & 2012 World Indoor Champion — 60m
- •12-time World Championship medalist
- •2015 & 2017 World Athletics Relays gold (4×100m)
- •3-time Diamond League Champion — 100m (2013, 2014, 2015)
Honors
- •Oldest man to win an Olympic sprint medal in a non-relay event (age 34, 2016)
- •Fastest man over age 30 in 100m history (9.74s at age 33)