William Wynne (athlete)

William Wynne
Personal information
Nationality American
Born (1990-01-30) January 30, 1990
Marietta, Georgia
Residence Gainesville, Florida
Sport
Sport Running
College team Florida Gators
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 110m hurdles: 13.64 (Gainesville 2009)
400m hurdles: 49.01 (Ostrava 2007)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  United States
Pan American Junior Championships
2009 Port-of-Spain 400 m hurdles
World Youth Championships
2007 Ostrava 400 m hurdles
2007 Ostrava medley relay
2007 Ostrava 110 m hurdles

William Wynne (born January 30, 1990) is an American hurdler who specializes in the 400 metre hurdles. He currently holds the world youth best in the 400 m hurdles (84 cm) with a time of 49.01 seconds,[1] 0.85 seconds under the previous record set by South Africa's Marnus Kritzinger in 1999. He won two gold medals and a silver medal at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics, which also earned him the 2007 USATF Youth Athlete of the Year award.[2] Wynne is a graduate of McEachern High School in Powder Springs, Georgia.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/history/WYC/season=2007/eventCode=3652/news/kind=100/newsid=39804.html
  2. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/statistics/Annual-Awards/TF/YouthAthleteOfTheYear.aspx
Awards
Preceded by
Gabrielle Mayo		 USA Track & Field Youth Athlete of the Year
2007 		Succeeded by
Jordan Hasay


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