Wilbert London
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Full name | Wilbert London III | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Waco, Texas, U.S. | August 17, 1997|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 200 metres 400 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 400 m – 44.47 (2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wilbert London III (born August 17, 1997) is an American track and field athlete specializing in sprinting events. Three-year track and field letterwinner at Waco High School. His 200m personal best is 20.72 seconds at Austin, TX. His 400m personal best is 44.47 seconds which he ran at the 2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships where he placed third and advanced to the 2017 World Championships in London at the age of only 19.
At the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships, London ran a time of 45.27s in the 400m to place 2nd. He also won a Gold medal as a member of the 4×400m relay team. The Following year he won a Silver medal as a member on the 2017 IAAF World Championships 4x400m team in London.
Personal bests
Event | Time (sec) | Venue | Date |
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Outdoor events | |||
200 metres | 20.72 | Austin, TX | April 13, 2018 |
400 metres | 44.47 | USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | June 24, 2017 |
4 × 400 metres relay | 2:58.61 | 2017 IAAF World Championships | August 13, 2017 |
Indoor events | |||
400 metres | 45.16 | Birmingham, Alabama | March 9, 2019 |
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Categories:
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Waco, Texas
- Track and field athletes from Texas
- American male sprinters
- African-American male track and field athletes
- Baylor Bears track and field athletes
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games track and field athletes for the United States
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- World Athletics Championships winners