Ajeé Wilson
Ajeé Wilson 
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| birthday | 8th May 1994 (age 26) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Neptune City ( New Jersey ), United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| size | 173 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| job | Movement scientist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| discipline | 800 meter run | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best performance | Hall : 1: 58.99 min; Open air : 1: 55.61 min NR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| society | Juventus Track Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trainer | Derek Thompson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| status | active | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ajeé Wilson (born May 8, 1994 in Neptune City ( New Jersey ), USA ) is an American middle -distance runner who specializes in the 800-meter distance .
career path
Wilson graduated from the Neptune Academy of Allied Health & Science (AAHS) in Neptune City, New Jersey in 2012 and graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia with a degree in Exercise Science (Kinesiology) in 2016 .
Athletic career
In 2011 Ajeé Wilson won the World Youth Championships in Lille and in 2012 the World Junior Championships in Barcelona .
At the 2013 World Championships in Moscow , she was sixth.
In 2014, Wilson was eliminated from the World Indoor Championships in Sopot . At the IAAF World Relays in Nassau , she won the 4 x 800 meter relay with Chanelle Price , Geene Lara and Brenda Martinez , and she came second at the Continental Cup in Marrakech .
At the 2015 IAAF World Relays in Nassau, Wilson took over the 800-meter section in the medley relay. Together with Treniere Moser (1200 m), Sanya Richards-Ross (400 m) and Shannon Rowbury (1600 m), she set the current world record with 10: 36.50 min.
In 2014 she was US champion, in 2013 and 2014 US indoor champion.
In 2016, Wilson reached the semi-finals at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with a personal best, finishing 12th. In Portland (Oregon) she was indoor runner-up world champion .
In 2017, after withdrawing her national indoor record on February 11 at the Millrose Games in New York outdoors at the Diamond League Meeting on July 21 in Monaco, she set a new national record with 1: 55.61 minutes and was in place at that time 20 of the all-time leaderboard.
In 2018 Wilson was able to become indoor vice world champion again in Birmingham (Great Britain) .
doping
In 2017, Wilson tested positive for the growth hormone zeranol , whereupon the US indoor record at the Millrose Games in New York on February 11 over 800 meters and all medals for that day were stripped of her, but she was not suspended from that day.
Personal bests
As of September 3, 2018
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800 m : 1: 55.61 min, July 21, 2017, Monaco NR
- Hall: 1: 58.99 min, March 4, 2018, Birmingham
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1000 m : 2: 44.05 min, September 6, 2013, Brussels
- Hall: 2: 42.71 min, December 3, 2016, Haverford
- 1500 m : 4: 05.18 min, May 14, 2018, Swarthmore
Web links
- Ajee Wilson in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait at USA Track & Field
- Ajee Wilson on teamusa.org
- Ajeé Wilson on njsports.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ajeé Wilson , at: njsports.com, accessed September 4, 2018
- ↑ Ajee Wilson , at teamusa.org, accessed September 4, 2018
- ↑ Ajeé Wilson , on: usatf.org, accessed September 4, 2018
- ↑ Silke Bernhart: Flash News of the Day - Positive doping test from Jarrion Lawson: contaminated meat? ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Notes, from: Leichtathletik.de, September 1, 2018, accessed September 2, 2018
- ↑ Despite positive doping tests: No suspension for Ajee Wilson , on: runaustria.at, from June 20, 2017, accessed September 2, 2018
- ↑ Andy Brown: IAAF confirms sanctioned athletes to June 26 , at: sportsintegrityinitiative.com, June 30, 2017, accessed September 4, 2018
- ↑ US Track & Field Athlete, Ajee Wilson, Accepts Finding of No Fault for Anti-Doping Rule Violation , from: usada.org, June 19, 2017, accessed September 4, 2018
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| SURNAME | Wilson, Ajeé |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wilson, Ajee |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American middle-distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1994 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neptune City |