Donavan Brazier

Donavan Brazier
Donavan Brazier (2019)
nation	United States
birthday	15th April 1997 (age 23)
place of birth	Grand Rapids , Michigan ,  USA
size	188 cm
Career
discipline	800 meter run
Best performance	1: 42.34 min
society	Texas A&M University (until 2016) Nike Oregon Project (since 2018)
Trainer	Pete Julian
status	active
Medal table
World championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
World championships gold Doha 2019 1: 42.34 min
last change: October 1st, 2019

Donavan Brazier (born April 15, 1997 in Grand Rapids , Michigan ) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 800-meter run .

Life

Donavan Brazier grew up in his native Grand Rapids, where he graduated from Kenowa Hills High School in 2015. His running talent was discovered in high school.

Since October 2018 he has been training in Portland in the context of the controversial Nike Oregon Project (NOP).

Brazier's greatest international success to date is winning the gold medal at the 2019 World Championships in Doha . With a personal best of 1: 42.34 min, he improved the 34-year-old US record set by Johnny Gray . It was also the fastest time ever run at outdoor world championships. The world's best of the year Nijel Amos was unable to take part in the competition due to injury problems.

Web links

Commons : Donavan Brazier  - collection of images

• Donavan Brazier in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Profile at globalathletics.com (English)
• Profile at teamusa.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. Jump up ↑ Gault, Jonathan: Growing Pains: How Donavan Brazier Went From Breaking A 50-Year Old NCAA Record To Bombing Out Of The Olympic Trials 21 Days Later . In: letsrun.com, December 20, 2016 (accessed October 2, 2019).
2. ^ Donavan Brazier Joins Nike Oregon Project . In: flotrack.org (accessed October 4, 2019).
3. ↑ Salazar protégé Brazier wins gold over 800 meters . In: sport.de, October 1, 2019 (accessed October 2, 2019).