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Dalilah Muhammad is a female athletics competitor from the United States. Born in New York City in 1990, she competes in the 400 metres hurdles. She represents the United States in international competition and is affiliated with USA Athletics.
She participated in the women's 400 metres hurdles at both the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2020 Games, she also competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay. Muhammad was educated at the University of Southern California. She speaks English and follows Islam.
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Key facts
- Nationality
- American
- Born
- ( 1990-02-07 ) February 7, 1990 (age 36) , Jamaica, Queens , New York , U.S.
- Home town
- Rochdale Village, Queens , New York, U.S.
- Education
- Benjamin N. Cardozo High School
- Alma mater
- University of Southern California
- Height
- 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
- Weight
- 121 lb (55 kg)
- Country
- United States
- Sport
- Athletics ( track and field )
- Event
- 400 m hurdles
- Olympic finals
- 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m hurdles, Gold 2020 Tokyo 400 m hurdles, Silver 4 × 400 m relay, Gold
- World finals
- 2013 Moscow 400 m hurdles, Silver 2017 London 400 m hurdles, Silver 2019 Doha 400 m hurdles, Gold 4 × 400 m relay, Gold 2022 Eugene 400 m hurdles, Bronze
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Athletics
- Team
- USA Athletics
- Position
- Hurdler
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Islam
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 55
- Image
- Dalilah Muhammad, dos Estados Unidos, vence os 400m com barreiras nos Jogos Rio 2016.jpg
- Height
- 1.73
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- date of birth
- 1990-02-07
- Commons category
- Dalilah Muhammad
- name in native language
- Dalilah Muhammad
- sports discipline competed in
- 400 metres hurdles
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Encyclopedic overview
Dalilah Muhammad (born February 7, 1990) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the 400 meters hurdles. She is the 2016 Rio Olympic champion and 2020 Tokyo Olympics silver medalist, becoming at the latter the then-second-fastest woman of all time in the event with her personal best of 51.58 seconds.
Muhammad was second at both the 2013 and 2017 World Championships before taking her first World Championship gold in 2019, setting the former world record of 52.16 s. She also won a bronze medal in 2022. She was the second female 400 m hurdler in history, after Sally Gunnell, to have won the Olympic, World titles and broken the world record. At both the 2019 World Championships and Tokyo Games, she also took gold as part of women's 4 × 400 metres relay team. In 2019, she was named the Female Athlete of the Year by World Athletics.
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