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Maurice Greene

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American sprinter

Person · Open Library

Born
1696
Died
1755
Works
22

Top works

  • A cantata and four English songs set to musick
  • Voluntaries and suites
  • Six overtures for the harpsicord or spinnet
  • Spenser's Amoretti
  • [Spenser's Amoretti]

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Film & TV

Acting · Kansas City, Kansas, USA

Maurice Greene is an American former track and field sprinter who competed in the 60 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters. He is a former 100 m world record holder with a time of 9.79 seconds. During the height of his career he won four Olympic medals and was a five-time World Champion.

Known for

  • Dancing with the Stars — Self - Contestant2005
  • Arli$$ — Maurice Greene1996
  • Moesha — Percy1996

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1696-08-12
Active to
1755-12-01
classicalcomposerenglishenglish composer

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,661
Total plays
6,919

Tags

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Maurice Greene (August 12, 1696 - December 1, 1755) was an English composer and organist. Maurice GreeneBorn in London, the son of a clergyman, Greene became a choirboy at St Paul's Cathedral under Jeremiah Clarke and Charles King. He studied the organ under Richard Brind, and after Brind died, Greene became organist at St Paul's. With the death of William Croft in 1727, Greene became organist at the Chapel Royal, and in 1730 he became professor of music at Cambridge University. <a href="http

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Key facts

Nationality
American
Born
( 1974-07-23 ) July 23, 1974 (age 51) , Kansas City , Kansas, United States
Height
5 ft 9 in (176 cm)
Weight
180 lb (82 kg)
Sport
Sprinting
Event s
100 meters , 200 meters
College team
Kansas

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Sports profile

Sport
Fighting
Team
UFC Heavyweight
Position
Fighter
Nationality
United States

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Encyclopedic overview

Maurice Greene (born July 23, 1974) is an American former track and field sprinter who competed in the 60 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters. He is a former 100 m world record holder with a time of 9.79 seconds. During the height of his career (1997–2004) he won four Olympic medals and was a five-time World Champion. This included three golds at the 1999 World Championships, a feat which had previously only been achieved by Carl Lewis and Michael Johnson and has since been equaled by three others.

His career was affected by several injuries from 2001 onwards, although he won the 100 meters bronze and silver in the sprint relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Greene was also successful indoors: he was the 1999 Indoor World Champion, was the world record holder in the 60-meter dash for nearly 20 years and remains the joint-fastest man over 50 meters. He raced sparingly after an injury in 2005 and officially retired in 2008. Over his career, he made the third most sub-10-second runs (52) in the 100 m, tied with Usain Bolt and only surpassed by Asafa Powell and Justin Gatlin.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maurice Greene” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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