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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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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Maurice
- Family name
- Greene
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kansas City
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2000 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 80
- Image
- Maurice Greene, Sydney2000.jpg
- Height
- 176
- Residence
- Granada Hills
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- Commons category
- Maurice Greene
- date of birth
- 1974-07-23
- sports discipline competed in
- sprinting
- name in native language
- Maurice Greene
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- end of work period
- 2008-00-00
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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.