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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1982-08-09 ) August 9, 1982 (age 43) , Lexington, Kentucky , U.S.
- Home town
- Clermont, Florida , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of Arkansas
- Height
- 5 ft 11 in (181 cm)
- Weight
- 176 lb (80 kg)
- Country
- United States
- Sport
- Track and field
- Event s
- 100 m , 200 m , 4 × 100 m relay
- Coached by
- John Smith
- Personal bests
- 100 m : 9.69 National record</span>"}]]}'>NR ( Shanghai , 2009) 200 m : 19.58 ( New York , 2009) 200 m straight : 19.41 ( Manchester , 2010) 400 m : 44.89 ( Gainesville , 2010)
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Athletics
- Position
- Sprinter
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Gay
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lexington
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Member of team
- Arkansas Razorbacks
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 80
- Official website
- tysongay.com
- Image
- Tyson Gay Berlin 2009-2.JPG
- Height
- 181
- Residence
- Clermont
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- Tyson Gay
- date of birth
- 1982-08-09
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- sports discipline competed in
- 4 × 100 metres relay
- name in native language
- Tyson Gay
- social media followers
- 80846
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Encyclopedic overview
Tyson Gay (born August 9, 1982) is a retired American track and field sprinter who competed in the 100 and 200 meters. His 100 m personal best of 9.69 seconds is the American record and makes him tied for the second fastest athlete over 100 m ever, along with Yohan Blake of Jamaica.
Gay has won medals in many major international competitions, which includes 3 gold medals in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay at the 2007 Osaka World Championships. This made him the second man to win all three events at the same World Championships, after Maurice Greene (Usain Bolt duplicated the feat two years later). Gay is a four-time U.S. champion in the 100 m.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tyson Gay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.