Rai Benjamin
American sprinter and hurdler (born 1997) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rai Benjamin (born July 27, 1997)[7] is an American professional hurdler and sprinter specializing in the 400 m and 400 m hurdles. He is the second fastest man in history in the 400 m hurdles with a personal best time of 46.17 s. Benjamin won silver medals at his first Olympic Games in 2021 and at the World Championships in 2019 and 2022 in the men's 400 m hurdles, and gold medals in the 4 × 400 m relay in 2019 and 2021.
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Born | (1997-07-27) July 27, 1997 (age 27) Mount Vernon, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Hurdling, sprinting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | USC Trojans (2018) UCLA Bruins (2016, 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | Nike[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2018[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Joanna Hayes[3] Quincy Watts[3] Caryl Smith Gilbert[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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In college, Benjamin ran for the UCLA Bruins and then the USC Trojans, where in early 2018 he was part of the team that set the world best time in the indoor 4 × 400 m relay with a time of 3:00.77. At the time, his relay split time of 44.35 s was the fastest ever recorded in an indoor race. In June of the same year he also helped set the NCAA record in the same event but outdoors, and ran what was at the time the second fastest 400 m hurdles race of all time in 47.02 s.