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44 Facts About Christian Coleman

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Christian Coleman holds personal bests of 9.76 seconds for the 100 m, which made him the 6th fastest all-time in the history of 100 metres event, and 19.85 for the 200 m Coleman is the world record holder for the indoor 60 meters with 6.34 seconds.

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Christian Coleman served an 18 month competition ban from May 2020 to November 2021 due to an anti-doping rule violation in relation to three missed tests.

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Christian Coleman came from a sporting family, as two of his cousins were letter-winners in college football and his older sister Camryn competed in track and field at Georgia Southern University.

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Christian Coleman took part in track from a young age, winning the long jump in his age category at the Amateur Athletic Union Championships in 2007.

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Christian Coleman attended high school at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School in Fayetteville, Georgia and was part of his high school track team.

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At Tennessee, Christian Coleman was the 60 meters champion and 200 meters runner up at the 2016 SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships.

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Christian Coleman then went on to win the 200 meters at the National Track and Field Indoor Championships and was 3rd in the 60 meters.

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Christian Coleman was the runner-up in both the 100 meters and 200 meters dash at the 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

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Christian Coleman took gold in both events at the 2017 Indoor National Track and Field Championships in historic fashion.

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Christian Coleman ran 6.45 seconds in the 60 meters, tying the collegiate record, and 20.11 seconds in the 200 meters, just 0.01 seconds off the collegiate record held by Wallace Spearmon.

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Christian Coleman finished his collegiate career by winning the 100 meters dash in 10.04 seconds and the 200 meters in 20.25 seconds at the 2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

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Christian Coleman joins former Tennessee sprinter, Justin Gatlin, as the only other person to sweep the 60 meters and 200 meters indoor titles, and the 100 meters and 200 meters outdoor titles.

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Christian Coleman received some notoriety after the 2017 NFL draft scouting combine.

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Christian Coleman responded to this by running the 40 yards in 4.12 seconds on turf.

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Christian Coleman was Tennessee's first winner of The Bowerman in 2017, an award that honors collegiate track and field's most outstanding athlete of the year.

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Christian Coleman was a little slower in the final placing sixth, which potentially qualified him for the m relay team.

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At the Olympics, Christian Coleman ran the second leg for Team USA in the meters relay qualifying as the team won their heat with a time of 37.65 seconds.

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At the US Championships in Sacramento, California; Coleman claimed second place in the 100 meters, running 9.98 s, behind Justin Gatlin's 9.95 s Coleman competed in the 200 meters, again finishing in second, behind Ameer Webb.

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Christian Coleman claimed silver in the 100 meters final, with a time of 9.94 seconds, behind Justin Gatlin and ahead of Usain Bolt in his final 100 meters race.

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Christian Coleman dropped out of the 200 meter event, citing fatigue.

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Christian Coleman ran the anchor leg for the US meters relay team at the championships, finishing second with a time of 37.52 seconds,0.05 seconds behind Great Britain.

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Christian Coleman began his 2018 indoor season with a world record time of 6.37 seconds in the 60 meters at the Clemson Invitational in South Carolina, breaking Maurice Greene's near 20-year-old record by two one hundredths of a second.

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But, one month later, on February 18,2018, at the United States Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Christian Coleman clocked a world record time of 6.34 seconds in the 60 meters final, thus breaking Maurice Greene's previously held record.

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Christian Coleman went on to win the 60 meters world indoor title at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, clocking a championship record of 6.37 seconds.

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At the start of the Outdoor season, Christian Coleman suffered several setbacks.

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At the 2018 Diamond League finals in Brussels, Belgium, Christian Coleman clocked a blistering 9.79-second run into a wind during the men's 100 meters final, improving his personal best by three hundredths of a second.

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Christian Coleman skipped the 2019 indoor season in order to be fully prepared for the long outdoor season ahead.

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Christian Coleman began his 2019 season with a quick 9.86 s in the 100 meters at the IAAF Diamond League event in Shanghai, China.

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Christian Coleman then won the 100 meters in Oslo, Norway in a world-leading 9.85.

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Christian Coleman ran his first 200-meter race in two years at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic, finishing second to Canada's Andre de Grasse in 19.97 seconds.

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Christian Coleman successfully appealed the decision on the basis that under the World Anti-Doping Agency's International Standard for Testing and Investigations, a first missed test should be backdated to the first day of that testing quarter.

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On September 28,2019, Christian Coleman won the final of the men's 100 m at the World Championships in Doha, Qatar setting a personal best time of 9.76 seconds.

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Christian Coleman subsequently withdrew from the 200 m at the same event, preventing him attempting a sprint double.

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On June 17, it was announced that Christian Coleman was provisionally suspended from competition due to a further missed drug test dating back to December 9,2019.

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On October 27, it was announced that Christian Coleman had been banned until May 13,2022, missing the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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Christian Coleman later appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sports.

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Christian Coleman had come back from his ban but wasn't back in his shape from the years before.

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Christian Coleman had entered into Bermuda games 100 m and won with a wind aided time of 9.78 +4.4.

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Christian Coleman ran a season best of 19.93 in the USATF trials in the 200 m finishing 6th in the final.

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Christian Coleman went into the USATF champs trials in the 100 m and cruised through the heats and semi in sub 10 form.

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Christian Coleman had to settle with the silver and went with hopes to medal in Budapest.

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At the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Christian Coleman, entered for the 100 m, cruised through the heats to his semi-final, where he ran a new season's best of 9.88.

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Christian Coleman didn't perform in the final of the Men's 100 m placing 5th with 9.92 behind the winner Noah Lyles' 9.83.

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Christian Coleman took part in the Xiamen Diamond League, tying the world lead of 9.83.