1. Justin Alexander Gatlin was born on February 10,1982 and is a retired American sprinter who competed in the 60 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters.
62 Facts About Justin Gatlin
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Justin Gatlin is a 5-time Olympic medalist and a 12-time World Championship medalist.
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Justin Gatlin is a record 3-time Diamond League Champion in the 100 meters.
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Justin Gatlin won the Diamond League trophy in 2013,2014 and 2015.
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Justin Gatlin is a two-time 100 meters World Champion and a two-time 60 meters World Indoor Champion.
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Justin Gatlin won both the 100 meters and 200 meters at the 2005 World Championships.
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In June 2012 at the US Olympic trials, Justin Gatlin ran a time of 9.80 seconds, which was the fastest-ever time recorded for a man over the age of 30.
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In May 2015 at the IAAF Doha Diamond League, at the age of 33, Justin Gatlin broke his own 100 m record for a man over the age of 30 by running 9.74 seconds, Justin Gatlin's personal best over the distance.
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Justin Gatlin won the gold medal in the 100 meters at the 2004 Olympics.
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Justin Gatlin won his third Olympic medal in the 100 meters in the 2016 Olympic 100-meter final, finishing with the silver.
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At the age of 35, Justin Gatlin won the gold medal in the 100 meters at the 2017 World Championships, 12 years after his first triumph in the event.
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At the 2019 World Championships, Justin Gatlin won the silver medal in the 100 m in a time of 9.89, making him the most decorated 100 m sprinter in World Championship history, with a record of five individual 100 m medals.
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Justin Gatlin announced his retirement from the sport in 2022 on his 40th birthday.
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Justin Gatlin attended Woodham High School in Pensacola, Florida, where he competed as a hurdler.
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Justin Gatlin was eventually noticed by University of Tennessee coaches Vince Anderson and Bill Webb, who awarded him a scholarship and trained him to become a sprinter rather than a hurdler.
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In 2001, in his freshman year at Tennessee, Justin Gatlin won NCAA outdoor titles in both the 100 meters and 200 meters.
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Not long after, Justin Gatlin was banned from international competition for two years by the IAAF after testing positive for amphetamines.
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Justin Gatlin appealed on the grounds that the positive test had been due to medication that he had been taking since his childhood, when he was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder.
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Justin Gatlin was banned from international competition, but was still allowed to compete nationally as an NCAA athlete, and he went on to win 4 more NCAA titles; however, these do not count for records purposes on his international profile.
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Justin Gatlin moved to Florida to begin training with new coach Trevor Graham.
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Not long after, Justin Gatlin suffered a hamstring injury and was forced to miss the 2003 National Championships in Palo Alto, meaning he would miss the World Championships in Paris as well.
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Justin Gatlin's plan worked and he qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, after finishing 2nd in both the 100 meters and 200 meters at the Olympic Trials in Sacramento.
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Justin Gatlin went on to win the 100 in 9.88, a season's best; his winning margin of 0.17 seconds was the widest in world championship 100 m history.
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Justin Gatlin won the event with a time of 9.88 seconds over Powell's 9.93 seconds.
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Justin Gatlin blamed massage therapist Christopher Whetstine for rubbing a cream containing testosterone onto Gatlin's buttocks without his knowledge.
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Justin Gatlin appealed against the ban; an arbitration panel reduced it to four years at a hearing in December 2007.
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The USADA's chief executive officer explained "Given his cooperation and the circumstances relating to Mr Justin Gatlin's first offence, the four-year penalty issued by the arbitration panel is a fair and just outcome".
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On November 29,2006, ESPN reported that Justin Gatlin had worked out with the Houston Texans, although he has little football experience and "has not played football since 10th grade".
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On May 4,2007, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced that Justin Gatlin was one of 28 free agents taken to their 2007 rookie camp on tryout contracts, and was considered to be the most intriguing unsigned athlete in attendance.
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Justin Gatlin tried out for the team as a wide receiver.
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Justin Gatlin found a new coach in Loren Seagrave, who helped Gatlin shave his weight down to 183lbs, his weight when he won the Olympic title 6 years prior.
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Justin Gatlin was preparing to go up against a new generation of talent in both Bolt and his Jamaican teammates.
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In Rovereto, Italy, on August 31,2010, Justin Gatlin was placed second in the 100 meters with a time of 10.09 seconds, behind Yohan Blake, who won in 10.06 seconds.
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Justin Gatlin represented the United States at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, where he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 100 meters.
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Justin Gatlin returned to the indoor circuit and finished second in the 60 meters at the national indoor championships in Albuquerque.
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Outdoors, Justin Gatlin returned to the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix, the same meet and venue where he broke the 100 meter world record until it was annulled.
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Justin Gatlin won in 9.87 seconds, defeating Asafa Powell by one hundredth of a second.
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On June 6,2013, Justin Gatlin beat world record holder Usain Bolt by one-hundredth of a second to win the 100 meters at the Golden Gala meet in Rome, Italy.
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On September 5,2014, Justin Gatlin won the 100 meters at the IAAF Diamond League final in Brussels with a personal best of 9.77 seconds.
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Justin Gatlin then went on to complete a sprint double at the meet, winning the 200 meters in a time of 19.71 seconds.
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Justin Gatlin's performances earned him a nomination for IAAF Athlete of the Year.
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On May 15,2015, Justin Gatlin improved his personal best to 9.74 seconds at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix.
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Justin Gatlin's time was the fastest in the world since Yohan Blake ran 9.69 seconds in August 2012.
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On June 5,2015, Justin Gatlin beat Usain Bolt's 100-meter 2012 Rome Diamond League record of 9.76 seconds, finishing with a time of 9.75 seconds.
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At the USATF Track and Field Championships, Justin Gatlin set a new personal best in the 200 meters, running 19.57 which was the fifth fastest performance in history.
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Justin Gatlin finished second behind Usain Bolt in the final; Bolt's winning time was 9.79 seconds, with Justin Gatlin 0.01 seconds behind.
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On September 11, Justin Gatlin ended his 2015 season with a victory at the Brussels Diamond League and secured the Diamond League trophy for the third consecutive year, winning the 100 meters in a time of 9.98.
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Justin Gatlin's 2015 is one of the fastest seasons in sprinting history and he became the only man to ever run below 9.80 on five separate occasions in one season.
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At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Justin Gatlin received a silver medal in the 100 meters final with a time of 9.89 seconds.
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Justin Gatlin ran in the qualifying heats of the 200 meters.
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At the 2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Justin Gatlin won the 100 meters in 9.95 seconds, beating young favorite Christian Coleman, who clocked 9.98 seconds.
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Justin Gatlin opted out of the 200 meters after his Olympic injury, which was caused by a rolled ankle coming off the turn.
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Justin Gatlin was a surprise champion at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics, winning gold in the 100 meters in a time of 9.92 seconds, beating Usain Bolt, the greatest sprinter of all time.
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Justin Gatlin beat his American teammate Christian Coleman, who won the silver, and Usain Bolt who earned the bronze.
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Usain Bolt condemned the booing as unfair and emphasised that Justin Gatlin worked very hard.
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Justin Gatlin's 9.87 improved upon his own world masters record from 9.92, as well as making him the fourth fastest man in the world for that year.
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Justin Gatlin won the silver medal in the 100 m final at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in an attempt to defend his world title.
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At 37 years, 230 days, Justin Gatlin became the oldest sprinter to win a medal in the men's 100 meters at the World Athletics Championships.
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The American quartet, consisting of Christian Coleman, Noah Lyles, Michael Rodgers and Justin Gatlin, ran a time of 37.10, the fastest-ever by an American team, breaking the previous American record of 37.38 set at the 2012 London Olympics.
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In 2021, Justin Gatlin attempted to become the oldest man to win a medal in the 100 m by qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan at the age of 39.
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At the 2020 US Olympic Trials, Justin Gatlin finished 2nd in his first heat and third in the semifinals to earn a spot in the final.
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Justin Gatlin was a regular competitor on Spike TV's show Pros vs Joes, which pitted professional athletes against non-professionals.