1. Sydney Michelle McLaughlin-Levrone is an American hurdler and sprinter who competes in the 400 meters hurdles and is the world record holder in that event.
23 Facts About Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has won gold in the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, as well as the 2022 World Athletics Championships.
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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone set a world record time of 50.37 seconds at the 2024 Summer Olympics on August 8,2024, breaking her own old world record of 50.65 seconds.
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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships.
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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone holds six out of the ten fastest times on the world all-time list.
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In 2022, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone was voted World Athletics Female Athlete of the Year.
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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone McLaughlin was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on August 7,1999.
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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone's parents are Willie McLaughlin and Mary Neumeister McLaughlin.
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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is a member of the Manhattan College Athletic Hall of Fame as a three-time All-American.
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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone was a semi-finalist in the 400 meters at the 1984 Olympic Trials.
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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone's mother Mary was a 2:12 half-miler at Cardinal O'Hara High School in Tonawanda, New York, where she ran on the boys' team.
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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone's parents met as students at Manhattan College; there was no women's track team when Mary arrived in 1979, so she became the manager of the men's track team.
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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone was the fifth member of the family to win a New Jersey county track title.
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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone would have qualified to represent the United States at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships, but was a year too young to be eligible.
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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone was the youngest athlete to make the American Olympic track and field team since Carol Lewis and Denean Howard qualified for the boycotted Moscow Olympics in 1980.
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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone's time was a North American record and number 2 all-time worldwide behind Zuzana Hejnova who ran 38.16 in 2013.
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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone was the first athlete to repeat in the then-15-year history of the award.
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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is coached by track coach Bob Kersee, whose successes have mainly been with female athletes.
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On June 9,2023, in her first race running the 400 meters as a professional, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ran 49.71 s while finishing second to Marileidy Paulino at the Diamond League meet in Paris, France.
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Later that month, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ran 49.51 s at the New York Grand Prix.
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In June 2024, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone signed with Michael Johnson's Grand Slam Track league for the upcoming 2025 season, in the long hurdles category.
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On June 30,2024, at the 2024 Olympic Trials, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone would go on to break her own 400 m hurdles world record once more, finishing with a time of 50.65 s and qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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On January 30,2024, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone released Far Beyond Gold: Running from Fear to Faith, an autobiographical book recounting her life and experiences from the 2016 US Olympic trials through the 2023 outdoor season.